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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Environmental Policy

Do you believe that you would eat healthy foods and beverages more often if they were more
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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,582 4,484 71.8 70.1-73.4 2,098 28.2 26.6-29.9
-Eastern NC 2,135 1,456 71.8 69.1-74.4 679 28.2 25.6-30.9
GENDER
Male 742 483 70.8 66.1-75.1 259 29.2 24.9-33.9
Female 1,393 973 72.8 69.7-75.7 420 27.2 24.3-30.3
RACE
White 1,463 961 68.8 65.3-72.1 502 31.2 27.9-34.7
African American 480 344 75.3 69.9-80.0 136 24.7 20.0-30.1
Other Minorities 182 144 81.1 72.1-87.8 38 18.9 12.2-27.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 94 64 75.0 63.2-84.0 30 25.0 16.0-36.8
Non-Hispanic 2,038 1,389 71.5 68.7-74.2 649 28.5 25.8-31.3
AGE
18-24 78 63 80.8 68.3-89.1 15 19.2 10.9-31.7
25-34 230 180 77.1 69.3-83.4 50 22.9 16.6-30.7
35-44 345 281 81.8 76.0-86.5 64 18.2 13.5-24.0
45-54 410 290 70.9 65.3-75.9 120 29.1 24.1-34.7
55-64 466 304 63.5 58.1-68.7 162 36.5 31.3-41.9
65-74 368 210 56.9 50.8-62.7 158 43.1 37.3-49.2
75+ 227 121 54.0 46.3-61.6 106 46.0 38.4-53.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 317 219 74.2 66.5-80.6 98 25.8 19.4-33.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 663 463 69.7 64.3-74.5 200 30.3 25.5-35.7
Some Post-H.S. 570 386 74.8 69.6-79.4 184 25.2 20.6-30.4
College Graduate 584 387 69.7 64.9-74.0 197 30.3 26.0-35.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 219 157 74.5 66.7-80.9 62 25.5 19.1-33.3
$15,000- 24,999 372 259 78.2 72.0-83.4 113 21.8 16.6-28.0
$25,000- 34,999 248 169 72.5 64.7-79.1 79 27.5 20.9-35.3
$35,000- 49,999 318 211 70.5 63.3-76.7 107 29.5 23.3-36.7
$50,000-74,999 305 222 77.9 72.0-82.9 83 22.1 17.1-28.0
$75,000+ 390 237 61.7 55.2-67.8 153 38.3 32.2-44.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 796 562 76.1 71.8-79.9 234 23.9 20.1-28.2
No 1,327 890 70.3 66.8-73.6 437 29.7 26.4-33.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 371 219 63.4 56.7-69.6 152 36.6 30.4-43.3
Non-Veteran 1,763 1,237 73.8 70.8-76.6 526 26.2 23.4-29.2

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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.

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