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Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

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an indicator guage with the arrow in the yellow the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

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Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

green triangle with upward trending arrow inside it higher than the previous measurement period; green triangle with downward trending arrow inside it lower than the previous measurement period; blue equals sign no statistically different change  from previous measurement period.

green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

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Alcohol-Impaired Driving Deaths

Measurement Period: 2016-2020
This indicator measures the percentage of motor vehicle crash deaths with alcohol involvement.

Why is this important?

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver kill 32 people in the United States every day, which amount to one death every 45 minutes. The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $44 billion. There is strong evidence supporting the effectiveness of sobriety checkpoints as a public health intervention to reduce the harms associated with impaired driving. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these checkpoints reduce alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes by 9%.
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County: Washtenaw

30.6%
percent of driving deaths with alcohol involvement
Source: County Health Rankings
Measurement period: 2016-2020
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: June 2022
Filter(s) for this location: State: Michigan
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More details:
Original Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System

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Filed under: Community / Public Safety, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Health / Mortality Data, Health Outcomes