2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 693 646 91.0 87.2-93.7 39 7.1 4.7-10.6 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 285 254 87.2 80.8-91.8 24 8.9 5.3-14.6 *** *** ***
Female 408 392 94.4 89.5-97.1 15 5.5 2.8-10.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 446 413 90.0 84.8-93.6 26 7.2 4.3-11.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 200 189 92.6 85.4-96.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 193 172 85.3 77.4-90.8 17 11.0 6.4-18.4 *** *** ***
45-64 248 237 97.1 94.5-98.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 243 229 92.7 85.7-96.5 12 6.6 3.0-13.8 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 252 87.3 80.5-92.0 21 10.2 6.2-16.5 *** *** ***
Some College + 414 392 94.3 89.8-96.9 18 4.5 2.2- 8.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 321 298 88.1 81.3-92.6 19 9.6 5.6-15.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 240 225 93.3 86.5-96.8 13 5.1 2.2-11.5 *** *** ***

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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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