2018 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 4,522 4,187 92.1 91.0-93.1 277 6.4 5.5- 7.4 58 1.5 1.1- 2.2
Region 1 & 2 735 672 90.5 86.4-93.5 52 7.4 4.9-11.0 11 2.1 0.8- 5.5
GENDER
Male 343 305 86.8 79.2-92.0 29 9.7 5.6-16.4 *** *** ***
Female 392 367 94.1 90.4-96.4 23 5.2 3.0- 8.8 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 637 582 90.4 85.7-93.6 47 7.9 5.2-12.0 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 189 165 85.5 77.1-91.2 19 10.0 5.8-16.5 *** *** ***
45-64 253 238 92.5 82.9-96.9 14 7.3 2.9-17.0 *** *** ***
65+ 280 256 94.4 91.0-96.5 19 4.6 2.7- 7.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 254 234 90.1 80.7-95.2 15 6.4 2.6-14.7 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 222 196 90.6 85.1-94.2 21 7.8 4.5-13.2 *** *** ***
College Graduate 259 242 91.1 84.4-95.1 16 8.7 4.7-15.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 330 298 90.8 83.9-94.9 27 8.0 4.1-15.0 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 257 238 90.7 84.5-94.6 17 8.5 4.8-14.7 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 148 136 89.7 76.1-96.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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