2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 542 499 90.9 87.5-93.4 36 8.0 5.6-11.3 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 231 209 89.4 83.8-93.3 15 8.1 4.7-13.6 *** *** ***
Female 311 290 92.1 87.6-95.1 21 7.9 4.9-12.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 335 314 92.4 88.1-95.2 18 6.9 4.2-11.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 140 123 84.9 76.1-90.9 15 13.0 7.5-21.5 *** *** ***
Other 67 62 93.2 82.4-97.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 199 169 84.0 77.2-89.0 25 13.8 9.1-20.5 *** *** ***
45-64 178 173 97.2 93.0-98.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 154 147 95.3 89.8-97.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 159 89.4 82.5-93.7 16 10.4 6.1-17.3 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 148 134 88.4 81.1-93.2 11 9.4 5.2-16.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 216 204 95.0 91.2-97.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 201 86.2 79.5-91.0 21 12.0 7.5-18.7 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 218 207 94.6 90.1-97.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 98 91 92.9 85.1-96.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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