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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Seat Belts--FEMALE 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 4,132 3,794 92.6 91.2-93.8 201 4.7 3.8- 5.9 89 1.9 1.3- 2.7 19 0.3 0.1- 0.6 29 0.5 0.3- 0.8
RACE
White 3,142 2,899 92.7 91.1-94.0 149 4.7 3.6- 6.1 62 1.9 1.3- 2.8 12 0.3 0.1- 0.8 20 0.4 0.3- 0.8
African American 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
Asian 42 38 90.2 67.2-97.6 1 6.8 1.0-35.1 1 2.2 0.3-14.5 1 0.1 0.0- 1.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.6
Native American 113 100 92.3 85.7-96.0 5 2.5 1.0- 6.3 5 3.8 1.4-10.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9
Other Minorities 119 109 93.1 83.2-97.3 6 3.8 0.9-15.3 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.3 0.6- 8.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 142 132 95.9 86.4-98.9 6 3.5 0.8-14.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1
-English Speaking 71 67 98.6 95.9-99.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.7 0.1- 3.0
-Spanish Speaking 71 65 94.2 78.4-98.7 5 5.5 1.2-21.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,983 3,655 92.4 91.0-93.6 195 4.8 3.8- 6.0 87 2.0 1.4- 2.8 19 0.3 0.1- 0.6 27 0.5 0.3- 0.8
AGE
18-24 297 267 90.7 84.5-94.6 16 5.4 2.4-11.6 7 2.3 0.9- 5.7 3 0.8 0.2- 4.0 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2
25-34 690 621 90.8 87.3-93.4 42 6.9 4.6-10.2 21 2.1 1.1- 3.9 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6
35-44 759 694 92.1 88.3-94.7 35 4.0 2.4- 6.7 19 3.1 1.4- 6.8 4 0.1 0.0- 0.3 7 0.6 0.2- 1.7
45-54 798 731 93.4 90.0-95.7 47 5.1 3.0- 8.6 12 0.8 0.4- 1.8 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8
55-64 603 550 91.8 87.6-94.6 29 5.5 3.1- 9.5 17 2.0 1.0- 3.8 5 0.7 0.2- 2.8 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4
65-74 503 480 96.2 93.6-97.8 15 1.7 0.9- 3.3 5 1.3 0.4- 3.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.8 0.2- 3.0
75+ 439 411 95.1 91.8-97.2 16 3.0 1.5- 6.0 6 0.5 0.2- 1.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 5 1.2 0.3- 4.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 640 580 91.2 86.4-94.4 31 5.5 2.8-10.3 22 2.5 1.3- 4.9 3 0.6 0.1- 3.1 4 0.2 0.1- 0.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,207 1,119 93.7 91.3-95.5 54 4.0 2.7- 5.8 24 1.8 0.8- 3.9 2 0.0 0.0- 0.2 8 0.4 0.2- 1.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,041 942 91.2 88.2-93.5 60 5.9 3.9- 8.7 22 2.0 1.1- 3.5 10 0.4 0.2- 0.8 7 0.5 0.2- 1.4
College Graduate 1,230 1,141 93.4 91.2-95.2 55 4.1 2.8- 6.0 20 1.4 0.7- 2.8 4 0.3 0.1- 1.6 10 0.8 0.3- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 469 407 87.7 81.1-92.2 33 7.1 3.8-12.9 18 3.4 1.2- 9.1 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0 8 1.5 0.6- 3.8
$15,000- 24,999 691 635 91.9 87.5-94.8 27 4.8 2.5- 9.0 17 2.4 1.1- 5.2 4 0.1 0.0- 0.4 8 0.7 0.3- 1.7
$25,000- 34,999 493 454 95.4 92.9-97.0 24 3.2 1.9- 5.5 11 1.1 0.5- 2.6 3 0.2 0.0- 0.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
$35,000- 49,999 500 456 93.0 89.8-95.2 27 4.0 2.5- 6.6 11 1.8 0.8- 3.8 2 0.5 0.1- 3.4 4 0.7 0.2- 2.1
$50,000-74,999 453 410 91.6 87.0-94.7 31 6.6 3.9-11.0 8 1.2 0.3- 4.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0
$75,000+ 447 424 94.9 91.3-97.1 16 2.7 1.4- 5.3 5 1.8 0.6- 5.2 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 254 231 90.0 83.2-94.2 19 9.1 5.0-15.9 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 285 267 91.3 85.4-95.0 11 4.8 2.5- 8.8 6 3.6 1.2- 9.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
Guilford 271 253 94.3 90.8-96.5 11 3.5 1.8- 6.5 5 1.6 0.6- 3.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
Henderson/Transylvania 285 261 92.8 88.8-95.5 12 3.2 1.7- 5.9 5 1.7 0.6- 5.0 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 5 1.9 0.8- 4.8
Mecklenburg 287 268 93.9 90.2-96.2 9 3.2 1.6- 6.5 6 1.9 0.8- 4.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5
Orange 257 241 92.3 84.8-96.3 10 5.7 2.2-13.7 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5
Pitt 261 232 85.8 77.4-91.4 17 10.3 5.3-19.1 7 1.9 0.8- 4.1 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 3 1.5 0.4- 5.1
Randolph 258 231 83.5 68.3-92.3 16 6.2 3.3-11.6 9 8.9 2.3-29.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2
Robeson 267 220 83.4 77.8-87.8 23 8.1 5.2-12.4 17 5.9 3.4-10.1 5 2.2 0.9- 5.2 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Wake 248 239 97.1 93.6-98.7 6 2.3 0.9- 5.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
Western NC 377 337 90.2 85.6-93.4 19 3.3 2.1- 5.3 13 4.7 2.2- 9.6 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2
Piedmont NC 566 537 94.3 91.2-96.3 21 4.4 2.6- 7.2 6 1.2 0.5- 2.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.2 0.0- 1.1
Eastern NC 516 477 91.6 88.0-94.2 27 5.9 3.8- 9.2 7 1.5 0.6- 3.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5

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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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