2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Perceived Nutrition Environment-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,913 596 33.6 30.8-36.5 915 44.8 41.9-47.7 99 6.4 5.1- 8.0 214 10.5 8.9-12.3 89 4.8 3.6- 6.3
GENDER
Male 645 209 34.3 29.8-39.2 294 42.5 37.8-47.3 42 7.6 5.5-10.6 68 10.0 7.6-12.9 32 5.6 3.5- 8.6
Female 1,268 387 32.9 29.5-36.5 621 46.7 43.1-50.3 57 5.4 4.0- 7.3 146 10.9 8.9-13.3 57 4.1 2.9- 5.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,867 583 33.6 30.7-36.6 894 44.9 42.0-47.9 92 6.1 4.8- 7.7 212 10.7 9.0-12.5 86 4.7 3.5- 6.3
AGE
18-34 391 126 33.8 28.4-39.6 152 36.6 31.3-42.2 40 10.8 7.7-14.8 49 12.4 9.2-16.6 24 6.5 4.2- 9.8
35-44 281 91 34.2 27.7-41.3 125 43.2 36.4-50.4 18 6.6 4.0-10.6 32 10.0 6.8-14.6 *** *** ***
45-54 374 136 41.2 34.7-48.1 153 39.2 33.2-45.6 19 5.0 2.9- 8.4 46 10.0 6.9-14.2 *** *** ***
55-64 417 135 31.3 25.9-37.3 212 54.1 48.0-60.2 *** *** *** 42 9.3 6.6-13.0 *** *** ***
65-74 278 74 25.2 18.9-32.8 165 63.2 55.2-70.5 *** *** *** 21 6.8 3.8-11.7 *** *** ***
75+ 150 30 17.6 10.7-27.4 97 72.3 62.2-80.6 *** *** *** 20 9.3 5.4-15.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 290 73 34.8 27.2-43.4 155 46.7 39.0-54.5 15 4.9 2.7- 8.6 36 9.0 5.9-13.6 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 591 166 32.6 27.7-37.9 298 43.6 38.6-48.6 26 5.2 3.3- 7.9 69 12.4 9.4-16.2 32 6.3 4.1- 9.6
Some Post-H.S. 571 161 29.3 24.8-34.2 270 45.7 40.6-50.9 45 9.9 7.1-13.6 66 10.6 8.0-14.0 29 4.6 2.8- 7.3
College Graduate 454 195 42.4 36.6-48.4 187 43.2 37.4-49.1 *** *** *** 42 8.3 5.7-11.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 357 98 30.6 24.5-37.6 157 40.7 34.0-47.7 23 8.9 5.5-14.1 52 13.2 9.3-18.5 27 6.5 3.7-11.4
$15,000- 24,999 434 105 27.0 21.3-33.7 243 49.8 43.5-56.0 25 7.2 4.7-10.9 38 9.8 6.9-13.9 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 250 78 30.0 23.6-37.4 116 44.5 36.7-52.4 *** *** *** 38 16.2 11.2-22.9 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 214 72 37.6 29.4-46.6 108 49.7 41.3-58.1 *** *** *** 23 8.6 5.3-13.7 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 191 86 45.9 37.0-55.0 71 36.7 28.7-45.6 *** *** *** 19 6.1 3.6-10.3 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 174 86 50.0 40.7-59.2 66 37.8 29.2-47.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 497 131 29.2 23.7-35.4 250 52.1 46.0-58.0 27 5.1 3.2- 8.0 61 11.6 8.4-15.9 28 2.0 1.3- 3.2
No 1,406 464 34.8 31.6-38.2 660 42.8 39.6-46.2 72 6.8 5.3- 8.8 149 10.0 8.3-12.1 61 5.5 4.0- 7.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 239 94 42.9 35.2-51.1 111 43.3 35.8-51.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,674 502 32.2 29.2-35.3 804 45.0 41.9-48.1 89 6.8 5.4- 8.6 199 11.1 9.3-13.0 80 4.9 3.6- 6.7

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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.

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