2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Perceived Nutrition Environment-WHITES

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
-WHITES 7,548 3,236 42.5 41.1-44.0 3,494 46.3 44.9-47.8 303 4.2 3.6- 4.8 397 5.4 4.8- 6.1 118 1.6 1.3- 2.0
GENDER
Male 2,946 1,205 39.7 37.5-42.0 1,419 49.2 46.9-51.5 120 4.3 3.4- 5.3 162 5.5 4.6- 6.6 40 1.3 0.9- 1.9
Female 4,602 2,031 45.0 43.2-46.9 2,075 43.7 41.9-45.6 183 4.1 3.4- 4.9 235 5.3 4.4- 6.3 78 1.9 1.5- 2.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 151 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 7,387 3,177 42.5 41.0-44.0 3,409 46.2 44.7-47.7 292 4.1 3.6- 4.8 391 5.5 4.8- 6.2 118 1.7 1.3- 2.1
AGE
18-34 960 399 41.3 37.6-45.1 406 44.0 40.2-47.8 65 5.8 4.4- 7.6 72 7.2 5.5- 9.5 18 1.7 1.1- 2.8
35-44 955 421 43.9 40.2-47.6 401 42.9 39.2-46.6 56 5.5 4.1- 7.3 50 5.5 4.1- 7.4 27 2.3 1.5- 3.5
45-54 1,287 600 45.5 42.2-48.9 537 43.1 39.8-46.5 58 4.0 2.9- 5.5 62 5.0 3.7- 6.6 30 2.3 1.6- 3.5
55-64 1,605 736 44.0 41.0-46.9 692 46.0 43.0-49.0 59 3.7 2.7- 5.1 94 4.8 3.7- 6.2 24 1.5 0.9- 2.5
65-74 1,563 683 43.6 40.6-46.6 767 50.6 47.6-53.6 33 1.5 1.0- 2.3 65 3.6 2.7- 4.8 *** *** ***
75+ 1,130 383 33.5 30.1-37.0 661 59.2 55.5-62.7 31 2.4 1.5- 3.7 52 4.8 3.5- 6.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 670 166 26.3 22.0-31.0 409 60.9 56.0-65.7 23 3.1 1.7- 5.4 61 8.1 6.0-10.9 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,106 690 34.8 32.2-37.6 1,160 52.6 49.8-55.4 94 5.4 4.2- 6.9 127 5.8 4.7- 7.1 35 1.5 1.0- 2.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,103 864 41.7 39.0-44.4 989 46.1 43.4-48.9 87 3.9 3.0- 5.0 123 6.1 4.8- 7.7 40 2.3 1.6- 3.2
College Graduate 2,651 1,509 57.7 55.3-60.1 925 34.3 32.0-36.6 99 3.8 3.0- 4.8 86 3.1 2.4- 4.1 32 1.0 0.7- 1.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 708 188 27.8 23.6-32.4 384 53.0 48.2-57.8 42 6.1 4.0- 9.0 72 9.1 6.8-12.1 22 4.0 2.5- 6.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,094 306 28.6 25.2-32.2 631 56.4 52.5-60.2 53 4.8 3.3- 6.9 80 7.8 6.0-10.2 24 2.4 1.5- 3.9
$25,000- 34,999 771 295 36.3 32.2-40.7 387 51.0 46.6-55.4 27 4.4 2.8- 6.7 49 6.8 4.9- 9.3 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 979 421 41.8 37.9-45.8 471 48.3 44.3-52.3 34 3.9 2.6- 5.7 42 4.6 3.2- 6.6 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 1,007 506 47.6 43.6-51.5 412 41.7 37.9-45.6 45 5.1 3.7- 7.1 34 4.4 2.6- 7.4 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 1,734 1,011 57.6 54.5-60.5 598 35.8 32.9-38.7 57 3.0 2.2- 4.2 50 2.7 1.9- 3.8 18 1.0 0.6- 1.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,105 764 35.8 33.3-38.5 1,034 48.5 45.7-51.2 89 4.2 3.2- 5.4 166 8.6 7.1-10.3 52 3.0 2.2- 4.1
No 5,411 2,466 44.7 43.0-46.4 2,439 45.6 43.8-47.3 212 4.2 3.5- 4.9 228 4.4 3.7- 5.2 66 1.2 0.9- 1.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,041 433 42.7 39.1-46.4 514 48.6 45.0-52.3 36 3.1 2.1- 4.5 47 4.4 3.2- 6.1 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 6,506 2,803 42.5 40.9-44.1 2,979 46.0 44.4-47.6 267 4.3 3.7- 5.0 350 5.5 4.8- 6.3 107 1.7 1.3- 2.1

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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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