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How do you determine your blood, breath or urine alcohol concentration level?

When a person has been arrested for a Minnesota DWI they will be asked to submit to a breath test to determine their alcohol concentration level.  The Data Master is the machine currently in use in Minnesota to measure the person’s breath alcohol concentration level.  If the arrestee has been in an accident, the police will often seek a search warrant to obtain a blood sample to measure the alcohol concentration level and to see if other drugs are present.

In order to determine your blood, breath or urine alcohol concentration level (BAC):

First: Count your drinks (one drink equals 1 ounce of 100-proof liquor or one 12 ounce bottle of beer);

Second: Use the appropriate male/female chart below and under the number of drinks and opposite the appropriate body weight, find the alcohol concentration listed;

Third: Alcohol is, on average, burned up at the rate of .015 per hour. Multiply the total number of hours since your first drink by .015 and subtract this figure from the alcohol concentration level listed in the chart.

Example: 200 lb man consumes 10 drinks in 5 hours = .188 minus (5 x .015) = .113 – Blood alcohol content.

Male
Body
Weight

Number of Drinks Consumed

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100.038.075.113.150.188.225.263.300.338.375.413.150
110.034.066.103.137.172.207.241.275.309.344.379.412
120.031.063.094.125.156.188.219.250.281.313.344.375
130.029.058.087.116.145.174.203.232.261.290.320.348
140.027.054.080.107.134.161.188.214.251.268.295.321
150.025.050.075.100.125.151.176.201.226.251.276.301
160.023.047.070.094.117.141.164.188.211.234.258.281
170.021.042.063.083.104.125.146.167.188.208.228.150
190.020.040.059.079.099.119.138.158.179.198.217.237
200.019.038.056.075.094.113.131.150.169.188.206.225
210.018.036.053.071.090.107.125.143.161.179.197.215
220.017.034.051.068.085.102.119.136.153.170.188.205
230.016.032.049.065.081.098.115.130.147.164.180.196
240.016.031.047.063.078.094.109.125.141.156.172.188
Female
Body
Weight
Number of Drinks Consumed
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100.045.091.136.182.227.273.318.364.409.455.500.545
110.041.083.124.165.207.248.289.331.372.413.455.496
120.038.076.114.152.189.227.265.303.341.379.417.455
130.035.070.105.140.175.210.245.280.315.350.385.420
140.032.065.097.130.162.195.227.260.292.325.357.390
150.030.061.091.121.152.182.212.242.273.303.333.364
160.028.057.085.114.142.170.199.227.256.284.312.341
170.027.053.080.107.134.160.187.214.241.267.294.321
180.025.051.076.101.126.152.177.202.227.253.278.303
190.024.048.072.096.120.144.167.191.215.239.263.287

An unknown variable in all of this are the type of drinks served to the individual

For answers to all of your Minnesota DWI and DUI questions, please call Minneapolis DWI Lawyer F. T. Sessoms at (612) 344-1505 today!