2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Perceived Nutrition Environment--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 4,080 1,552 37.1 35.3-39.1 1,999 49.0 47.0-51.0 189 5.1 4.4- 6.1 259 6.5 5.6- 7.4 81 2.3 1.7- 3.0
Female 6,532 2,595 40.5 38.9-42.1 3,082 46.1 44.5-47.7 272 4.4 3.8- 5.1 421 6.6 5.8- 7.5 162 2.5 2.0- 3.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 8,921 3,687 41.7 40.3-43.1 4,162 46.0 44.6-47.4 355 4.3 3.7- 4.8 539 6.1 5.5- 6.8 178 1.9 1.6- 2.4
No 1,660 453 28.0 25.3-30.9 904 53.5 50.5-56.5 103 6.5 5.1- 8.1 137 8.0 6.6- 9.7 63 4.0 2.9- 5.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 162 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 3,127 1,356 43.2 40.8-45.5 1,422 44.9 42.6-47.3 133 4.7 3.9- 5.8 174 5.6 4.5- 6.8 42 1.6 1.0- 2.5
Overweight 3,601 1,426 39.2 37.2-41.3 1,760 49.1 46.9-51.2 137 4.3 3.5- 5.2 217 5.8 5.0- 6.9 61 1.6 1.2- 2.2
Obese 3,064 1,083 35.3 33.1-37.6 1,483 47.1 44.7-49.4 148 4.9 4.0- 6.0 236 8.6 7.4-10.1 114 4.1 3.3- 5.2
Current Smoker
No 8,634 3,480 40.1 38.8-41.5 4,102 47.1 45.7-48.5 348 4.4 3.9- 5.1 526 6.2 5.6- 6.9 178 2.1 1.8- 2.6
Yes 1,908 647 34.7 31.9-37.5 941 48.4 45.5-51.3 109 5.8 4.6- 7.2 147 7.9 6.3- 9.7 64 3.3 2.4- 4.5
History of CVD**
Yes 1,273 412 32.2 28.9-35.5 669 53.6 50.1-57.1 57 3.9 2.8- 5.3 94 6.5 5.1- 8.3 41 3.9 2.5- 5.8
No 9,249 3,701 39.7 38.4-41.0 4,369 46.8 45.4-48.1 401 4.8 4.3- 5.4 579 6.5 5.9- 7.2 199 2.2 1.9- 2.7
Binge Drinker
No 9,327 3,624 39.0 37.7-40.3 4,491 47.6 46.3-49.0 397 4.5 4.0- 5.1 596 6.4 5.8- 7.1 219 2.5 2.1- 2.9
Yes 941 410 41.1 37.3-45.1 398 43.1 39.2-47.1 51 6.2 4.5- 8.3 63 7.4 5.3-10.2 19 2.2 1.2- 3.8
Heavy Drinker
No 9,788 3,793 38.7 37.5-40.0 4,710 47.6 46.3-49.0 420 4.6 4.1- 5.2 635 6.6 5.9- 7.2 230 2.5 2.1- 2.9
Yes 458 228 49.1 43.3-54.9 177 36.2 30.9-41.8 26 7.5 4.8-11.3 21 6.0 3.5- 9.9 *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 938 297 33.4 29.4-37.7 477 50.2 46.0-54.5 48 4.3 3.0- 6.2 80 8.3 6.2-10.9 36 3.7 2.5- 5.5
No 9,621 3,834 39.3 38.1-40.6 4,575 47.2 45.9-48.5 410 4.8 4.3- 5.4 596 6.4 5.8- 7.1 206 2.3 1.9- 2.7
Current Asthma
Yes 840 275 34.2 29.8-38.9 406 48.6 43.7-53.5 55 5.5 3.9- 7.7 73 8.4 6.3-11.0 31 3.3 2.1- 5.2
No 9,703 3,845 39.2 38.0-40.5 4,645 47.4 46.1-48.7 403 4.7 4.2- 5.3 602 6.4 5.8- 7.1 208 2.3 1.9- 2.7
Diabetes
Yes 1,420 455 33.1 29.9-36.5 728 50.4 46.9-53.8 63 3.5 2.6- 4.8 124 9.0 7.2-11.1 50 4.0 2.8- 5.8
No 9,176 3,685 39.6 38.3-41.0 4,345 47.1 45.7-48.4 397 4.9 4.3- 5.5 556 6.2 5.6- 6.9 193 2.2 1.8- 2.6
Disability
Yes 2,870 966 33.8 31.5-36.1 1,418 49.5 47.1-52.0 133 4.5 3.6- 5.5 254 9.1 7.8-10.6 99 3.1 2.4- 4.0
No 7,694 3,173 40.5 39.1-41.9 3,632 46.8 45.3-48.2 326 4.8 4.3- 5.5 419 5.7 5.1- 6.4 144 2.2 1.8- 2.7
Housing Stress***
Yes 1,406 397 29.4 26.4-32.5 655 47.3 44.0-50.7 103 6.8 5.4- 8.5 167 10.6 8.8-12.7 84 6.0 4.5- 7.8
No 9,206 3,750 40.5 39.2-41.8 4,426 47.5 46.1-48.8 358 4.4 3.9- 5.0 513 5.9 5.2- 6.5 159 1.8 1.4- 2.2

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

***Housing stress includes those who report always or usually worried about rent or mortgage payment.

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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