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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 115 53 43.3 31.8-55.5 62 56.7 44.5-68.2
GENDER
Male 57 26 43.6 30.1-58.1 31 56.4 41.9-69.9
Female 58 27 42.8 24.2-63.6 31 57.2 36.4-75.8
RACE
White 89 40 46.7 35.2-58.7 49 53.3 41.3-64.8
Other 25 12 35.5 15.7-61.8 13 64.5 38.2-84.3
AGE
18-44 47 24 46.3 29.2-64.2 23 53.7 35.8-70.8
45+ 65 28 39.5 27.4-53.1 37 60.5 46.9-72.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 9 65.0 35.7-86.1 6 35.0 13.9-64.3
Some College + 100 44 40.2 28.3-53.4 56 59.8 46.6-71.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 34 15 42.5 20.3-68.2 19 57.5 31.8-79.7
$50,000+ 73 32 41.2 29.4-54.3 41 58.8 45.7-70.6

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Asked only of respondents currently employed for wages.

^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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