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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Seat Belts--MALE Respondents Only

How often do you use seatbelts when you drive or ride in a car?

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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 2,607 2,126 81.5 79.2-83.7 260 10.3 8.6-12.2 113 3.7 2.8- 4.8 51 2.1 1.5- 3.1 57 2.4 1.6- 3.5
RACE
White 1,966 1,577 79.1 76.3-81.7 213 11.5 9.5-13.8 91 4.3 3.2- 5.7 40 2.4 1.6- 3.5 45 2.7 1.8- 4.1
African American 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
Asian 36 34 94.7 76.4-99.0 2 5.3 1.0-23.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 72 52 87.2 77.0-93.2 8 6.3 2.4-15.8 8 4.4 1.9-10.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.1 0.7- 6.3
Other Minorities 145 133 92.4 84.2-96.5 8 6.7 2.8-15.1 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 154 138 91.4 83.6-95.6 10 7.1 3.2-14.9 5 1.4 0.4- 4.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 56 47 82.7 63.2-93.0 5 11.7 3.4-32.9 3 4.8 1.1-18.4 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 98 91 93.9 84.8-97.7 5 5.7 2.0-15.0 2 0.4 0.1- 2.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,448 1,983 80.6 78.1-82.8 250 10.6 8.9-12.6 108 3.9 3.0- 5.1 50 2.3 1.6- 3.3 57 2.6 1.8- 3.8
AGE
18-24 189 141 82.4 74.6-88.2 23 10.6 6.2-17.6 12 3.4 1.4- 8.1 9 2.3 0.9- 5.7 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6
25-34 449 333 74.7 68.6-79.9 51 12.2 8.4-17.3 37 7.3 4.6-11.3 12 2.7 1.3- 5.5 16 3.2 1.7- 5.9
35-44 560 454 83.7 79.1-87.4 61 9.0 6.4-12.6 19 2.2 1.3- 3.9 16 3.4 1.8- 6.5 10 1.7 0.7- 4.2
45-54 530 443 82.7 76.8-87.3 57 11.3 7.4-17.0 14 2.7 1.4- 5.2 7 1.4 0.5- 3.6 9 1.9 0.7- 4.9
55-64 373 319 83.5 76.9-88.5 26 8.8 5.5-13.8 14 2.4 1.1- 4.9 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 8 3.7 1.2-10.8
65-74 296 250 79.0 71.2-85.2 28 12.5 7.9-19.0 8 3.1 1.2- 7.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 9 4.5 1.8-10.8
75+ 188 166 90.5 83.4-94.8 14 5.3 2.4-11.3 7 3.4 1.2- 9.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 444 358 78.9 72.6-84.1 44 11.1 7.5-16.2 27 5.5 3.3- 9.2 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 9 2.7 0.9- 7.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 776 612 81.0 76.9-84.5 83 9.8 7.4-12.8 35 3.2 1.8- 5.4 22 2.9 1.6- 5.1 24 3.2 1.9- 5.4
Some Post-H.S. 530 421 79.8 73.9-84.6 58 11.3 7.4-16.9 21 3.4 2.0- 5.8 14 2.9 1.5- 5.6 16 2.5 1.3- 4.9
College Graduate 850 729 85.4 81.4-88.6 75 9.5 6.9-13.1 29 3.1 1.8- 5.2 9 1.0 0.4- 2.2 8 1.0 0.4- 2.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 208 169 83.9 75.2-89.9 16 8.4 4.1-16.3 6 2.5 0.9- 6.5 4 1.1 0.3- 3.3 13 4.2 1.7-10.2
$15,000- 24,999 407 333 81.9 75.9-86.7 35 9.7 6.4-14.7 22 4.6 2.4- 8.7 6 1.2 0.4- 3.7 11 2.5 1.1- 5.3
$25,000- 34,999 323 262 81.6 74.4-87.2 34 10.7 6.4-17.3 20 5.5 2.9-10.2 4 1.3 0.3- 4.8 3 0.9 0.2- 3.9
$35,000- 49,999 398 304 75.6 68.6-81.4 54 12.2 8.0-18.2 18 5.5 2.9-10.1 12 3.1 1.5- 6.1 10 3.7 1.7- 7.7
$50,000-74,999 293 240 80.3 72.4-86.4 31 12.3 7.5-19.5 13 2.5 1.2- 5.2 7 4.2 1.7- 9.9 2 0.7 0.1- 3.3
$75,000+ 433 353 82.4 77.0-86.8 48 10.3 7.0-14.9 14 2.2 1.1- 4.6 12 3.1 1.5- 6.1 6 2.0 0.7- 5.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 159 119 73.6 65.2-80.6 26 15.8 10.5-23.0 8 5.1 2.5-10.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.0 4 3.4 1.2- 9.3
Forsyth 179 143 79.0 71.2-85.2 20 11.5 7.1-17.9 10 5.5 2.8-10.5 4 3.0 0.8-10.4 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1
Guilford 154 126 81.3 72.2-87.9 11 8.0 4.1-15.0 5 3.8 1.3-11.1 9 5.9 2.5-13.6 3 1.0 0.3- 3.0
Henderson/Transylvania 189 164 86.7 80.1-91.3 18 10.1 6.1-16.2 6 2.9 1.1- 7.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 160 136 83.5 74.6-89.7 14 11.8 6.5-20.6 6 2.7 1.1- 6.9 2 1.4 0.3- 6.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3
Orange 184 159 85.7 78.8-90.7 17 9.6 5.6-16.0 4 2.5 0.9- 6.7 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.8
Pitt 158 130 79.2 70.0-86.1 15 11.6 6.5-19.9 7 4.8 2.3-10.0 3 3.2 0.9-10.5 3 1.2 0.3- 3.8
Randolph 175 142 78.6 69.3-85.6 16 8.9 5.3-14.7 8 4.3 2.0- 8.8 4 2.9 1.1- 7.9 5 5.3 1.4-17.6
Robeson 177 135 77.5 69.1-84.1 15 9.9 5.4-17.5 16 8.9 5.1-15.0 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 8 2.7 1.2- 5.9
Wake 184 161 84.8 76.1-90.7 14 10.8 5.7-19.7 5 2.0 0.7- 5.7 2 1.2 0.3- 4.5 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3
Western NC 280 216 75.8 69.4-81.2 31 12.3 8.2-18.0 16 6.1 3.6-10.0 7 2.7 1.3- 5.6 10 3.2 1.6- 6.3
Piedmont NC 323 262 81.4 75.7-86.1 37 10.5 7.1-15.3 9 3.2 1.5- 6.8 6 1.7 0.7- 3.9 9 3.2 1.5- 6.8
Eastern NC 285 233 83.7 78.5-87.8 26 8.1 5.2-12.3 13 3.2 1.7- 5.8 6 2.4 1.0- 5.4 7 2.6 1.2- 5.5

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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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