Adult Driving After Drinking Rates Across U.S. States, 2012 and 2014

Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for 2012 and 2014. It reports the percentage of adults who drove after drinking too much within the past 30 days, with coverage for all U.S. states. The dataset is provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Use Cases

• Analyze state-level trends in the reported percentage of adults driving after drinking too much between the 2012 and 2014 survey years.
• Compare the prevalence of self-reported risky driving behavior across all U.S. states using the BRFSS-derived percentage metric.
• Correlate state-level driving after drinking percentages with other public health or policy datasets for the 2012-2014 period.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
• Provides comparable state-level metrics for two distinct years, 2012 and 2014.
• Covers all U.S. states, offering a national perspective.

Limitations

• The dataset is limited to two specific years and may not reflect current trends.
• Relies on self-reported survey data, which is subject to social desirability bias.
• The specific sample sizes and margins of error for each state percentage are not provided in the description.

Provenance

Source

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Collection Method

Survey data collection.

Time Range

2012 and 2014

Freshness

Data is from 2012 and 2014, though the metadata was last updated in 2025.

Geography

All U.S. states