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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership***

Physical Activity & Nutrition

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  Total
Respond.^
Water Coffee/tea sweet/unsweet Soda sweetened Diet soda Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,091 7,084 46.3 45.1-47.4 3,595 22.4 21.5-23.4 1,527 12.2 11.4-13.0 1,727 10.2 9.6-10.9 1,158 8.9 8.3- 9.7
-Northeastern Partnership 1,042 437 41.2 37.1-45.3 272 25.6 22.3-29.3 116 13.4 10.6-16.7 128 9.2 7.6-11.2 89 10.6 8.0-14.0
GENDER
Male 373 130 37.9 31.2-45.1 111 25.9 20.6-32.1 51 15.7 11.1-21.7 39 7.8 5.5-10.9 42 12.8 8.6-18.6
Female 669 307 44.1 39.5-48.9 161 25.4 21.5-29.8 65 11.3 8.5-14.7 89 10.6 8.4-13.2 47 8.7 5.8-12.8
RACE
White 649 268 41.8 36.7-47.1 207 30.4 26.1-35.1 59 11.1 8.1-15.0 91 11.1 8.8-13.9 24 5.6 3.1-10.1
African American 341 145 38.9 32.6-45.7 53 14.9 11.0-19.9 49 17.6 12.1-24.9 37 8.3 5.7-11.8 57 20.3 14.6-27.3
Other Minorities 49 22 43.3 26.4-61.9 11 27.6 13.3-48.5 8 15.4 7.0-30.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 13.7 6.4-27.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 29 14 46.5 25.9-68.3 7 33.1 15.0-58.1 4 12.1 4.2-30.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.4 2.6-23.6
Non-Hispanic 1,010 423 40.9 36.8-45.0 263 25.0 21.8-28.5 112 13.5 10.7-16.9 127 9.8 8.1-11.9 85 10.8 8.1-14.3
AGE
18-24 38 16 44.7 27.6-63.2 8 19.0 8.5-37.2 6 14.7 5.7-32.9 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9 7 20.1 8.9-39.2
25-34 87 40 40.9 30.2-52.6 18 24.8 15.9-36.6 17 20.8 12.7-32.1 4 4.1 1.5-10.5 8 9.4 4.3-19.5
35-44 139 65 45.9 36.8-55.2 32 22.5 15.9-30.8 15 14.6 8.5-23.8 13 6.9 3.8-12.1 14 10.2 5.8-17.3
45-54 228 86 37.9 30.9-45.4 56 25.0 19.0-32.0 32 13.7 9.4-19.5 34 13.9 9.7-19.5 20 9.6 5.9-15.2
55-64 233 89 35.6 29.1-42.7 67 30.4 24.0-37.6 21 11.1 7.0-17.4 41 16.1 11.6-21.9 15 6.8 3.9-11.5
65-74 178 85 45.5 37.4-53.8 42 24.8 18.2-32.9 16 8.7 5.0-14.8 22 11.9 7.7-18.0 13 9.1 4.8-16.6
75+ 131 54 40.9 31.9-50.5 47 37.0 28.1-46.9 8 7.3 3.3-15.3 12 6.9 3.9-12.1 10 7.9 3.9-15.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 226 79 33.5 25.4-42.6 60 28.8 20.9-38.3 32 19.2 11.8-29.8 29 8.4 5.4-12.6 26 10.1 6.4-15.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 358 138 39.6 32.6-47.1 87 22.0 17.2-27.7 54 15.1 11.1-20.1 44 9.1 6.5-12.8 35 14.2 9.0-21.8
Some Post-H.S. 231 105 43.0 34.7-51.8 62 26.1 19.2-34.6 19 9.8 5.7-16.4 28 10.4 6.9-15.5 17 10.6 5.7-18.7
College Graduate 226 114 50.2 42.4-58.0 63 28.3 22.0-35.6 11 7.7 4.0-14.0 27 9.1 6.0-13.5 11 4.7 2.5- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 162 58 32.3 24.1-41.8 41 25.5 17.9-35.0 21 12.4 7.6-19.5 26 14.2 9.2-21.2 16 15.6 8.4-27.1
$15,000- 24,999 199 82 40.1 31.0-50.0 55 31.2 22.3-41.7 24 11.2 7.0-17.4 17 7.1 4.1-12.1 21 10.5 6.4-16.7
$25,000- 34,999 134 50 39.4 28.4-51.5 32 21.2 13.7-31.3 19 15.8 9.5-25.2 20 10.9 6.6-17.6 13 12.7 5.8-25.6
$35,000- 49,999 144 55 37.7 28.0-48.5 45 30.3 21.5-40.8 15 13.8 7.8-23.2 18 9.6 5.6-15.9 11 8.7 4.3-16.8
$50,000-74,999 123 64 52.3 42.1-62.3 25 20.9 14.1-29.8 10 10.2 5.3-18.7 13 7.7 4.4-13.3 11 8.8 4.7-16.0
$75,000+ 124 64 51.1 40.2-61.9 31 22.2 15.2-31.3 7 7.2 3.1-16.0 17 10.5 6.2-17.3 5 9.0 2.6-26.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 432 171 39.2 33.0-45.7 124 29.7 24.5-35.5 46 12.1 8.6-16.9 53 10.5 7.7-14.0 38 8.5 5.9-12.1
No 599 259 42.2 36.9-47.8 145 23.2 18.9-28.0 69 14.0 10.3-18.6 75 8.6 6.6-11.1 51 12.0 8.3-17.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 147 54 38.8 29.5-48.9 52 30.6 22.5-40.0 14 12.2 6.7-21.3 16 9.5 5.5-15.9 11 9.0 3.6-20.5
Non-Veteran 894 382 41.5 37.1-46.1 220 24.8 21.2-28.8 102 13.6 10.6-17.2 112 9.2 7.4-11.3 78 10.9 8.1-14.6

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^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.

**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.

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

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