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Seatbelt Usage (Self-Reported) by Year, New Jersey and United States, 2011 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Motor vehicle crashes are the second leading cause of unintentional injury death in New Jersey and in the United States. Seat belt use can help to prevent injuries and death and the use of seat belts is mandatory in New Jersey.
Definition
Percentage of New Jersey adults aged 18 and over who who reported wearing a seat belt always in automobiles.
Data Sources
- Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health
(http://www.nj.gov/health/chs/njbrfs/) - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.html)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of persons aged 18 and over who reported wearing a seat belt always in automobiles.Denominator:
Total number of persons aged 18 and over in the sample survey
Data Issues
Data from the New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey are intended to be representative of all non-institutionalized adult residents of New Jersey. Due to resource issues, however, adults with limited personal access to phone service or limited command of either English or Spanish are not represented. As with all surveys, also, some error results from nonresponse (e.g., refusal to participate in the survey or to answer specific questions), and faulty measurement (e.g., responses affected by social desirability or recall error). Data collection procedures intended to minimize such errors include the use of strict calling protocols, good questionnaire design, standardization of interviewer behavior, interviewer training, and frequent, on-site interviewer monitoring and supervision. Statistical weighting procedures are also used to minimize the potential impact of disproportionate representation of demographic subgroups defined in terms of age, sex, race, ethnicity, education level, marital status, home ownership, and county of residence. (See also [[a href="query/BRFSSQueryTechNotes.html" Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Data Description and Technical Notes]].)Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective IVP-15
U.S. Target: Increase use of safety belts to 92.4 percent of motor vehicle drivers and right-front seat passengers by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/injury-and-violence-prevention
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective IVP-7a
NJ Target: Increase self-reported seat belt use by adults "always" to 100 percent for the total population, 100% for Asians, 98% for Blacks, 99.6% for Hispanics, and 100% for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/injury-violence-prevention.shtml