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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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 11,971 11,028 89.6 88.5-90.7 587 6.4 5.6- 7.3 185 2.1 1.6- 2.7 87 1.1 0.7- 1.6 84 0.7 0.5- 1.0
-Buncombe County 260 250 96.2 92.0-98.2 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 3 1.9 0.5- 6.9 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 98 92 94.8 86.0-98.2 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2 2 1.2 0.3- 5.6 1 2.4 0.3-15.3 0 0.0 . - .
Female 162 158 97.5 93.4-99.1 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 244 234 95.8 91.2-98.1 5 1.4 0.6- 3.5 2 0.7 0.1- 3.0 3 2.1 0.6- 7.6 0 0.0 . - .
Other 12 12 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 50 49 97.2 82.4-99.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.8 0.4-17.6 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 205 197 96.1 92.1-98.1 5 2.2 0.9- 5.5 2 1.0 0.2- 4.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 95 94 97.1 82.0-99.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.9 0.4-18.0 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 165 156 95.6 91.4-97.8 5 2.1 0.8- 5.2 2 1.0 0.2- 4.6 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 130 94.7 85.6-98.2 4 2.3 0.8- 6.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 1 2.6 0.4-16.3 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 80 77 96.9 90.5-99.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 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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