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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Physical Activity & Nutrition

Does your workplace offer any support for healthy eating or physical activity for its employees?

This may include offering healthy foods and drinks in vending machines, allowing for physical
activity breaks during the day, or providing informat ion on healthy eating or exercise.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,183 1,128 50.1 46.8-53.5 1,055 49.9 46.5-53.2
-Eastern NC 593 308 49.0 42.0-56.0 285 51.0 44.0-58.0
GENDER
Male 237 114 44.4 34.0-55.3 123 55.6 44.7-66.0
Female 356 194 54.5 46.5-62.3 162 45.5 37.7-53.5
RACE
White 390 191 48.0 39.8-56.4 199 52.0 43.6-60.2
African American 126 78 54.9 39.1-69.7 48 45.1 30.3-60.9
Other Minorities 76 39 44.2 24.7-65.7 37 55.8 34.3-75.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 37 15 45.1 21.5-71.2 22 54.9 28.8-78.5
Non-Hispanic 555 293 49.7 42.5-56.8 262 50.3 43.2-57.5
AGE
18-24 24 9 31.9 13.2-59.1 15 68.1 40.9-86.8
25-34 90 47 53.7 37.4-69.4 43 46.3 30.6-62.6
35-44 152 75 45.2 32.3-58.7 77 54.8 41.3-67.7
45-54 160 88 49.0 37.7-60.4 72 51.0 39.6-62.3
55-64 134 73 54.6 41.7-66.9 61 45.4 33.1-58.3
65+ 30 13 46.5 22.9-71.7 17 53.5 28.3-77.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 41 16 39.1 16.0-68.3 25 60.9 31.7-84.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 158 67 37.1 24.4-51.9 91 62.9 48.1-75.6
Some Post-H.S. 182 95 51.8 40.6-62.9 87 48.2 37.1-59.4
College Graduate 212 130 59.8 49.1-69.7 82 40.2 30.3-50.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 32 6 42.5 17.0-72.7 26 57.5 27.3-83.0
$15,000- 24,999 81 32 25.7 13.4-43.6 49 74.3 56.4-86.6
$25,000- 34,999 57 34 56.2 30.4-79.0 23 43.8 21.0-69.6
$35,000- 49,999 92 47 45.1 30.4-60.7 45 54.9 39.3-69.6
$50,000-74,999 114 70 52.0 36.9-66.8 44 48.0 33.2-63.1
$75,000+ 173 104 62.9 52.8-72.0 69 37.1 28.0-47.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 117 57 50.3 35.5-65.1 60 49.7 34.9-64.5
No 473 248 48.7 40.8-56.5 225 51.3 43.5-59.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 102 69 66.7 50.5-79.8 33 33.3 20.2-49.5
Non-Veteran 491 239 45.0 37.4-52.8 252 55.0 47.2-62.6

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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