Breath Alcohol

Iowa Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Investigation

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Statistics for Palo Alto County

Previous Six Months

Month	Year	Average Alcohol Level (g/210L)	Number of Tests
January	2024	0.165	1
December	2023	0.197	1
November	2023	0.153	4
		Total:	6

Year to Date

Year	Average Alcohol Level (g/210L)	Number of Tests
2024	0.165	1
2023	0.138	32
2022	0.135	33
2021	0.133	31
2020	0.139	27
2019	0.162	35
2018	0.131	43
2017	0.120	30
2016	0.132	61
2015	0.119	32
2014	0.110	31
2013	0.147	48
2012	0.140	34
2011	0.126	56
2010	0.084	13

DataMaster CDM Historical Data *

Year	Average Alcohol Level (g/210L)	Number of Tests
2010	0.130	5
2009	0.126	45
2008	0.122	58
2007	0.142	46
2006	0.151	42
2005	0.125	35
2004	0.157	39
2003	0.140	46
2002	0.121	39
	Total:	355

* The DataMaster CDM in use in Iowa from 1999 until 2011 was capable of limited data collection. This section of the website allows users to view the approximate number of tests and the average alcohol concentration of the subject for each county from 2002–2010.

This data is limited to the DataMaster CDM only. Please note, that the data may not be complete. The DataMaster CDM was capable of only holding approximately 175 tests at a time and there were situations that the memory was full and would no longer store tests until it was downloaded. Also, data may have been lost, never stored or cleared from memory prior to a download taking place.

The statistical data includes several subject tests that may have been performed by officers as "practice" and suspects that may have been impaired by substances other than alcohol therefore resulting in a zero breath alcohol result. Eliminating any test that was below 0.010 g/210 L, the statewide average over the past decade has been around 0.147 g/210 L.

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