• Number of alcohol-related traffic deaths in Mississippi in 2003: 320.
• Percentage of traffic deaths caused by alcohol in Mississippi in 2003: 37.
• Number of U.S. drivers arrested for driving under the influence in 2001: 1.4 million.
• Percentage of traffic fatalities caused by alcohol, nationally in 2002: 41.
• Number out of 10 of Americans who will be involved in an alcohol-related crash: 3.
• Percentage, nationally, of traffic deaths among children under 14 involving alcohol: 20
• In 2002, percentage of Mississippi traffic fatalities that were alcohol-related: 37.5
• Percentage of the 2002 DUI arrests of state residents age 20-54 with a blood alcohol level associated with problem drinking: 99
Sources: http://www.madd.org, American Academy of Pediatrics (http://www.aapms.org)
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