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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Seatbelt Use

How often do you use seat belts 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%)
North Carolina 15,487 13,721 86.7 85.8-87.5 1,148 8.4 7.7- 9.1 331 2.8 2.4- 3.3 133 1.1 0.8- 1.4 154 1.1 0.9- 1.3
-Mtn. AHEC 920 815 87.2 83.5-90.1 74 8.5 6.1-11.7 14 1.7 0.9- 3.3 8 1.8 0.7- 4.4 9 0.8 0.3- 1.9
GENDER
Male 345 286 80.8 74.5-85.8 41 11.9 8.1-17.0 8 2.6 1.1- 6.0 5 3.3 1.2- 8.9 5 1.5 0.5- 4.0
Female 575 529 92.9 88.3-95.7 33 5.6 2.9-10.2 6 0.9 0.3- 2.4 3 0.6 0.1- 2.1 4 0.2 0.1- 0.5
RACE
White 821 729 87.4 83.5-90.5 68 8.8 6.3-12.3 9 1.0 0.5- 2.2 7 1.8 0.7- 4.8 8 0.9 0.3- 2.1
Other 95 83 85.7 71.0-93.7 6 5.7 1.8-16.6 5 8.4 2.6-24.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
AGE
18-44 241 206 84.5 76.9-89.9 25 11.0 6.5-18.0 5 1.7 0.5- 5.7 2 1.8 0.4- 8.3 3 1.1 0.2- 4.3
45+ 678 608 89.1 85.4-91.9 49 6.8 4.7- 9.7 9 1.7 0.8- 3.5 6 1.9 0.7- 5.2 6 0.6 0.2- 1.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 392 347 85.7 78.8-90.7 29 9.0 5.1-15.5 6 1.8 0.6- 5.5 5 2.2 0.7- 6.7 5 1.2 0.4- 4.0
Some College + 523 464 88.3 84.1-91.5 45 8.2 5.7-11.5 7 1.5 0.7- 3.4 3 1.5 0.4- 6.2 4 0.5 0.1- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 559 493 85.3 79.8-89.5 46 9.6 6.3-14.5 9 2.0 0.8- 4.7 6 2.6 0.9- 7.0 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4
$50,000+ 233 204 87.5 81.2-91.9 20 8.4 4.9-14.1 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1 4 2.0 0.6- 6.9

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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