2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 500 470 92.7 88.0-95.7 25 4.9 3.0- 7.8 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 235 214 89.7 80.9-94.7 17 6.1 3.5-10.2 *** *** ***
Female 265 256 95.6 90.2-98.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 340 324 95.3 92.0-97.2 14 4.0 2.2- 7.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 94 85 89.3 75.4-95.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 165 148 88.0 78.1-93.8 15 8.0 4.4-14.1 *** *** ***
45-64 156 150 96.6 91.7-98.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 170 163 96.4 91.0-98.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 192 177 90.4 83.8-94.5 12 8.1 4.4-14.5 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 156 149 93.5 78.3-98.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 151 143 96.1 90.8-98.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 259 238 91.0 85.5-94.6 19 7.8 4.5-13.1 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 154 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 87 84 98.9 96.5-99.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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