California Traffic Deaths by County 2005 Best Worst

California Traffic Deaths by County 2005
by Rate of Deaths Per 100,000
Alcohol Involved

Worst/Best Counties
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California Counties Larger than 1 Million in Population
Alcohol Involved


	COUNTY	Population	Alcohol Involved Deaths	Percent of Deaths Alcohol Involved	Rate Per 100,000	+ The order Rate Per 100,000 of highest to lowest by county is exactly the same as for all deaths in these 9 counties. + The order Percent of alcohol related deaths is not in the same order of rate per 100,000. On fact San Bernardino County has the lowest percent of alcohol related crashes of the 9 largest counties.
1	SAN BERNARDINO	1,977,822	135	32%	6.83
2	RIVERSIDE	1,931,437	124	37%	6.42
3	SACRAMENTO	1,379,103	62	39%	4.50
4	SAN DIEGO	3,057,000	120	39%	3.93
5	CONTRA COSTA	1,025,900	34	45%	3.31
6	ORANGE	3,061,094	84	41%	2.74
7	LOS ANGELES	10,223,055	265	36%	2.59
8	SANTA CLARA	1,760,741	44	42%	2.50
9	ALAMEDA	1,503,790	35	34%	2.33
Total		25,919,942	903	37%	3.48

California Counties Between 100,000 and 1 Million in Population
Alcohol Involved


	COUNTY	Population	Alcohol Involved Deaths	Percent of Deaths Alcohol Involved	Rate Per 100,000	+ The three counties with the highest rate are also high in the percentage of deaths that are alcohol related. + Over there is not a strong relationship between the percent alcohol involved and the rate per 100,000
1	KINGS	146,487	21	45%	14.34
2	TULARE	417,287	51	44%	12.22
3	MADERA	142,837	17	45%	11.90
4	SAN JOAQUIN	664,369	57	46%	8.58
5	SHASTA	180,984	15	39%	8.29
6	MERCED	244,320	19	28%	7.78
7	BUTTE	216,401	16	43%	7.39
8	SANTA BARBARA	419,678	31	44%	7.39
9	FRESNO	892,325	65	39%	7.28
10	SAN LUIS OBISPO	262,593	19	35%	7.24
11	STANISLAUS	510,858	36	38%	7.05
12	KERN	770,424	53	30%	6.88
13	IMPERIAL	164,221	11	24%	6.70
14	HUMBOLDT	132,434	8	40%	6.04
15	NEVADA	100,227	6	33%	5.99
16	SONOMA	478,724	28	45%	5.85
17	MONTEREY	425,055	23	43%	5.41
18	YOLO	188,858	10	42%	5.29
19	NAPA	133,526	7	29%	5.24
20	SOLANO	422,094	15	31%	3.55
21	SANTA CRUZ	260,634	9	39%	3.45
22	PLACER	313,931	10	21%	3.19
23	SAN MATEO	721,350	18	46%	2.50
24	MARIN	252,195	6	60%	2.38
25	EL DORADO	175,550	4	17%	2.28
26	VENTURA	815,528	16	23%	1.96
27	SAN FRANCISCO	794,850	12	35%	1.51
Total		10,247,740	583	37%	5.68

	COUNTY	Population	Alcohol Involved Deaths	Percent of Deaths Alcohol Involved	Rate Per 100,000	+ Because the basic populations are small the rates, ranking and percents may change dramatically from year to year.
1	SIERRA	3,514	1	20%	28.46
2	TRINITY	14,025	3	38%	21.39
3	MENDOCINO	90,487	17	46%	18.79
4	PLUMAS	21,557	4	31%	18.56
5	AMADOR	38,221	7	39%	18.31
6	TUOLUMNE	58,215	10	40%	17.18
7	SUTTER	90,627	10	43%	11.03
8	MARIPOSA	18,281	2	40%	10.94
9	INYO	18,599	2	18%	10.75
10	SAN BENITO	57,700	6	50%	10.40
11	LAKE	64,180	6	46%	9.35
12	YUBA	68,618	6	30%	8.74
13	LASSEN	35,696	3	21%	8.40
14	DEL NORTE	29,355	2	20%	6.81
15	CALAVERAS	45,711	3	27%	6.56
16	COLUSA	21,315	1	10%	4.69
17	SISKIYOU	46,410	2	25%	4.31
18	GLENN	28,523	1	14%	3.51
19	TEHAMA	61,378	2	15%	3.26
20	ALPINE	1,242	0	0%	.00
21	MONO	13,512	0	0%	.00
22	MODOC	9,813	0	0%	.00
Total		836,979	88	33%	10.51