2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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%)
North Carolina 4,573 4,250 92.6 91.5-93.6 253 6.0 5.1- 7.0 70 1.4 1.0- 1.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 766 714 93.0 89.5-95.5 41 6.3 3.9- 9.9 11 0.6 0.3- 1.3
Region 3 & 5 862 804 93.3 91.1-95.0 44 5.3 3.8- 7.3 14 1.4 0.8- 2.7
Region 4 626 575 91.0 88.0-93.3 39 7.1 5.0- 9.9 12 1.9 1.0- 3.6
Region 6 & 7 942 875 93.0 90.6-94.9 55 5.8 4.1- 8.1 12 1.2 0.6- 2.4
Region 8 686 638 93.7 91.1-95.6 35 5.1 3.4- 7.6 13 1.2 0.6- 2.4
Region 9 & 10 693 646 91.0 87.2-93.7 39 7.1 4.7-10.6 *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,834 1,700 91.3 89.1-93.1 107 7.3 5.7- 9.4 27 1.4 0.8- 2.3
Piedmont 1,847 1,720 93.0 91.5-94.3 99 5.5 4.3- 6.8 28 1.5 1.0- 2.4
Western NC 894 832 93.1 90.2-95.2 47 5.9 4.0- 8.8 15 1.0 0.5- 1.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 685 637 93.9 91.1-95.8 37 5.5 3.6- 8.2 11 0.6 0.3- 1.2
Northwest 589 548 92.2 88.5-94.7 31 6.3 4.0- 9.7 *** *** ***
Charlotte 508 465 90.8 87.4-93.3 34 7.5 5.2-10.7 *** *** ***
Greensboro 350 322 91.9 87.6-94.8 23 7.0 4.2-11.2 *** *** ***
Southern Regional 656 606 91.8 88.1-94.5 39 6.9 4.5-10.4 11 1.3 0.5- 3.2
Southeast 289 273 94.4 90.5-96.7 11 4.1 2.1- 7.7 *** *** ***
Wake 596 568 95.2 92.0-97.1 20 3.4 1.8- 6.3 *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 902 833 91.0 88.0-93.4 58 7.6 5.4-10.5 11 1.4 0.7- 2.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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