2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 686 638 93.7 91.1-95.6 35 5.1 3.4- 7.6 13 1.2 0.6- 2.4
GENDER
Male 300 271 92.5 88.3-95.2 21 6.0 3.5-10.1 *** *** ***
Female 386 367 94.9 91.2-97.1 14 4.2 2.2- 7.8 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 390 357 92.5 89.0-95.0 26 6.1 3.9- 9.4 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 133 129 97.4 91.0-99.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 163 152 94.6 86.8-97.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 213 200 94.7 90.0-97.3 13 5.3 2.7-10.0 *** *** ***
45-64 242 220 91.3 86.1-94.7 15 6.2 3.4-10.9 *** *** ***
65+ 228 215 94.9 90.1-97.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 292 273 94.7 90.5-97.0 16 4.7 2.5- 8.7 *** *** ***
Some College + 393 364 92.9 89.1-95.4 19 5.5 3.2- 9.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 357 332 92.5 88.0-95.4 19 6.2 3.6-10.6 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 201 184 93.4 88.7-96.2 12 5.5 3.0-10.0 *** *** ***

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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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