Table 2 The prevalence of seat belt use among drivers and passengers
From: The prevalence of seat belt use among drivers and passengers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Variables | No. of studies (population) | Driver | Front seat passengers | Rear seat passenger | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NR | Prevalence (95% CI) | Test for heterogeneity (p-value) | NR | Prevalence (95% CI) | Test for heterogeneity (p-value) | NR | Prevalence (95% CI) | Test for heterogeneity (p-value) | ||
Total | 68 (1,490,226) | 86 | 43.94 (42.23–45.73) |  | 36 | 38.47 (34.89–42.42) |  | 21 | 15.30 (12.33–19.03) |  |
Region | ||||||||||
 Europe | 5 (361,207) | 6 | 65.33 (58.25–73.26) | < 0.001 | 4 | 65.61 (57.93–74.32) | < 0.001 | 11 | 22.86 (16.40–31.85) | < 0.001 |
 Asia | 16 (417,770) | 24 | 37.86 (34.44–41.61) | 6 | 34.62 (16.97–70.65) | 8 | 7.930 (3.340–18.82) | |||
 Africa | 7 (32,750) | 7 | 42.76 (25.44–71.88) | 6 | 17.43 (6.580 – 46.12) | 3 | 2.290 (0.820 – 6.370) | |||
 Mediterranean & Middle East | 19 (58,081) | 26 | 38.17 (34.25–42.55) | 8 | 31.53 (23.58–42.16) | 2 | 9.24 (0.460–183.23) | |||
Americas | 21 (619,012) | 27 | 51.57 (47.54–55.93) | 13 | 64.92 (60.29–69.90) | 4 | 64.44 (60.90–68.19) | |||
Sex | ||||||||||
 Male | 39 (499,866) | 43 | 38.27 (34.98–41.87) | < 0.001 | 12 | 25.96 (20.18–33.38) | 0.08 | 13 | 15.55 (10.97–22.04) | 0.48 |
 Female | 39 (232,169) | 43 | 51.47 (48.62–54.48) | 12 | 33.09 (29.45–37.18) | 13 | 18.27 (13.73–24.32) | |||
Type of vehicle | ||||||||||
 Car | 19 (405,955) | 20 | 58.06 (53.32–63.23) | < 0.001 | 8 | 24.25 (15.17–38.76) | < 0.001 | 3 | 3.270 (00.15–71.33) |  |
 SUV | 6 (130,171) | 7 | 68.90 (62.90–75.47) | 1 | 50.50 (44.60–56.30) | _ | _ | |||
 Taxi | 10 (314,269) | 10 | 47.29 (38.71–57.76) | 5 | 3.820 (0.830–17.52) | 2 | 0.200 (00.13–0.300) | |||
 Minibus | 6 (129,070) | 6 | 28.16 (19.07–41.56) | 2 | 1.800 (00.38–08.49) | _ | _ | |||
 Bus | 7 (112,558) | 7 | 21.84 (15.22–31.35) | 4 | 4.030 (2.690–6.040) | _ | _ | |||
 Van | 6 (240,893) | 6 | 70.39 (55.77–88.83) | 3 | 19.83 (7.720–50.89) | 1 | 0.200 (0.001–01.00) | |||
 Pickup | 11 (367,358) | 11 | 52.91 (46.86–59.73) | 3 | 9.01 (02.04–39.69) | _ | _ | |||
 Truck | 10 (134,048) | 11 | 28.27 (21.13–37.84) | 4 | 8.660 (03.26–22.97) | _ | _ | |||
Time | ||||||||||
 Morning | 14 (247,090) | 21 | 54.89 (46.85–64.32) | 0.66 | 9 | 11.47 (6.820–19.30) | < 0.001 | 6 | 0.400 (0.250–0.660) | 1.00 |
 Afternoon/evening | 12 (243,907) | 20 | 50.78 (43.52–59.25) | 8 | 10.78 (7.640–15.20) | 6 | 0.400 (0.300–0.530) | |||
 Night | 5 (18,832) | 5 | 46.59 (31.49–68.91) | 1 | 51.30 (41.80–60.70) | _ | _ | |||
Type of road | ||||||||||
 Main street | 10 (247,122) | 10 | 42.84 (34.14–53.75) | 0.04 | 5 | 10.78 (6.100–19.04) | 0.28 | 2 | 0.920 (0.540–1.560) | 0.01 |
 Side street | 9 (233,400) | 9 | 29.68 (23.12–38.11) | 5 | 6.260 (3.430–11.43) | 2 | 0.270 (0.120–0.590) | |||
 Intercity road | 7 (68,729) | 8 | 45.49 (33.48–61.80) | 3 | 16.98 (4.060–70.91) | _ | _ | |||