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Driving Under the Influence (DUI) among Young Persons December 31, 2004 Driving Under the Influence (DUI) among Young Persons In Brief In 2002 and 2003, 21 percent of persons aged 16 to 20 reported that they had driven in the past year while under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs Among persons aged 16 to 20, whites and American Indians/Alaska Natives were more likely to report DUI than other racial/ethnic groups In 2002 and 2003, approximately 4 percent of persons who reported DUI in the past year had been arrested and booked for DUI in the past year Motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death among young persons aged 16 to 20 in 2002. 1 In that year, 6,327 persons aged 16 to 20 were involved in fatal crashes, representing a 10 percent increase since 1999. In addition, 29 percent of drivers aged 15 to 20 who were killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2002 had been drinking alcohol. 2 The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) asks persons aged 12 or older if they had driven a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs in the past year 3 and if they had been arrested for driving under the influence (DUI). 4 The survey also asks about the use of alcohol and any illicit drugs in the past year and past month. Alcohol measures used in this report include any past month use, binge use, and heavy use. Binge alcohol use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy alcohol use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users also are binge alcohol users. NSDUH defines "illicit drugs" to include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens, heroin, or prescription-type drugs used nonmedically. This report presents the prevalence of DUI involving alcohol or illicit drugs, as well as the prevalence of being arrested for DUI among persons aged 16 to 20. 5 To improve the reliability of estimates for population subgroups, all estimates presented in this report are annual averages based on combined data from the 2002 and 2003 NSDUH. However, the prevalence of DUI involving alcohol or illicit drugs among persons aged 16 to 20 was lower in 2003 (20 percent) than in 2002 (22 percent). Prevalence of Substance Use and DUI In 2002 and 2003, an annual average of 44 percent of persons aged 16 to 20 had used alcohol in the past month, 30 percent were binge alcohol users, and 10 percent were heavy alcohol users. Approximately 38 percent of this age group had used an illicit drug in the past year. In 2002 and 2003, more than 4 million persons (21 percent) aged 16 to 20 reported DUI involving either alcohol or illicit drugs in the past year (Figure 1). In this age group, 17 percent reported past year DUI involving alcohol, 14 percent reported DUI involving illicit drugs, and 8 percent reported DUI involving a combination of alcohol and illicit drugs used together. Figure 1. Percentages of Persons Aged 16 to 20 Who Reported Driving a Vehicle Under the Influence of Alcohol or Illicit Drugs in the Past Year: 2002 and 2003 Figure 2. Percentages of Persons Aged 16 to 20 Who Reported Driving a Vehicle Under the Influence of Alcohol or Illicit Drugs in the Past Year, by Age: 2002 and 2003 Demographic Differences in DUI Among persons aged 16 to 20, older persons had a higher reported prevalence of DUI involving alcohol or illicit drugs than those who were younger (Figure 2). For example, persons aged 20 were nearly 3 times more likely to have driven under the influence than persons aged 16 (28 vs. 10 percent). Among all persons aged 16 to 20, males (24 percent) were more likely to report DUI involving alcohol or illicit drugs than females (18 percent). Among racial/ethnic groups, whites (26 percent) and American Indians/Alaska Natives (28 percent) were more likely to report DUI involving alcohol or illicit drugs than members of other racial/ethnic groups (Figure 3). In 2002 and 2003, approximately 25 percent of persons aged 16 to 20 who lived in the Midwest reported DUI involving alcohol or illicit drugs in the past year compared with approximately 20 percent in the South and 19 percent of persons in this age group in the Northeast and West. 6 The prevalence of DUI involving alcohol or illicit drugs was highest among persons who lived outside of metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) (25 percent), followed by persons who lived in small MSAs (23 percent) and persons who lived in large MSAs (19 percent). 7 Figure 3. Percentages of Persons Aged 16 to 20 Who Reported Driving a Vehicle Under the Influence of Alcohol or Illicit Drugs in the Past Year, by Race/Ethnicity: 2002 and 2003 Prevalence of Being Arrested for DUI among Those Reporting DUI Among the estimated 4.2 million persons aged 16 to 20 in 2002 and 2003 who reported DUI involving alcohol or illicit drugs in the past year, approximately 4 percent (169,000 persons) indicated they had been arrested and booked for DUI involving alcohol or drugs in the past year. 8 The percentage of this group who reported being arrested for DUI was higher among males than among females (6 vs. 2 percent). End Notes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (2004, November 30). WISQARS leading causes of death reports, 1999 – 2002 . Retrieved December 2, 2004, from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/leadcaus10.html National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2003, August). Traffic safety facts 2002: Young drivers . Retrieved December 2, 2004, from http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSF2002/2002ydrfacts.pdf Respondents were asked, in three different questions, if during the past 12 months they had driven a vehicle while under the influence of (a) alcohol only, (b) illicit drugs only, or (c) a combination of alcohol and illicit drugs used together. Responses to these questions then were recoded to determine the prevalence of DUI involving (a) alcohol, (b) illicit drugs, (c) either alcohol or illicit drugs, or (d) both alcohol and illicit drugs. Respondents were asked if during the past 12 months they had been arrested and booked for DUI involving alcohol or illicit drugs. Persons aged 15 or younger were not included in these analyses because a substantial portion of persons aged 15 or younger are prohibited from driving by State laws. The Midwest has 12 States: IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, and WI. The South has 17 States: AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV. The Northeast has 9 States: CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT. And the West has 13 States: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, and WY. Large metropolitan areas have a population of 1 million or more. Small metropolitan areas have a population of fewer than 1 million. Non-metropolitan areas are outside metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. See the U.S. Bureau of the Census. (2003, June 12). About metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas . Retrieved December 1, 2004, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/aboutmetro.html This excludes an estimated 38,000 persons who reported they had been arrested and booked for DUI in the past year but indicated elsewhere that they had not driven under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the past year. Figure Note Source: SAMHSA 2002 and 2003 NSDUH. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is an annual survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Prior to 2002, this survey was called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA). The 2002 data are based on information obtained from 68,126 persons aged 12 or older, including 16,723 persons aged 16 to 20. The 2003 data are based on information obtained from 67,784 persons aged 12 or older, including 16,167 persons aged 16 to 20. The survey collects data by administering questionnaires to a representative sample of the population through face-to-face interviews at their place of residence. The NSDUH Report is prepared by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS), SAMHSA, and by RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. (RTI International is a trade name of Research Triangle Institute.) Information and data for this issue are based on the following publications: Office of Applied Studies. (2003). Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National findings (DHHS Publication No. SMA 03–3836, NSDUH Series H–22). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies. (2004). Results from the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National findings (DHHS Publication No. SMA 04–3964, NSDUH Series H–25). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Also available online: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov . Because of improvements and modifications to the 2002 NSDUH, estimates from the 2002 and 2003 surveys should not be compared with estimates from the 2001 or earlier versions of the survey to examine changes over time. The NSDUH Report (formerly The NHSDA Report ) is published periodically by the Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration ( SAMHSA ). 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breathalyzers: Worth the blow? CNN.com - Personal breathalyzers: Worth the blow? - March 14, 2002 MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER BUSINESS SPORTS POLITICS LAW SCI-TECH SPACE HEALTH ENTERTAINMENT TRAVEL EDUCATION IN-DEPTH VIDEO LOCAL CNN NEWSWATCH E-MAIL SERVICES CNNtoGO ABOUT US/HELP CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe CNNenEspanol.com CNNArabic.com set your edition Languages --------- Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. --------- Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Personal breathalyzers: Worth the blow? (CNN) -- Affordable, compact and widely marketed: Consumer-based breathalyzers are becoming more widely used by individuals and the bars they frequent. But how accurate are these devices? Should we trust them? To answer these questions, our brave Bruce Burkhardt gets tipsy on the job and tests the consumer breathalyzers for accuracy. Lieutenant Cliff Miller, a DUI training officer, offers his advice. BRUCE BURKHARDT: You've stopped how many drunk drivers? LIEUTENANT CLIFF MILLER: I've been on the state patrol for almost 24 years and spent a lot of time on DUI task force, and probably between 3,000-5,000 DUI drivers I've arrested in my career. BURKHARDT: What do you look for? MILLER: Well the first thing you look for is the driving cues. Could be speeding, but sober people speed too. Driving at night with your headlights off, weaving over the center line or over the fog line, and running red lights. There's just a lot of cues that may be indicators that they're drinking. BURKHARDT: When you stop them and you look at them for the first time, what are you looking for? MILLER: Well Really, you smell first -- you use all your senses. What you see, what you hear, what you smell. First thing you'll do is probably smell an odor when you talk to them, whether it be vodka, beer or whatever. Then you'll listen to their speech, see if it's somewhat distorted, maybe a little slow. You'll look at their eyes, they may be red and glassy. You'll watch their mannerisms, when they hand you their license. I've had them give me their Sam's club card, their Visa card, or whatever, thinking its a driver's license. BURKHARDT: What is it that makes you decide "I'm going to give this person a breathalyzer test"? MILLER: How they perform on the field evaluations and my observations. What I've seen and what I've heard and what I've smelled. BURKHARDT: The police breathalyzer, what's the basic principle, how does it work? MILLER: The one that we use here in Georgia has infrared screens to read out the different levels of alcohol. It also filters out stuff that may interfere. The machine will void the test so it won't give an inaccurate reading. BURKHARDT: How does your breath have alcohol content? MILLER: You're getting air from the bottom part of your lungs, which is made up of blood and the alcohol gets in there. So you get a reading based on the amount of alcohol in your blood. BURKHARDT: Do consumer versions of the breathalyzer work on the same principles as the police versions? MILLER: Yes, they do. Some of them may not have an infrared screening device or a fuel cell, but they do work on the same principle and that's where you get into the accuracy question. Don't take a drink, then two seconds later blow into it because you're going to have mouth alcohol and that's abusing the breathalyzer. A good rule of thumb is to wait about 20 minutes from your last drink. BURKHARDT: Don't most people have a pretty good sense of when they've had enough to drink? Do you need a breathalyzer? MILLER: Unfortunately you do, because the alcohol affects the brain. Alcohol is water soluble. It goes to all the organs and all parts of the body that have water. And the brain is the one that has the most water so it affects the brain the most. You're not going to think your impaired. You're going to think you're fine. And that's the problem, when you get close to the legal limit or even above the legal limit, you'll still think that you're fine. BURKHARDT: How much alcohol does it take to be impaired, where you could be dangerous? MILLER: Well, that's based on the individual. A new drinker, they're going to feel the effects after one or two drinks. Now someone who drinks on a daily basis may take them long to feel the effects. The alcohol is still affecting them, but it may take longer for them to feel the effects. But alcohol really starts to effect your judgment at 0.04. I'll tell you a rule of thumb I give people: If you can average one drink an hour, you won't be above the legal limit. Now a lot of people can't do that, and people think that if I drink a lot of coffee or if I go to the bathroom a lot, then the alcohol's gone. And that's not true. The only thing that dissipates alcohol is time. And the other thing that the public needs to know is that one drink isn't a Long Island ice tea. A Long Island ice tea has five to seven ounces of alcohol in it. That's equivalent to five to seven drinks. BURKHARDT: Should someone make a decision to drive or not, based on these other types of breathalyzers out there? MILLER: That decision you should make even before you start drinking. If you know you're going to consume an abundance of alcohol, you need to make plans ahead of time to either either have a cab or a friend come pick you up or carry a designated driver. (NOTE: We contacted the manufacturer's of the breathalyzers. They stand behind their products saying there will be variences in the field. In fact various law enforcement agencies use the Guardian Angel product as a tool to prevent drinking and driving.) 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