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Table 1 Characteristics of fatally-injured drivers who died within 1 h of crashing, by drug test results, aggregated prevalence from 2007 to 2017

From: Positive drug test trends in fatally-injured drivers in the United States from 2007 to 2017

Demographic Characteristicse

Tested Positive

Tested Negative

Otherd

Total

Chi-square test

n (%a)

n (%a)

n (%a)

n (%b)

χ2, d.f., p-value

28,756 (28.1)

49,384 (48.3)

24,081 (23.6)

102,221 (100.0)

 

Age

1126.3,6,<.0001

 16–20

2433 (25.7)

4876 (51.4)

2176 (22.9)

9485 (9.3)

 

 21–44

15,893 (31.6)

23,275 (46.3)

11,107 (22.1)

50,275 (49.2)

 

 45–64

8241 (27.7)

14,317 (48.2)

7150 (24.1)

29,708 (29.1)

 

 65+

2189 (17.2)

6916 (54.2)

3648 (28.6)

12,753 (12.5)

 

Sex

21.6,2,<.0001

 Male

22,609 (28.4)

38,470 (48.3)

18,526 (23.3)

79,627 (77.9)

 

 Female

6142 (27.2)

10,904 (48.3)

5548 (24.6)

22,594 (22.1)

 

Race

405.9,6,<.0001

 Non-Hispanic White

20,572 (30.2)

31,891 (46.8)

15,747 (23.1)

68,210 (72.3)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

3011 (26.6)

5535 (48.8)

2795 (24.7)

11,341 (12.0)

 

 Hispanic

2760 (24.3)

6292 (55.5)

2292 (20.2)

11,344 (12.0)

 

 Other Race

855 (24.8)

1884 (54.7)

706 (20.5)

3445 (3.7)

 

Died at Scene/En Route

23.8,6, <.01

 Not Applicablec

5039 (28.0)

8843 (49.1)

4134 (23.0)

18,016 (17.6)

 

 Died at Scene

23,420 (28.1)

40,105 (48.2)

19,774 (23.7)

83,299 (81.5)

 

 Died En Route

289 (33.2)

415 (47.7)

166 (19.1)

870 (0.9)

 

Blood Alcohol Concentration

867.2,6,<.0001

 0

15,601 (30.5)

30,879 (60.4)

4326 (9.1)

51,106 (58.8)

 

 0.001–0.079

1978 (41.6)

2279 (47.9)

502 (10.6)

4759 (5.5)

 

  ≥ 0.08

10,742 (34.6)

15,872 (51.1)

4430 (14.3)

31,044 (35.7)

 

Month of Death

163.2,22,<.0001

 1

2069 (28.1)

3614 (49.1)

1675 (22.8)

7358 (7.2)

 

 2

1896 (28.5)

3299 (49.6)

1461 (22.0)

6656 (6.5)

 

 3

2241 (28.1)

3972 (49.7)

1773 (22.2)

7986 (7.8)

 

 4

2440 (28.8)

4157 (49.1)

1876 (22.1)

8473 (8.3)

 

 5

2641 (28.7)

4518 (49.1)

2041 (22.2)

9200 (9.0)

 

 6

2609 (28.8)

4362 (48.1)

2103 (23.2)

9074 (8.9)

 

 7

2712 (28.2)

4697 (48.8)

2209 (23.0)

9618 (9.4)

 

 8

2694 (27.7)

4767 (49.0)

2266 (23.3)

9727 (9.5)

 

 9

2562 (28.5)

4264 (47.5)

2149 (23.9)

8975 (8.8)

 

 10

2476 (27.5)

4334 (48.2)

2179 (24.2)

8989 (8.8)

 

 11

2281 (27.8)

3796 (46.2)

2134 (26.0)

8211 (8.0)

 

 12

2135 (26.8)

3604 (45.3)

2215 (27.8)

7954 (7.8)

 
  1. a % = row percentage
  2. b % = column percentage
  3. c Not Applicable is used for victims dying at locations other than the scene or en route (e.g. Hospital, at home, etc.)
  4. d The other group included fatally-injured drivers whose test results were unknown or not reported and drivers who were not given drug tests
  5. e Chi-Square tests were performed to assess significant differences in demographic characteristics among groups and all differences were significant (p < 0.01)