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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 168 49 26.2 17.3-37.5 23 18.1 10.2-30.0 7 6.2 1.8-19.7 15 19.3 9.2-36.1 74 30.2 21.2-41.1
GENDER
Male 61 18 26.9 13.4-46.7 8 16.2 6.0-36.7 2 8.8 1.6-35.6 7 22.8 8.6-48.1 26 25.4 13.0-43.7
Female 107 31 25.4 16.6-36.8 15 20.2 10.5-35.4 5 3.4 1.3- 8.3 8 15.4 4.7-40.4 48 35.6 24.7-48.1
RACE
White 151 43 23.5 14.8-35.4 21 18.8 10.3-31.9 7 6.9 2.0-21.6 14 20.0 9.1-38.3 66 30.8 21.0-42.6
Other 17 6 50.3 23.0-77.4 2 11.6 2.4-40.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.0 1.9-54.0 8 25.1 10.4-49.2
AGE
18-44 31 6 19.7 7.4-43.0 8 22.2 8.8-45.7 1 7.9 1.1-39.5 9 34.5 15.2-60.7 7 15.8 5.4-38.2
45+ 133 42 32.7 24.3-42.4 15 14.5 8.7-23.2 6 4.7 2.0-10.6 6 4.6 2.0-10.2 64 43.5 34.6-52.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 17 30.3 13.6-54.4 2 5.9 1.2-24.3 1 1.1 0.1- 8.2 6 45.1 18.5-74.8 18 17.7 8.3-33.7
Some College + 124 32 24.7 14.8-38.2 21 22.6 12.6-37.3 6 8.1 2.2-25.8 9 9.7 4.5-19.7 56 34.9 23.9-47.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 22 29.4 16.1-47.6 9 12.8 6.0-25.3 5 14.9 3.7-44.1 5 17.6 4.5-49.2 32 25.4 15.1-39.3
$50,000+ 75 21 23.3 14.4-35.4 13 26.5 13.1-46.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 7 12.2 5.3-25.8 33 37.0 25.2-50.7

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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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