2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 591 547 92.0 88.8-94.3 37 7.1 4.9-10.2 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 288 256 87.3 81.8-91.4 25 10.6 6.9-16.1 *** *** ***
Female 303 291 96.1 92.3-98.1 12 3.9 1.9- 7.7 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 357 327 90.3 85.7-93.5 26 8.6 5.6-13.1 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 137 130 94.7 87.6-97.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 97 90 93.9 86.9-97.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 235 214 89.8 83.8-93.7 16 8.6 5.0-14.5 *** *** ***
45-64 207 196 94.6 89.9-97.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 140 128 92.3 85.7-96.0 11 7.1 3.5-13.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 171 89.3 82.2-93.8 13 9.3 5.1-16.2 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 122 109 91.2 83.5-95.5 11 8.0 3.9-15.8 *** *** ***
College Graduate 281 266 94.9 91.3-97.0 13 4.5 2.5- 7.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 196 178 91.0 84.9-94.8 13 6.7 3.5-12.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 270 253 91.8 86.5-95.1 16 8.0 4.7-13.3 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 125 116 93.7 86.1-97.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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