2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 681 633 93.2 90.6-95.1 39 5.4 3.7- 7.8 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 312 282 90.3 85.6-93.5 25 7.7 4.8-12.0 *** *** ***
Female 369 351 95.8 92.8-97.6 14 3.4 1.8- 6.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 453 425 94.2 91.1-96.3 24 5.0 3.1- 8.1 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 123 113 91.4 83.8-95.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 105 95 91.4 83.8-95.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 267 239 89.2 84.1-92.9 22 8.2 5.1-13.1 *** *** ***
45-64 225 215 96.6 93.5-98.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 174 166 97.2 93.9-98.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 216 92.7 87.5-95.9 11 5.1 2.6-10.0 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 209 193 92.7 87.8-95.8 13 6.3 3.5-11.1 *** *** ***
College Graduate 237 221 95.2 91.9-97.2 15 4.6 2.7- 7.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 247 93.7 89.3-96.3 15 4.4 2.4- 8.1 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 285 268 93.3 88.6-96.1 16 6.2 3.5-10.8 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 130 118 92.2 85.9-95.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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