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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Seat Belts--WHITE 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 5,108 4,476 86.1 84.5-87.6 362 7.9 6.8- 9.3 153 3.1 2.4- 3.9 52 1.3 0.9- 1.9 65 1.6 1.1- 2.2
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 328 275 85.0 78.4-89.8 26 8.8 5.0-14.8 12 3.6 1.6- 7.7 9 1.4 0.5- 3.4 6 1.3 0.5- 3.2
25-34 804 670 80.7 76.4-84.4 67 9.8 7.2-13.2 38 5.3 3.4- 8.2 11 2.0 1.0- 4.2 18 2.2 1.2- 4.1
35-44 941 811 86.3 82.8-89.2 76 7.6 5.6-10.4 29 2.7 1.6- 4.7 13 1.9 0.9- 4.1 12 1.3 0.6- 3.0
45-54 1,016 890 86.1 81.8-89.4 84 9.4 6.4-13.5 23 2.3 1.3- 3.9 8 1.0 0.4- 2.4 11 1.3 0.5- 3.2
55-64 778 689 86.9 82.4-90.4 45 7.2 4.8-10.8 28 2.6 1.5- 4.3 9 1.2 0.5- 2.8 7 2.1 0.6- 6.6
65-74 673 615 89.3 85.5-92.2 40 6.5 4.4- 9.5 10 2.3 1.1- 4.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 7 1.4 0.5- 3.5
75+ 531 491 93.9 90.4-96.2 24 3.5 1.9- 6.4 11 1.8 0.7- 4.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 4 0.7 0.2- 2.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 673 566 79.2 73.5-84.0 56 11.1 7.6-16.0 34 5.8 3.6- 9.2 8 1.9 0.8- 4.3 9 1.9 0.6- 6.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,491 1,298 86.4 83.6-88.8 110 7.6 5.9- 9.8 41 2.6 1.6- 4.2 17 1.5 0.8- 2.9 25 2.0 1.2- 3.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,190 1,035 85.9 82.4-88.8 87 7.8 5.5-11.0 35 3.2 2.1- 4.8 17 1.6 0.8- 3.0 16 1.6 0.8- 3.0
College Graduate 1,742 1,567 89.4 86.9-91.5 108 6.9 5.1- 9.2 42 2.2 1.4- 3.4 10 0.6 0.3- 1.3 15 0.9 0.4- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 442 377 85.1 78.5-89.9 36 10.3 6.0-17.0 12 2.0 0.9- 4.5 4 0.5 0.2- 1.3 13 2.2 1.1- 4.4
$15,000- 24,999 699 615 84.6 79.6-88.6 39 7.6 4.8-11.8 27 5.1 2.9- 8.8 6 0.5 0.2- 1.4 12 2.2 1.1- 4.6
$25,000- 34,999 592 517 88.5 83.9-91.9 44 7.6 4.8-12.0 25 3.4 2.0- 5.9 4 0.3 0.1- 1.6 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6
$35,000- 49,999 723 603 81.1 76.1-85.3 70 9.5 6.5-13.7 25 4.4 2.5- 7.6 11 2.1 1.0- 4.1 14 2.9 1.5- 5.7
$50,000-74,999 650 568 86.3 81.8-89.8 50 8.5 5.9-12.3 21 2.1 1.1- 4.1 7 2.5 1.0- 5.7 4 0.5 0.2- 1.8
$75,000+ 770 678 86.9 82.9-90.0 57 7.6 5.3-10.9 18 2.3 1.2- 4.2 13 2.1 1.0- 4.1 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 366 308 81.1 75.5-85.7 41 12.8 9.1-17.9 11 3.1 1.6- 5.8 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 4 1.8 0.6- 5.2
Forsyth 345 307 85.5 79.8-89.9 24 8.4 5.4-12.7 10 4.0 1.9- 8.3 2 1.5 0.3- 7.8 2 0.6 0.2- 2.7
Guilford 282 250 87.1 80.9-91.5 15 6.3 3.4-11.4 7 3.5 1.3- 9.1 6 2.0 0.8- 4.7 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0
Henderson/Transylvania 434 389 88.5 84.2-91.7 28 7.6 5.0-11.4 11 2.7 1.3- 5.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 3 0.8 0.3- 2.5
Mecklenburg 269 245 87.6 80.4-92.4 13 8.9 4.7-16.2 8 3.0 1.3- 6.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
Orange 358 326 89.8 84.3-93.6 21 7.0 3.8-12.5 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8 2 0.5 0.1- 1.8 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9
Pitt 290 247 81.7 74.6-87.1 26 11.4 7.1-17.8 8 2.9 1.3- 6.2 4 2.5 0.8- 7.7 5 1.6 0.6- 4.3
Randolph 391 336 80.3 71.4-86.9 28 7.3 4.7-11.2 16 7.2 2.7-17.7 4 1.6 0.6- 4.4 7 3.6 1.2-10.2
Robeson 175 143 79.3 69.9-86.3 15 11.8 6.1-21.6 11 6.2 3.3-11.6 3 1.7 0.5- 5.4 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9
Wake 312 290 92.1 87.1-95.2 13 5.3 2.8-10.1 5 1.3 0.4- 4.1 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0
Western NC 611 511 81.7 77.5-85.3 48 8.4 5.9-11.8 29 5.9 3.8- 8.9 10 1.9 1.0- 3.6 13 2.2 1.2- 4.0
Piedmont NC 724 648 87.4 83.8-90.3 49 7.7 5.5-10.7 12 2.1 1.1- 4.1 5 0.9 0.4- 2.2 10 1.9 0.9- 4.0
Eastern NC 551 476 85.6 81.8-88.7 41 8.0 5.7-11.3 19 2.9 1.8- 4.7 7 1.8 0.8- 3.9 8 1.7 0.8- 3.4

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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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