2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 384 349 90.4 86.0-93.4 25 6.0 3.8- 9.3 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 184 167 90.3 82.7-94.8 12 5.9 2.9-11.7 *** *** ***
Female 200 182 90.4 84.7-94.2 13 6.0 3.4-10.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 309 280 90.4 85.5-93.8 21 6.2 3.8- 9.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 121 109 90.9 82.8-95.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 136 119 87.0 79.2-92.2 12 8.1 4.2-14.9 *** *** ***
65+ 122 116 94.2 85.0-97.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 128 91.0 82.3-95.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 111 102 92.2 85.0-96.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 133 118 87.0 77.8-92.7 11 8.7 4.2-17.1 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 148 91.4 84.5-95.4 11 6.1 3.1-11.7 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 148 132 88.7 80.0-93.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 75 69 91.5 81.5-96.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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