Data Sources: Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS), 2009 & 2010
Sample: Residents 18 years and over in the KFL&A area.
Released: October 2012
All drivers are those who have driven a motor vehicle in the last 12 months.
Non-daily drivers are those who do not drive daily, but have driven in the past 12 months.
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Figure A. Ever talked on a cell phone while driving, KFL&A, 2009 & 2010
Interpretation of Figure AIn KFL&A for 2009 & 2010, significantly more daily drivers, 42.1% (39.4-44.9), than non-daily drivers, 24.1% (21.2-27.3), talked on a cell phone while driving. |
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Talking on a cell phone while driving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure B. Talking on a cell phone while driving, KFL&A. 2009 & 2010
Interpretation for Figure BIn KFL&A for 2009 & 2010, the majority of residents aged 18 and up never talked on a cell phone while driving. 62.1% (59.9-64.3) of all drivers and 52.5% (49.5-55.4) of daily drivers never talked on a cell phone while driving. |
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Hands-free cell phone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure C. Hands-free mode when talking on a cell phone while driving*, KFL&A, 2009 & 2010
*Note: this question was only asked of those who indicated that they have ever talked on a cell phone while driving
*Note: this question was only asked of those who indicated that they have ever talked on a cell phone while driving Interpretation for Figure CIn KFL&A for 2009 & 2010, a hands-free mode when talking on a cell phone while driving was used every time or most times by about one third of drivers and never used by approximately half of drivers. |
The RRFSS is a random-digit-dialed telephone survey of adults aged 18 years and older, conducted by the Institute for Social Research at York University, on behalf of KFL&A Public Health.
Researchers look at the "confidence levels" of percentages being compared to decide if there is a statistically significant difference between percentages. A statistically significant difference means that:
In this report, 95% confidence intervals will accompany each percentage in all figures and tables. This interval represents the range in which we are 95% confident the true percentage will fall within. In tables, the 95% confidence intervals will be written with the percentage, followed by the 95% confidence interval range in brackets (e.g., 25% (12.3, 32.4)). In figures, the 95% confidence interval is represented by vertical bars in each bar line.