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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 266 88 31.9 24.8-39.9 41 22.2 14.4-32.7 16 6.1 3.6-10.1 16 6.1 3.5-10.3 105 33.8 26.8-41.5
GENDER
Male 100 30 27.4 17.0-41.0 21 28.3 15.1-46.7 6 5.6 2.4-12.5 9 8.8 4.3-17.2 34 29.9 19.5-42.8
Female 166 58 35.6 26.9-45.5 20 17.1 9.8-28.1 10 6.4 3.3-12.3 7 3.8 1.7- 8.4 71 37.0 28.5-46.5
RACE
White 217 72 32.7 25.2-41.2 31 18.1 11.8-26.8 15 7.5 4.4-12.5 14 7.2 4.0-12.4 85 34.6 27.3-42.7
Other 48 16 29.7 15.0-50.3 10 34.5 14.5-62.1 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 2 2.8 0.6-12.2 19 31.0 16.3-50.9
AGE
18-44 103 34 31.8 21.6-44.2 25 31.2 19.3-46.2 9 6.1 3.0-12.0 7 5.6 2.5-12.0 28 25.3 16.6-36.7
45+ 159 52 32.1 24.7-40.4 15 7.5 4.4-12.6 7 6.1 2.8-12.7 9 7.0 3.5-13.4 76 47.3 38.9-55.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 17 37.8 18.8-61.5 5 25.8 7.3-60.5 2 4.1 0.9-17.6 3 3.7 0.8-15.6 24 28.5 14.6-48.2
Some College + 215 71 29.9 23.5-37.2 36 21.0 14.6-29.3 14 6.7 3.9-11.3 13 6.9 3.9-11.9 81 35.5 28.3-43.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 60 16 34.8 19.6-53.9 7 16.9 6.4-37.7 5 9.9 4.0-22.3 5 6.3 2.4-15.5 27 32.1 19.9-47.4
$50,000+ 164 62 36.7 28.1-46.2 27 19.2 12.4-28.5 11 6.6 3.5-12.1 7 6.0 2.9-12.3 57 31.5 23.9-40.2

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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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