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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Seatbelt Use-WHITES

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 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
-WHITES 9,349 8,622 89.2 87.8-90.4 453 6.6 5.6- 7.6 137 2.2 1.6- 2.9 74 1.3 0.8- 2.0 63 0.8 0.5- 1.2
GENDER
Male 3,553 3,132 84.8 82.5-86.8 252 8.9 7.4-10.8 84 2.6 2.0- 3.5 49 2.3 1.4- 3.8 36 1.4 0.8- 2.2
Female 5,796 5,490 93.2 91.6-94.5 201 4.4 3.4- 5.6 53 1.8 1.0- 3.2 25 0.4 0.2- 0.6 27 0.3 0.2- 0.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 171 159 88.0 77.7-93.9 4 3.5 0.9-12.9 6 7.2 3.0-16.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3
Non-Hispanic 9,173 8,458 89.2 87.8-90.4 449 6.7 5.7- 7.7 131 2.0 1.5- 2.8 73 1.3 0.9- 2.1 62 0.8 0.5- 1.2
AGE
18-24 228 192 77.0 67.9-84.1 25 14.5 9.3-22.0 6 4.4 1.5-12.1 3 3.8 1.1-12.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5
25-34 633 558 85.1 80.7-88.6 44 8.0 5.5-11.7 16 3.6 2.0- 6.3 6 1.0 0.4- 2.6 9 2.3 1.0- 5.1
35-44 1,251 1,139 89.8 87.3-91.9 71 6.6 4.9- 8.8 24 2.2 1.4- 3.6 13 1.1 0.5- 2.1 4 0.3 0.1- 1.1
45-54 1,703 1,561 91.4 89.3-93.2 94 5.2 4.0- 6.8 28 1.6 1.0- 2.6 10 1.0 0.4- 2.8 10 0.7 0.3- 1.8
55-64 2,101 1,943 91.9 90.0-93.5 96 5.2 3.9- 6.9 30 1.6 1.0- 2.6 20 0.8 0.4- 1.3 12 0.5 0.3- 1.0
65+ 3,364 3,164 93.6 92.3-94.7 122 3.7 2.9- 4.7 33 1.0 0.6- 1.6 20 1.1 0.6- 1.9 25 0.6 0.3- 1.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,024 921 83.7 77.7-88.4 52 7.4 4.6-11.6 27 6.2 3.0-12.4 12 1.9 0.9- 4.0 12 0.8 0.3- 2.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,633 2,416 86.3 83.1-89.0 121 7.3 5.4- 9.7 42 2.3 1.3- 3.8 30 2.5 1.2- 5.1 24 1.7 0.9- 3.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,360 2,179 90.3 88.0-92.3 123 6.6 5.0- 8.7 28 1.5 0.9- 2.7 17 1.1 0.5- 2.4 13 0.4 0.2- 0.8
College Graduate 3,320 3,095 92.0 90.2-93.4 157 5.8 4.5- 7.4 39 1.5 0.9- 2.4 15 0.4 0.2- 0.7 14 0.4 0.2- 0.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 836 767 92.7 90.0-94.7 34 3.5 2.2- 5.5 13 1.8 0.9- 3.7 8 0.7 0.3- 1.7 14 1.3 0.6- 2.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,352 1,241 87.2 82.7-90.6 55 4.7 3.0- 7.3 28 4.5 2.2- 8.7 17 2.2 1.0- 4.8 11 1.4 0.6- 3.5
$25,000- 34,999 958 866 85.1 80.0-89.1 58 10.2 6.7-15.2 22 3.2 1.8- 5.8 5 0.4 0.1- 1.5 7 1.0 0.4- 2.7
$35,000-49,999 1,183 1,092 90.6 87.3-93.1 59 5.6 3.9- 7.9 12 0.8 0.4- 1.6 12 1.3 0.6- 2.8 8 1.8 0.6- 5.1
$50,000- 74,999 1,313 1,212 89.1 85.9-91.6 71 7.8 5.6-10.6 20 2.2 1.3- 3.9 5 0.7 0.2- 2.4 5 0.2 0.1- 0.6
$75,000+ 2,216 2,048 90.7 88.3-92.6 117 7.0 5.3- 9.3 29 1.4 0.9- 2.2 13 0.5 0.3- 1.0 9 0.4 0.2- 0.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,467 3,164 88.6 85.9-90.8 178 6.0 4.7- 7.7 54 2.6 1.4- 4.9 38 1.9 0.9- 3.9 33 0.9 0.5- 1.7
No 5,613 5,209 89.4 87.8-90.8 263 6.8 5.6- 8.1 81 2.1 1.5- 2.8 33 1.0 0.6- 1.8 27 0.7 0.4- 1.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,355 1,240 89.8 86.5-92.3 74 7.2 5.0-10.3 19 1.5 0.8- 2.9 13 1.1 0.6- 2.2 9 0.4 0.2- 0.9
Non-Veteran 7,992 7,380 89.1 87.6-90.4 379 6.5 5.5- 7.6 118 2.3 1.6- 3.1 61 1.3 0.8- 2.2 54 0.9 0.6- 1.4

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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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