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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 407 195 43.6 36.6-50.9 212 56.4 49.1-63.4
GENDER
Male 146 75 41.6 30.6-53.5 71 58.4 46.5-69.4
Female 261 120 45.4 37.0-54.0 141 54.6 46.0-63.0
RACE
White 373 184 45.5 38.1-53.2 189 54.5 46.8-61.9
African American 11 4 22.4 6.3-55.3 7 77.6 44.7-93.7
Other Minorities 23 7 15.8 3.9-46.3 16 84.2 53.7-96.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 4 57.5 21.9-86.7 5 42.5 13.3-78.1
Non-Hispanic 398 191 43.4 36.3-50.7 207 56.6 49.3-63.7
AGE
18-24 15 6 35.0 15.2-61.8 9 65.0 38.2-84.8
25-34 52 25 38.6 22.3-57.9 27 61.4 42.1-77.7
35-44 85 39 44.4 30.7-59.1 46 55.6 40.9-69.3
45-54 110 58 53.0 41.4-64.3 52 47.0 35.7-58.6
55-64 100 48 41.6 30.8-53.1 52 58.4 46.9-69.2
65+ 40 16 36.4 20.3-56.2 24 63.6 43.8-79.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 17 4 24.3 7.7-55.4 13 75.7 44.6-92.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 123 48 38.5 28.3-49.7 75 61.5 50.3-71.7
Some Post-H.S. 118 68 53.5 39.8-66.7 50 46.5 33.3-60.2
College Graduate 148 75 43.2 30.5-56.8 73 56.8 43.2-69.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 19 6 31.3 8.5-69.1 13 68.7 30.9-91.5
$15,000- 24,999 57 20 25.5 13.3-43.3 37 74.5 56.7-86.7
$25,000- 34,999 59 21 37.4 23.6-53.7 38 62.6 46.3-76.4
$35,000- 49,999 74 35 44.8 30.6-59.8 39 55.2 40.2-69.4
$50,000-74,999 90 50 47.8 29.8-66.4 40 52.2 33.6-70.2
$75,000+ 83 52 60.5 47.3-72.4 31 39.5 27.6-52.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 90 39 43.1 30.1-57.2 51 56.9 42.8-69.9
No 315 156 43.8 35.7-52.2 159 56.2 47.8-64.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 30 17 44.8 25.1-66.3 13 55.2 33.7-74.9
Non-Veteran 377 178 43.5 36.2-51.1 199 56.5 48.9-63.8

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Asked only of respondents currently employed for wages.

^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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