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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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
-Northeast Partnership I 432 379 86.0 79.6-90.7 32 6.3 4.3- 9.2 12 5.3 2.0-13.1 5 1.8 0.6- 5.3 4 0.6 0.2- 1.6
GENDER
Male 154 126 82.1 69.6-90.2 18 8.5 5.0-14.0 6 7.7 2.0-25.6 2 1.3 0.3- 4.9 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Female 278 253 89.3 83.3-93.4 14 4.5 2.6- 7.9 6 3.2 1.3- 7.9 3 2.3 0.5- 9.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
RACE
White 207 171 82.6 75.3-88.0 25 10.6 6.9-16.0 4 2.2 0.7- 6.8 5 4.1 1.4-11.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
Other 224 207 88.7 76.8-94.9 7 3.0 1.3- 6.6 8 7.7 2.4-21.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7
AGE
18-44 105 90 81.6 66.1-90.9 7 5.0 2.3-10.6 4 9.7 2.7-29.4 2 2.9 0.6-13.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9
45+ 322 284 88.8 84.4-92.0 25 7.3 4.8-11.1 8 2.4 1.1- 5.1 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 258 228 85.7 75.7-92.0 17 4.6 2.7- 7.5 8 7.2 2.4-19.5 2 1.9 0.4- 8.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4
Some College + 173 150 86.5 79.6-91.3 15 9.5 5.5-16.0 4 2.0 0.6- 5.9 3 1.7 0.5- 5.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 249 87.7 82.1-91.7 19 6.2 3.8-10.0 8 2.9 1.3- 6.7 4 2.4 0.7- 8.2 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5
$50,000+ 76 62 83.2 72.6-90.3 11 12.4 6.6-22.2 2 2.8 0.7-10.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 0 0.0 . - .

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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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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