2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Seatbelt Use and Drinking and Driving

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%)
TOTAL 3,906 3,640 91.7 90.1-93.0 193 6.2 5.1- 7.6 73 2.1 1.5- 3.0
GENDER
Male 1,715 1,557 88.2 85.4-90.5 108 8.4 6.4-11.0 50 3.4 2.3- 5.0
Female 2,191 2,083 94.8 93.2-96.1 85 4.2 3.1- 5.7 *** *** ***
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,544 3,319 92.4 90.8-93.8 168 5.8 4.6- 7.3 57 1.7 1.2- 2.5
No 300 265 83.7 76.3-89.1 22 10.7 6.8-16.6 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 991 928 91.7 88.7-93.9 44 6.4 4.4- 9.2 19 2.0 1.1- 3.5
Overweight 1,280 1,211 92.8 89.9-94.9 52 5.4 3.7- 7.9 *** *** ***
Obese 1,299 1,183 89.7 86.4-92.3 85 7.9 5.6-11.2 31 2.3 1.4- 4.0
Current Smoker
Yes 477 420 87.1 81.9-91.0 36 8.4 5.3-13.0 *** *** ***
No 3,401 3,194 92.4 90.7-93.8 155 5.9 4.7- 7.4 52 1.8 1.2- 2.7
History of CVD**
Yes 424 390 91.7 86.5-95.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,459 3,228 91.6 90.0-93.0 172 6.3 5.1- 7.9 59 2.0 1.4- 3.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 454 401 84.4 78.3-89.1 41 12.3 8.0-18.4 *** *** ***
No 3,302 3,104 93.1 91.5-94.4 141 5.3 4.1- 6.7 57 1.7 1.1- 2.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 191 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,571 3,338 92.1 90.5-93.4 168 5.9 4.7- 7.3 65 2.0 1.4- 3.0
COPD
Yes 310 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,583 3,338 91.5 89.9-92.9 176 6.3 5.1- 7.8 69 2.2 1.5- 3.1
Current Asthma
Yes 430 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,458 3,225 91.7 90.1-93.0 168 6.0 4.9- 7.4 65 2.3 1.6- 3.2
Diabetes
Yes 540 501 92.9 89.2-95.5 26 5.4 3.2- 9.1 *** *** ***
No 3,360 3,133 91.5 89.7-92.9 167 6.3 5.1- 7.9 60 2.2 1.5- 3.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,292 1,182 89.4 86.0-92.1 72 7.2 4.9-10.5 38 3.4 2.1- 5.3
No 2,581 2,426 92.9 91.2-94.3 121 5.9 4.6- 7.4 34 1.3 0.8- 2.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,093 1,025 93.9 91.4-95.7 46 4.7 3.1- 6.9 *** *** ***
No 2,811 2,613 91.0 89.0-92.6 147 6.7 5.3- 8.5 51 2.3 1.6- 3.4

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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