Trends and correlates of spatially aggregated alcohol-involved crashes among Whites and Hispanics in California.

Raul Caetano Patrice A C Vaeth Paul J Gruenewald William R Ponicki Zoe B Kaplan Rachelle Annechino

Published in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2022)

Between 2005 and 2016 the rate of AMVCs in California declined among Whites but not among Hispanics. Population-level indicators of percent Hispanic population, distance to the U.S. Mexico border, gender, age distribution, and socioeconomic stability were positively associated with crash rates, indicating that important contextual characteristics help determine the level of AMVC rates in communities.

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