2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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%)
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
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
GENDER
Male 339 301 88.9 82.0-93.3 31 10.4 6.0-17.4 *** *** ***
Female 427 413 97.0 94.4-98.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 680 634 92.9 89.0-95.6 36 6.5 4.0-10.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 60 57 97.6 91.2-99.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 184 161 89.6 83.7-93.5 21 9.7 5.9-15.6 *** *** ***
45-64 265 249 93.6 83.1-97.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 310 297 96.7 93.0-98.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 260 235 90.8 83.3-95.1 19 8.1 4.0-15.8 *** *** ***
Some College + 504 477 94.8 91.6-96.8 22 4.9 2.9- 8.1 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 362 336 93.8 89.9-96.3 20 5.4 3.1- 9.4 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 270 252 90.6 81.1-95.6 17 9.3 4.3-18.8 *** *** ***

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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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