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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Physical Activity & Nutrition

In a typical week, how many of your own meals come from fast food restaurants, like McDonalds,
Taco Bell, or KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 meal/week 2 meals/week 3 meals/week 4+ meals/week No fast foods in typical week
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,466 1,589 29.9 27.8-32.0 819 16.4 14.7-18.3 385 7.8 6.7- 9.2 449 9.7 8.4-11.1 2,224 36.1 34.0-38.3
-Mecklenburg County 259 63 25.8 19.5-33.2 31 14.7 8.2-24.9 18 9.9 5.3-17.6 20 9.0 5.5-14.6 127 40.6 33.0-48.8
GENDER
Male 99 28 29.8 20.4-41.3 12 13.8 7.4-24.5 8 10.3 4.7-21.3 10 12.4 6.4-22.7 41 33.6 24.2-44.6
Female 160 35 22.2 14.8-31.9 19 15.4 6.0-34.0 10 9.5 3.6-22.5 10 6.1 3.0-12.1 86 46.8 35.2-58.8
RACE
White 188 45 28.3 21.0-37.0 22 10.6 6.6-16.6 11 5.8 2.9-11.2 15 10.7 6.2-17.8 95 44.5 36.3-53.1
Other 69 17 21.4 12.0-35.4 9 21.1 8.0-45.0 7 16.3 6.8-34.5 5 6.5 2.2-17.9 31 34.6 21.5-50.6
AGE
18-44 81 23 25.2 15.9-37.4 13 20.1 9.2-38.4 8 14.8 6.9-29.0 10 11.3 5.8-21.0 27 28.6 18.3-41.9
45+ 175 39 26.5 19.2-35.4 18 9.0 5.4-14.6 10 4.6 2.3- 9.1 10 6.7 3.2-13.5 98 53.3 44.5-61.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 17 26.0 14.9-41.5 6 6.4 2.4-15.6 4 15.0 4.3-40.8 2 7.0 1.6-25.7 31 45.6 30.0-62.2
Some College + 198 46 25.8 18.6-34.5 25 17.4 9.2-30.3 14 8.3 4.3-15.3 18 9.7 5.8-15.9 95 38.8 30.3-48.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 19 20.3 11.2-34.0 9 19.2 6.4-45.1 8 11.2 3.7-29.4 7 8.9 3.5-20.9 49 40.4 26.4-56.1
$50,000+ 130 39 33.4 24.6-43.4 21 15.2 9.3-23.9 7 7.4 3.1-16.5 11 10.5 5.7-18.7 52 33.5 25.4-42.7

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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.

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