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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 142 19 15.7 7.9-28.8 56 32.1 23.1-42.8 52 40.7 28.6-54.1 15 11.4 6.1-20.4
GENDER
Male 38 4 5.0 1.7-13.8 11 28.3 14.9-47.1 18 47.6 29.9-65.9 5 19.1 7.1-42.0
Female 104 15 20.1 9.6-37.4 45 33.7 22.5-47.1 34 37.9 23.0-55.6 10 8.3 3.8-16.9
RACE
White 129 14 8.4 4.3-15.9 50 32.4 22.9-43.7 51 47.3 34.3-60.5 14 11.9 6.1-21.9
Other 13 5 58.0 24.7-85.3 6 30.6 10.1-63.5 1 3.0 0.4-20.7 1 8.3 1.1-43.2
AGE
18-44 57 6 14.5 4.7-36.7 21 27.1 15.9-42.2 23 44.8 27.1-63.9 7 13.6 5.9-28.2
45+ 84 13 17.8 9.3-31.3 34 40.0 28.7-52.5 29 34.3 23.9-46.4 8 7.9 3.6-16.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 4 16.6 5.0-42.6 10 24.0 12.2-41.9 16 36.0 20.9-54.4 10 23.4 11.7-41.5
Some College + 102 15 15.5 6.7-31.8 46 34.7 23.4-48.0 36 42.2 27.5-58.5 5 7.6 2.7-19.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 58 8 14.3 5.4-32.8 16 31.0 18.1-47.7 26 43.0 28.5-58.7 8 11.8 5.1-24.9
$50,000+ 71 10 12.0 5.5-24.0 34 36.7 23.0-53.0 23 43.4 25.3-63.4 4 7.9 2.8-20.6

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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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