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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 177 30 18.8 11.4-29.6 61 28.6 20.5-38.5 64 37.2 27.4-48.3 22 15.3 7.4-29.2
GENDER
Male 70 9 9.0 4.2-18.2 19 29.7 16.7-47.2 29 36.8 22.1-54.6 13 24.4 10.0-48.6
Female 107 21 28.0 15.9-44.3 42 27.6 18.9-38.5 35 37.6 25.5-51.3 9 6.9 3.3-13.7
RACE
White 156 25 18.4 11.0-29.3 54 33.4 24.3-43.9 57 36.3 27.5-46.1 20 11.9 7.0-19.5
Other 21 5 20.1 5.2-53.9 7 13.1 4.7-31.4 7 40.4 14.6-72.8 2 26.4 5.0-71.1
AGE
18-44 43 4 16.5 5.7-39.4 13 23.6 11.6-42.0 21 42.4 24.8-62.3 5 17.4 4.9-46.3
45+ 132 26 21.6 14.5-30.9 47 33.3 24.9-42.9 42 31.6 23.3-41.2 17 13.6 8.0-22.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 95 12 19.4 8.9-37.3 30 22.4 13.3-35.0 33 32.7 19.7-49.0 20 25.6 12.3-45.6
Some College + 82 18 18.1 10.6-29.1 31 37.2 24.8-51.6 31 43.4 30.4-57.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 94 19 28.8 16.0-46.2 32 24.8 15.8-36.7 27 30.5 19.4-44.5 16 15.8 8.8-26.9
$50,000+ 55 5 7.2 2.8-16.9 21 41.0 25.7-58.3 28 51.2 34.9-67.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.6

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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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