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  // Author - Brenden West; updated 3-18-03

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DD_SeatBeltUse.sPubDate = "1/18/2005 11:51:41 PM GMT";
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DD_SeatBeltUse.sTitle = "Daily Diversion: Buckle up!";
DD_SeatBeltUse.appDeck = "<font size=3 color=#000000><b>Buckle up!</b></font><p>Seat belt use in the United States has grown steadily over the past six years. Mississippians buckled up the least -- 63.2 percent of the time -- while Arizonans were the most frequent users at 95.3 percent. Additionally, residents in states with strict belt-enforcement laws were the most likely to use their seat belts. ";
DD_SeatBeltUse.appFooter = "Source: National Center for Statistics and Analysis; Safety Belt Use in 2004 &#150; Use Rates in the States and Territories, by Donna Glassbrenner, Ph.D.";
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DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Alabama","52.0%","70.6%","78.7%","80.0%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Alaska","57.0%","61.0%","65.8%","76.7%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Arizona","61.5%","75.2%","73.7%","95.3%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Arkansas","52.6%","52.4%","63.7%","64.2%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("California","88.6%","88.9%","91.1%","90.4%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Colorado","66.0%","65.1%","73.2%","79.3%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Connecticut","70.1%","76.3%","78.0%","82.9%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Delaware","62.3%","66.1%","71.2%","82.3%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Dist. of Columbia","79.6%","82.6%","84.6%","87.1%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Florida","57.2%","64.8%","75.1%","76.3%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Georgia","73.6%","73.6%","77.0%","86.7%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Hawaii","80.5%","80.4%","90.4%","95.1%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Idaho","57.3%","58.6%","62.9%","74.0%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Illinois","64.5%","70.2%","73.8%","83.0%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Indiana","61.8%","62.1%","72.2%","83.4%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Iowa","76.9%","78.0%","82.4%","86.4%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Kansas","58.7%","61.6%","61.3%","68.3%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Kentucky","54.3%","60.0%","62.0%","66.0%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Louisiana","65.6%","68.2%","68.6%","75.0%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Maine","61.3%","NA","NA","72.3% ");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Maryland","82.6%","85.0%","85.8%","89.0%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Massachusetts","51.0%","50.0%","51.0%","63.3%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Michigan","69.9%","83.5%","82.9%","90.5%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Minnesota","64.2%","73.4%","80.1%","82.1%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Mississippi","58.0%","50.4%","62.0%","63.2%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Missouri","60.4%","67.7%","69.4%","75.9%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Montana","73.1%","75.6%","78.4%","80.9%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Nebraska","65.1%","70.5%","69.7%","79.2%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Nevada","76.2%","78.5%","74.9%","86.6%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("New Hampshire","NA","NA","NA","NA");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("New Jersey","63.0%","74.2%","80.5%","82.0%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("New Mexico","82.6%","86.6%","87.6%","89.7%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("New York","75.3%","77.3%","82.8%","85.0%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("North Carolina","76.7%","80.5%","84.1%","86.1%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("North Dakota","40.0%","47.7%","63.4%","67.4%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Ohio","60.6%","65.3%","70.3%","74.1%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Oklahoma","56.0%","67.5%","70.1%","80.3%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Oregon","82.6%","83.6%","88.2%","92.6%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Pennsylvania","67.8%","70.7%","75.7%","81.8%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Rhode Island","58.6%","64.4%","70.8%","76.2%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("South Carolina","64.8%","73.9%","66.3%","65.7%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("South Dakota","45.7%","53.4%","64.0%","69.4%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Tennessee","56.7%","59.0%","66.7%","72.0%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Texas","74.4%","76.6%","81.1%","83.2%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Utah","66.7%","75.7%","80.1%","85.7%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Vermont","62.7%","61.6%","84.9%","79.9%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Virginia","73.6%","69.9%","70.4%","79.9%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Washington","79.1%","81.6%","92.6%","94.2%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("West Virginia","56.5%","49.8%","71.6%","75.8%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Wisconsin","61.9%","65.4%","66.1%","72.4%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Wyoming","50.1%","66.8%","66.6%","70.1% ");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("Puerto Rico","78.3%","87.0%","90.5 ","90.1%");
DD_SeatBeltUse.rows[i++] = new Array("<b>Nationwide","<b>62-70%","<b>71%","<b>75%","<b>80%");

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