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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 1,183 625 52.0 47.8-56.2 558 48.0 43.8-52.2
GENDER
Male 501 263 50.8 44.6-57.0 238 49.2 43.0-55.4
Female 682 362 53.3 47.6-58.8 320 46.7 41.2-52.4
RACE
White 959 502 51.8 47.2-56.4 457 48.2 43.6-52.8
African American 167 93 55.8 45.0-66.0 74 44.2 34.0-55.0
Other Minorities 52 27 38.2 23.7-55.3 25 61.8 44.7-76.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 39 16 40.7 21.7-63.1 23 59.3 36.9-78.3
Non-Hispanic 1,141 608 52.9 48.6-57.1 533 47.1 42.9-51.4
AGE
18-24 33 14 48.0 28.4-68.2 19 52.0 31.8-71.6
25-34 174 89 52.6 42.9-62.0 85 47.4 38.0-57.1
35-44 280 164 56.5 48.5-64.1 116 43.5 35.9-51.5
45-54 329 188 54.9 47.7-61.9 141 45.1 38.1-52.3
55-64 265 135 47.5 39.2-55.9 130 52.5 44.1-60.8
65+ 85 25 25.6 15.1-40.0 60 74.4 60.0-84.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 53 17 27.2 14.0-46.2 36 72.8 53.8-86.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 282 114 38.6 30.2-47.7 168 61.4 52.3-69.8
Some Post-H.S. 293 155 53.7 44.6-62.6 138 46.3 37.4-55.4
College Graduate 555 339 61.4 55.7-66.8 216 38.6 33.2-44.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 32 10 29.0 10.9-57.5 22 71.0 42.5-89.1
$15,000- 24,999 98 33 43.2 27.2-60.9 65 56.8 39.1-72.8
$25,000- 34,999 94 37 34.2 21.5-49.6 57 65.8 50.4-78.5
$35,000- 49,999 167 90 47.7 37.2-58.3 77 52.3 41.7-62.8
$50,000-74,999 239 129 53.7 44.4-62.8 110 46.3 37.2-55.6
$75,000+ 461 277 59.5 53.1-65.5 184 40.5 34.5-46.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 215 87 34.3 26.0-43.7 128 65.7 56.3-74.0
No 962 535 56.0 51.3-60.5 427 44.0 39.5-48.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 113 59 55.9 43.0-68.1 54 44.1 31.9-57.0
Non-Veteran 1,068 565 51.3 46.8-55.7 503 48.7 44.3-53.2

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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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