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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 145 52 35.4 23.9-48.9 31 22.8 14.9-33.3 5 3.7 1.4- 9.2 8 12.5 5.1-27.5 49 25.6 17.8-35.3
GENDER
Male 40 13 28.9 16.1-46.2 8 22.5 9.8-43.6 4 10.9 4.0-26.7 5 15.5 5.9-34.8 10 22.3 10.9-40.2
Female 105 39 38.3 23.5-55.7 23 23.0 13.8-35.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 3 11.2 2.9-34.6 39 27.1 17.5-39.4
RACE
White 130 48 38.3 25.6-52.7 27 21.7 13.7-32.6 4 4.0 1.4-10.6 7 9.4 3.7-21.9 44 26.7 18.2-37.3
Other 15 4 20.3 5.9-51.0 4 28.8 8.7-63.3 1 2.1 0.3-14.6 1 29.2 5.0-76.3 5 19.7 6.1-48.1
AGE
18-44 58 23 36.7 20.3-56.9 11 20.4 10.3-36.5 4 5.2 1.8-14.2 5 18.6 7.2-40.5 15 19.0 10.3-32.4
45+ 86 28 33.0 22.6-45.3 20 26.8 17.2-39.3 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 3 2.6 0.7- 8.4 34 36.4 25.5-48.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 15 41.4 25.1-59.8 11 31.8 16.4-52.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.4 0.5-11.0 14 24.4 13.3-40.5
Some College + 103 37 33.4 19.6-50.8 20 19.8 11.5-31.9 5 4.9 1.9-12.2 6 15.9 6.3-34.7 35 26.0 16.6-38.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 60 28 48.5 33.3-63.9 8 22.1 10.3-41.3 1 2.9 0.4-18.1 3 6.1 1.4-23.0 20 20.4 12.0-32.5
$50,000+ 72 22 34.8 17.4-57.5 19 22.5 13.0-36.2 4 5.2 1.7-14.6 3 5.4 1.5-18.0 24 32.0 19.2-48.2

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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.

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