2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Buncombe 358 158 39.4 33.3-45.8 174 51.7 45.1-58.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Cumberland 406 182 46.1 40.1-52.2 172 39.2 33.6-45.1 15 4.4 2.5- 7.7 25 8.1 5.2-12.4 *** *** ***
Durham 400 187 43.1 36.9-49.4 162 44.6 38.3-51.1 15 3.9 2.1- 6.9 25 5.0 3.1- 8.0 *** *** ***
Forsyth 382 161 40.1 33.6-46.9 180 49.4 42.8-56.0 18 5.2 3.0- 9.0 19 4.3 2.3- 7.6 *** *** ***
Gaston 330 116 31.2 24.8-38.4 158 47.3 39.9-54.8 *** *** *** 32 10.6 6.7-16.5 *** *** ***
Guilford 456 192 42.1 36.5-48.0 197 41.5 35.9-47.3 25 6.8 4.5-10.2 34 8.2 5.5-12.0 *** *** ***
Mecklenburg 555 251 45.4 40.4-50.6 253 44.3 39.3-49.4 16 2.9 1.7- 4.9 27 5.9 3.9- 8.8 *** *** ***
New Hanover 364 165 41.6 34.7-48.9 167 45.2 38.0-52.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Union 349 166 44.0 36.3-52.0 149 45.9 37.8-54.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 623 294 48.0 43.2-52.8 260 41.9 37.1-46.7 28 4.4 2.8- 6.8 31 4.6 3.0- 7.0 *** *** ***
NC REGIONS
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
Piedmont 5,657 2,306 41.0 39.3-42.7 2,630 46.1 44.3-47.8 239 4.5 3.9- 5.2 361 6.4 5.6- 7.3 121 2.1 1.7- 2.6
Western NC 1,451 541 34.1 31.0-37.2 739 52.7 49.3-56.0 66 5.1 3.7- 7.0 81 6.1 4.6- 7.9 24 2.1 1.2- 3.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 985 383 35.9 32.1-39.9 486 51.6 47.4-55.9 46 4.8 3.3- 7.0 54 5.7 4.1- 8.0 *** *** ***
Northwest 1,737 631 35.4 32.6-38.3 884 50.5 47.5-53.4 83 5.5 4.2- 7.1 98 6.0 4.8- 7.6 41 2.6 1.8- 3.7
Charlotte 1,687 690 40.6 37.4-43.9 797 47.3 44.0-50.6 56 3.4 2.4- 4.7 114 6.8 5.4- 8.5 30 1.9 1.2- 3.0
Greensboro 1,216 503 41.5 38.0-45.1 538 42.6 39.0-46.2 57 5.2 3.9- 7.0 92 8.7 6.7-11.4 26 2.0 1.3- 3.0
Southern Regional 1,393 505 37.4 34.0-41.0 686 47.9 44.3-51.6 60 4.8 3.4- 6.7 103 7.6 5.9- 9.7 39 2.3 1.4- 3.5
Southeast 673 285 39.0 34.2-44.0 316 48.1 43.1-53.2 20 3.8 2.2- 6.5 36 6.0 3.9- 9.3 *** *** ***
Wake 1,490 657 44.8 41.5-48.1 652 44.2 40.9-47.6 64 4.4 3.2- 5.9 84 4.7 3.5- 6.1 33 2.0 1.3- 2.9
Area L 362 133 34.7 29.1-40.8 168 45.0 38.7-51.5 20 5.1 3.0- 8.6 28 8.8 5.6-13.5 *** *** ***
Eastern 1,069 360 32.9 29.5-36.5 554 51.0 47.3-54.7 55 6.2 4.5- 8.5 71 7.2 5.5- 9.5 29 2.7 1.7- 4.2

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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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