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Table 2 Yearly prevalence of drug test result among fatally-injured drivers who died within 1 h of crashing by year, 2007 to 2017

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

Death Year

Full Sample

Tested Positive

Tested Negative

Other*

n

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

2007

10,839

2239

20.70%

5786

53.40%

2814

26.00%

2008

9642

2218

23.00%

5186

53.80%

2238

23.20%

2009

8362

2078

24.90%

4297

51.40%

1987

23.80%

2010

8029

2087

26.00%

4359

54.30%

1583

19.70%

2011

7901

2214

28.00%

4094

51.80%

1593

20.20%

2012

8969

2642

29.50%

4345

48.40%

1982

22.10%

2013

8868

2669

30.10%

4146

46.80%

2053

23.20%

2014

8720

2791

32.00%

4029

46.20%

1900

21.80%

2015

9838

3185

32.40%

4477

45.50%

2176

22.10%

2016

10,533

3406

32.30%

4756

45.20%

2371

22.50%

2017

10,520

3227

30.70%

3909

37.20%

3384

32.20%

Cochran–Armitage test Z, P-value**

Z = 26.3, p < .0001

Z = -29.3, p < .0001

Z = 6.7, p < .0001

  1. *The other group included fatally-injured drivers whose test results were unknown or not reported and drivers who were not given drug tests. **Cochran–Armitage tests were used to assess the statistical significance of changes in the percentage of drug involvement in fatally-injured drivers over time (p < 0.01)