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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Seat Belts--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#		 Always Nearly Always Sometimes Seldom Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,057 937 89.4 86.2-91.9 66 6.3 4.4- 8.9 30 2.2 1.1- 4.2 14 1.2 0.6- 2.5 10 1.0 0.4- 2.5
GENDER
Male 371 315 85.4 79.3-89.9 28 7.6 4.4-12.9 11 2.5 1.0- 5.9 10 2.5 1.1- 5.8 7 2.0 0.7- 5.6
Female 686 622 92.3 88.6-94.8 38 5.2 3.3- 8.3 19 2.0 0.8- 5.1 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0
AGE
18-24 92 77 86.4 75.3-93.0 8 7.4 2.9-17.5 3 1.8 0.4- 6.9 3 3.6 1.0-12.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4
25-34 192 158 82.0 71.5-89.2 18 11.4 5.6-21.8 11 5.1 2.0-12.0 3 0.3 0.1- 0.8 2 1.2 0.2- 7.3
35-44 238 216 91.9 84.2-96.1 10 3.0 1.4- 6.5 6 3.4 0.8-13.7 4 1.5 0.4- 5.5 2 0.2 0.0- 1.1
45-54 220 197 94.6 90.8-96.8 16 4.2 2.2- 7.9 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8
55-64 129 119 91.5 83.2-95.9 7 6.7 2.9-15.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 2 1.6 0.4- 6.8 0 0.0 . - .
65-74 94 87 89.7 74.2-96.4 2 4.0 0.7-20.5 2 0.7 0.1- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.6 1.3-21.2
75+ 71 65 90.9 78.4-96.5 4 7.7 2.6-20.6 2 1.4 0.3- 7.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 187 91.5 84.6-95.4 9 4.1 1.9- 8.5 8 2.6 1.0- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.9 0.3-12.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 354 313 90.5 85.3-94.0 20 4.5 2.5- 7.7 11 2.5 0.8- 7.9 6 1.5 0.5- 4.6 4 1.0 0.3- 3.6
Some Post-H.S. 283 243 86.5 78.3-92.0 24 10.0 5.2-18.6 5 0.8 0.3- 2.4 7 1.6 0.5- 5.4 4 1.0 0.3- 3.1
College Graduate 206 186 88.5 80.0-93.7 13 6.7 3.4-12.7 5 3.5 0.8-13.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 149 127 84.5 71.5-92.2 9 4.0 1.6- 9.5 8 6.6 1.8-21.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.6 3 3.7 0.7-16.4
$15,000- 24,999 237 207 89.3 82.8-93.6 15 6.9 3.6-12.9 7 1.4 0.5- 3.7 3 1.4 0.3- 7.6 5 0.9 0.3- 2.6
$25,000- 34,999 164 146 87.9 78.4-93.6 11 5.6 2.6-11.8 3 3.0 0.6-13.9 3 2.1 0.5- 9.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1
$35,000- 49,999 125 111 91.6 84.3-95.7 10 5.8 2.7-12.0 2 0.9 0.2- 4.2 2 1.6 0.3- 9.8 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 63 52 78.3 52.8-92.1 10 21.4 7.7-47.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 59 53 95.2 88.3-98.2 5 3.5 1.2- 9.7 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 25 89.8 65.9-97.6 1 6.7 1.0-35.0 1 3.4 0.5-20.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 95 83 84.7 73.6-91.7 7 9.6 4.3-20.2 3 3.8 1.0-13.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1
Guilford 118 104 86.5 75.3-93.1 7 6.0 2.6-13.2 3 1.6 0.5- 5.0 4 5.8 1.6-19.4 0 0.0 . - .
Henderson/Transylvania 13 12 96.5 75.2-99.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.5 0.4-24.8
Mecklenburg 133 117 88.5 80.6-93.5 9 6.3 3.0-12.8 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1 2 2.4 0.5-11.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4
Orange 42 37 84.3 66.3-93.6 3 8.7 2.7-24.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.4-16.3 1 4.4 0.6-25.5
Pitt 112 100 85.1 71.4-92.9 5 9.4 3.2-24.6 6 4.8 2.0-11.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 17 15 92.9 74.1-98.4 2 7.1 1.6-25.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 96 74 82.1 72.1-89.1 10 9.2 4.5-18.0 8 5.5 2.5-11.4 3 2.8 0.8- 8.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
Wake 74 66 82.3 62.2-92.9 5 13.1 3.9-35.6 2 2.1 0.5- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.5 0.4-16.0
Western NC 23 20 78.4 48.9-93.2 1 10.9 1.6-47.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.7 2.4-37.3
Piedmont NC 115 104 91.0 83.0-95.5 7 5.2 2.2-11.7 3 3.3 0.9-11.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 0 0.0 . - .
Eastern NC 192 180 92.7 86.3-96.3 9 4.2 1.9- 8.9 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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