2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Perceived Nutrition Environment

To what degree would you agree with the statement, “It is easy to purchase healthy foods
in my neighborhood such as whole grain foods, low fat options, and fruits and vegetables.”

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  Total
Respond.^
Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,612 4,147 38.9 37.7-40.1 5,081 47.5 46.2-48.7 461 4.7 4.2- 5.3 680 6.5 5.9- 7.2 243 2.4 2.0- 2.8
-Eastern NC 3,504 1,300 36.4 34.3-38.5 1,712 48.2 46.0-50.4 156 5.1 4.2- 6.3 238 7.2 6.2- 8.5 98 3.0 2.3- 4.1
GENDER
Male 1,305 478 35.9 32.6-39.3 644 47.2 43.8-50.7 67 6.1 4.6- 8.1 82 7.1 5.5- 9.2 34 3.7 2.4- 5.6
Female 2,199 822 36.9 34.3-39.5 1,068 49.0 46.3-51.8 89 4.3 3.3- 5.6 156 7.3 6.0- 9.0 64 2.5 1.7- 3.5
RACE
White 2,212 916 40.2 37.6-42.8 1,036 46.9 44.2-49.5 97 5.1 3.9- 6.5 125 6.0 4.8- 7.5 38 1.9 1.3- 2.8
African American 764 227 31.4 27.2-35.9 377 46.6 41.9-51.2 35 5.2 3.4- 7.8 84 10.8 8.3-14.0 41 6.0 3.8- 9.5
Other minorities 499 149 26.3 20.6-32.9 285 60.1 53.0-66.7 *** *** *** 26 5.8 3.3-10.3 *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 181 41 20.6 14.8-27.9 121 70.6 62.7-77.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 3,316 1,255 37.5 35.3-39.7 1,588 46.6 44.4-48.9 147 5.2 4.2- 6.3 231 7.5 6.4- 8.9 95 3.2 2.4- 4.3
AGE
18-34 532 201 37.0 32.3-41.9 221 41.0 36.1-46.0 40 8.5 6.0-11.9 50 9.9 7.2-13.5 20 3.6 2.1- 6.0
35-54 1,057 390 37.2 33.7-40.8 504 47.5 43.8-51.3 56 4.7 3.5- 6.4 65 6.1 4.6- 8.1 42 4.5 2.9- 6.9
55-64 769 291 35.6 31.5-40.0 370 52.2 47.7-56.6 34 4.2 2.8- 6.2 52 6.1 4.4- 8.4 22 1.9 1.1- 3.2
65-74 660 267 38.2 33.7-42.9 333 53.0 48.2-57.8 *** *** *** 38 6.5 4.4- 9.3 *** *** ***
75+ 448 139 30.2 25.1-35.9 267 61.1 55.3-66.6 *** *** *** 27 5.7 3.6- 8.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 416 92 24.2 18.9-30.4 249 57.3 50.7-63.7 19 5.2 3.0- 9.0 42 8.4 5.7-12.3 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,048 314 30.9 27.4-34.7 582 52.0 48.1-56.0 49 5.9 4.1- 8.5 70 7.2 5.3- 9.6 33 3.9 2.5- 6.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,009 370 37.4 33.6-41.3 485 47.0 43.1-51.1 51 5.2 3.6- 7.3 75 8.3 6.3-10.8 28 2.2 1.3- 3.6
College Graduate 1,019 519 51.3 47.5-55.0 390 38.0 34.4-41.7 37 4.0 2.7- 5.8 50 4.8 3.4- 6.7 23 2.0 1.1- 3.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 441 115 26.5 21.1-32.8 225 52.2 45.7-58.7 21 6.8 4.0-11.3 53 8.5 5.9-12.1 27 6.0 3.5-10.1
$15,000- 24,999 603 141 22.4 18.3-27.2 365 58.4 52.9-63.8 33 5.4 3.4- 8.6 42 9.2 6.4-13.1 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 405 146 35.7 29.9-41.9 205 48.7 42.4-55.1 *** *** *** 32 9.5 6.2-14.2 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 454 180 39.0 33.3-45.1 219 46.2 40.4-52.1 22 6.5 3.9-10.7 26 6.7 4.3-10.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 1,014 516 50.1 46.3-53.9 400 39.7 36.0-43.5 41 4.7 3.2- 6.9 41 3.6 2.5- 5.1 *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,024 330 32.6 28.7-36.7 503 48.4 44.2-52.5 50 4.9 3.5- 6.8 92 9.3 7.1-12.1 49 4.9 3.3- 7.1
No 2,463 968 37.8 35.4-40.3 1,197 47.9 45.3-50.5 105 5.2 4.1- 6.7 144 6.6 5.4- 8.1 49 2.5 1.6- 3.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 520 223 42.3 37.0-47.8 244 46.3 41.0-51.8 24 4.7 2.9- 7.6 20 4.5 2.5- 8.0 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,984 1,077 35.3 33.1-37.6 1,468 48.5 46.1-50.9 132 5.2 4.2- 6.5 218 7.7 6.5- 9.1 89 3.2 2.4- 4.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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