2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 4,522 4,187 92.1 91.0-93.1 277 6.4 5.5- 7.4 58 1.5 1.1- 2.2
GENDER
Male 2,089 1,887 89.5 87.6-91.2 158 8.0 6.6- 9.6 44 2.5 1.7- 3.7
Female 2,433 2,300 94.4 93.1-95.4 119 4.9 4.0- 6.1 14 0.7 0.4- 1.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,927 3,657 92.7 91.6-93.7 229 6.1 5.2- 7.1 41 1.2 0.8- 1.8
No 593 528 88.3 84.3-91.4 48 8.1 5.5-11.6 17 3.6 2.1- 6.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,233 1,154 93.1 90.9-94.7 70 6.0 4.5- 8.1 *** *** ***
Overweight 1,506 1,402 91.7 89.5-93.4 81 6.4 4.9- 8.3 23 1.9 1.1- 3.3
Obese 1,381 1,269 92.5 90.6-94.1 95 6.2 4.9- 8.0 *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 740 655 86.6 82.7-89.7 69 10.5 7.8-14.0 *** *** ***
No 3,754 3,507 93.2 92.1-94.2 205 5.5 4.7- 6.5 42 1.3 0.9- 1.9
History of CVD**
Yes 577 531 92.2 89.1-94.5 34 5.8 3.8- 8.7 *** *** ***
No 3,927 3,640 92.1 90.9-93.1 241 6.4 5.5- 7.5 46 1.5 1.0- 2.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 565 491 86.7 82.7-89.9 63 10.9 8.0-14.5 *** *** ***
No 3,762 3,516 93.1 92.0-94.1 203 5.6 4.7- 6.6 43 1.3 0.9- 2.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 256 219 84.1 77.3-89.1 28 11.2 7.2-17.1 *** *** ***
No 4,053 3,769 92.6 91.4-93.6 240 6.2 5.3- 7.2 44 1.3 0.9- 1.9
COPD
Yes 410 391 96.0 93.1-97.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 4,102 3,788 91.8 90.6-92.8 260 6.6 5.7- 7.7 54 1.6 1.1- 2.3
Current Asthma
Yes 407 379 92.2 87.9-95.1 21 5.8 3.3- 9.9 *** *** ***
No 4,100 3,795 92.1 90.9-93.1 254 6.4 5.5- 7.5 51 1.5 1.0- 2.2
Diabetes
Yes 656 611 92.9 90.0-95.0 38 5.7 3.9- 8.4 *** *** ***
No 3,872 3,582 92.0 90.8-93.0 239 6.5 5.5- 7.5 51 1.6 1.1- 2.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,430 1,318 91.0 88.8-92.8 88 7.0 5.3- 9.0 24 2.0 1.3- 3.2
No 3,079 2,861 92.6 91.3-93.8 184 6.0 5.0- 7.2 34 1.4 0.9- 2.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,515 1,420 93.7 91.8-95.2 77 4.8 3.7- 6.4 *** *** ***
No 3,013 2,773 91.5 90.1-92.7 200 7.0 5.9- 8.2 40 1.6 1.1- 2.3

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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