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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Seatbelt Use

How often do you use seat belts when you drive or ride in a car?
Would you say-?

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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 15,719 14,242 88.3 87.4-89.1 975 7.4 6.7- 8.1 283 2.5 2.1- 3.0 100 0.9 0.7- 1.2 119 1.0 0.7- 1.3
-New Hanover County 370 346 88.1 79.7-93.4 17 7.5 4.2-13.2 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7 1 2.9 0.4-17.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.4
GENDER
Male 145 129 81.8 67.2-90.8 11 10.8 5.3-20.8 3 1.5 0.4- 5.2 1 5.6 0.8-29.8 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
Female 225 217 94.9 88.5-97.8 6 4.0 1.5-10.5 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4
RACE
White 319 299 88.7 79.1-94.2 14 6.1 3.3-11.1 4 1.1 0.4- 3.4 1 3.6 0.5-20.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
Other 49 45 85.5 61.4-95.7 3 13.8 3.9-38.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1
AGE
18-44 82 75 87.6 74.5-94.5 5 11.0 4.5-24.5 2 1.4 0.3- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 286 269 88.4 75.7-94.9 12 5.2 2.8- 9.3 2 0.6 0.2- 2.4 1 4.9 0.7-27.0 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 103 98 90.3 73.7-96.9 3 8.6 2.4-26.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
Some College + 266 247 87.3 76.5-93.5 14 7.2 3.8-13.0 3 1.0 0.3- 3.7 1 4.0 0.6-23.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 152 88.7 77.3-94.8 8 10.1 4.3-21.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.2 0.3- 5.4
$50,000+ 161 150 92.1 84.8-96.0 8 6.3 2.8-13.6 3 1.7 0.5- 5.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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