SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Winner's Circle

Have you used the Winner's Circle purple star and fork logo to choose a healthy meal or item when eating away from home?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,814 661 36.2 33.5-39.0 1,153 63.8 61.0-66.5
-Western NC 180 66 37.0 28.7-46.1 114 63.0 53.9-71.3
GENDER
Male 60 23 36.0 23.9-50.3 37 64.0 49.7-76.1
Female 120 43 37.9 27.5-49.5 77 62.1 50.5-72.5
RACE
White 151 54 35.9 27.0-45.8 97 64.1 54.2-73.0
African American 17 7 47.3 22.5-73.5 10 52.7 26.5-77.5
AGE
18-24 8 5 58.2 18.9-89.3 3 41.8 10.7-81.1
25-34 20 4 19.6 5.9-48.6 16 80.4 51.4-94.1
35-44 43 19 43.3 26.3-62.1 24 56.7 37.9-73.7
45-54 41 15 38.8 23.0-57.3 26 61.2 42.7-77.0
55-64 26 10 36.5 18.4-59.4 16 63.5 40.6-81.6
65-74 28 11 30.4 15.6-50.8 17 69.6 49.2-84.4
75+ 14 2 27.5 6.9-65.9 12 72.5 34.1-93.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 32 8 32.4 16.0-54.7 24 67.6 45.3-84.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 40 16 38.4 22.5-57.1 24 61.6 42.9-77.5
Some Post-H.S. 45 18 36.4 20.7-55.7 27 63.6 44.3-79.3
College Graduate 63 24 39.0 25.8-53.9 39 61.0 46.1-74.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 17 4 23.2 8.1-51.0 13 76.8 49.0-91.9
$15,000- 24,999 32 10 31.1 15.3-52.9 22 68.9 47.1-84.7
$25,000- 34,999 22 7 33.6 15.7-57.8 15 66.4 42.2-84.3
$35,000- 49,999 28 14 47.1 26.9-68.4 14 52.9 31.6-73.1
$50,000-74,999 31 11 38.4 19.5-61.5 20 61.6 38.5-80.5
$75,000+ 21 9 51.6 27.7-74.7 12 48.4 25.3-72.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 61 23 34.3 21.6-49.6 38 65.7 50.4-78.4
No 119 43 38.4 28.2-49.8 76 61.6 50.2-71.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 28 11 34.5 18.3-55.5 17 65.5 44.5-81.7
Non-Veteran 152 55 37.7 28.5-47.8 97 62.3 52.2-71.5

Back to Winner's Circle.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 12APR05.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook