How Do You Calculate Bac Level?
Calculating your BAC (blood alcohol content) takes your age, weight and amount of alcohol you drink in a given time to determine what percentage of your blood contains alcohol. This number is good to know if you plan to drive later. Note that there are many variables that could alter your BAC, including any medication you’ve taken, the rate your body cleans out alcohol and also how much food or non-alcoholic liquid you’ve had between, during or after drinks. This process leaves you with an estimation and not an exact BAC number. Determine how many drinks you had in one hour. One ounce of 100 proof liquor, 5 ounces of wine and 12 ounces of beer qualify as one drink each. Locate a BAC chart. There are many online that you can print off or refer to when needed; see the Resources section below. Choose the weight that is closest to your own and choose the corresponding number of drinks. The number where these two meet is your blood alcohol content. For every hour you did not have a drink, s
