Table 2.
Number and percentage of participants reporting safety behaviours by sex, age and Alaska Education and Research Towards Health (EARTH) Study region*
| Sex | Age | Region | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behaviour | Total | Men | Women | 18–29 | 30–39 | 40–59 | 60+ | Southcentral | Southeast | Southwest |
| Seatbelt use | ||||||||||
| Always/almost always | 2733 (74.1) | 1004 (69.5) | 1729 (77.2) | 705 (67.0 | 568 (73.7) | 1155 (78.9) | 305 (76.2) | 1304 (94.2) | 635 (72.2) | 794 (55.9) |
| About half the time/rarely/never | 953 (25.9) | 441 (30.5) | 512 (22.8) | 347 (33.0) | 203 (26.3) | 308 (21.1) | 95 (23.8) | 81 (5.8) | 245 (27.8) | 627 (44.1) |
| Adhere to the speed limit | ||||||||||
| Always | 1405 (55.0) | 559 (54.6) | 846 (55.2) | 319 (43.9) | 313 (53.2) | 628 (60.8) | 145 (69.7) | 499 (49.4) | 418 (62.1) | 488 (56.0) |
| 5+ mph over | 1150 (45.0) | 464 (45.4) | 686 (44.8) | 407 (56.1) | 275 (46.8) | 405 (39.2) | 63 (30.3) | 512 (50.6) | 255 (37.9) | 383 (44.0) |
| Drive after drinking 1+ alcoholic beverages | ||||||||||
| Never | 3398 (94.1) | 1271 (91.2) | 2127 (95.9) | 925 (92.2) | 684 (92.6) | 1381 (95.2) | 408 (97.8) | 1271 (95.3) | 819 (94.9) | 1308 (92.5) |
| 1+ times | 212 (5.9) | 122 (8.8) | 90 (4.1) | 78 (7.8) | 55 (7.4) | 70 (4.8) | 9 (2.2) | 62 (4.7) | 44 (5.1) | 106 (7.5) |
| Ride after driver drinking 1 + alcoholic beverages | ||||||||||
| Never | 3270 (91.3) | 1249 (89.4) | 2021 (92.5) | 870 (87.9) | 663 (90.5) | 1333 (92.2) | 404 (97.8) | 1200 (90.9) | 773 (92.4) | 1297 (91.1) |
| 1+ times | 311 (8.7) | 148 (10.6) | 163 (7.5) | 120 (12.1) | 70 (9.5) | 112 (7.8) | 9 (2.2) | 120 (9.1) | 64 (7.6) | 127 (8.9) |
| Helmet use | ||||||||||
| Always/almost always | 485 (20.5) | 209 (19.0) | 276 (21.8) | 120 (14.9) | 130 (24.3) | 198 (23.5) | 37 (20.6) | 273 (37.9) | 142 (44.5) | 70 (5.3) |
| About half the time/rarely/never | 1879 (79.5) | 891 (81.0) | 988 (78.2) | 686 (85.1) | 404 (75.7) | 646 (76.5) | 143 (79.4) | 447 (62.1) | 177 (55.5) | 1255 (94.7) |
| PFD use | ||||||||||
| Always | 1476 (51.5) | 576 (45.2) | 900 (56.5) | 373 (42.0) | 290 (48.1) | 646 (58.6) | 167 (60.9) | 524 (64.0) | 323 (51.9) | 629 (44.1) |
| About half the time/rarely/never | 1392 (48.5) | 699 (54.8) | 693 (43.5) | 516 (58.0) | 313 (51.9) | 456 (41.4) | 107 (39.1) | 295 (36.0) | 299 (48.1) | 798 (55.9) |
Values are number (%).
P<0.05 for all comparisons except sex and adhering to the speed limit, and region and riding after driver drinking.
*
Of those participants who drive or ride in a vehicle, or use a boat.