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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Physical Activity & Nutrition

When you eat out at a sit-down restaurant, how often do you choose foods that are low in fat, sugar or calories?

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Most of the time Sometimes Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,274 759 11.5 10.3-12.9 1,901 32.1 30.1-34.2 1,849 39.3 37.0-41.7 765 17.1 15.2-19.0
-Mecklenburg County 253 44 14.0 9.3-20.5 93 32.1 25.3-39.8 85 29.9 23.4-37.4 31 24.0 15.7-34.8
GENDER
Male 96 15 11.6 6.4-20.0 28 28.5 19.1-40.3 37 36.8 26.6-48.2 16 23.1 14.0-35.7
Female 157 29 16.0 9.1-26.4 65 35.2 25.7-46.1 48 24.1 16.6-33.6 15 24.7 12.7-42.5
RACE
White 185 31 12.7 8.6-18.4 73 36.8 29.0-45.2 64 34.6 27.0-43.1 17 15.9 9.6-25.1
Other 66 13 16.0 7.2-31.8 19 24.9 14.3-39.6 21 23.0 13.3-36.9 13 36.1 19.6-56.7
AGE
18-44 81 7 7.5 2.5-20.3 30 28.4 18.6-40.7 28 28.6 18.9-40.9 16 35.6 21.9-52.0
45+ 170 37 21.7 15.2-29.9 62 36.5 28.6-45.3 57 31.7 24.3-40.2 14 10.1 5.7-17.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 12 23.8 11.0-44.1 14 20.7 10.8-36.1 25 34.1 21.0-50.2 6 21.4 9.5-41.3
Some College + 195 32 10.8 7.2-15.9 78 35.6 27.4-44.8 60 28.7 21.4-37.3 25 24.9 15.1-38.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 90 21 18.5 9.1-34.0 24 22.0 12.3-36.2 35 29.3 18.3-43.4 10 30.3 14.7-52.2
$50,000+ 128 18 11.4 7.0-18.0 58 42.6 33.2-52.5 38 29.6 21.4-39.2 14 16.5 9.5-27.0

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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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