2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 2,226 881 39.1 36.5-41.8 1,069 48.6 45.9-51.3 96 4.5 3.6- 5.7 142 6.1 5.0- 7.4 38 1.6 1.1- 2.4
Female 3,431 1,425 42.7 40.5-44.9 1,561 43.8 41.6-46.0 143 4.4 3.7- 5.4 219 6.6 5.5- 7.9 83 2.5 1.9- 3.2
RACE
White 4,143 1,847 44.9 43.0-46.9 1,859 44.6 42.6-46.6 159 3.7 3.1- 4.5 213 5.2 4.4- 6.2 65 1.6 1.2- 2.1
African American 1,031 335 34.9 31.1-39.0 481 44.4 40.5-48.3 58 6.9 5.2- 9.1 117 10.1 8.1-12.6 40 3.6 2.4- 5.3
Other minorities 436 111 26.4 21.2-32.3 265 59.5 53.2-65.6 18 4.6 2.6- 8.0 28 6.9 4.3-11.0 *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 368 91 27.1 21.8-33.2 232 61.4 55.2-67.3 22 5.4 3.4- 8.5 18 4.6 2.6- 8.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 5,271 2,210 42.1 40.3-43.9 2,391 44.8 43.0-46.6 215 4.4 3.7- 5.2 340 6.5 5.7- 7.5 115 2.1 1.7- 2.7
AGE
18-34 949 342 38.4 34.7-42.3 430 44.6 40.8-48.5 72 6.4 5.0- 8.3 80 8.1 6.3-10.4 25 2.5 1.6- 3.8
35-54 1,896 822 43.7 40.9-46.5 803 42.8 40.0-45.6 94 4.8 3.8- 6.1 125 6.4 5.2- 7.9 52 2.3 1.6- 3.1
55-64 1,106 509 44.0 40.3-47.7 472 45.9 42.2-49.8 36 3.1 2.0- 4.6 66 4.9 3.6- 6.6 23 2.1 1.3- 3.6
65-74 961 389 40.5 36.5-44.5 491 53.3 49.2-57.3 *** *** *** 46 3.9 2.7- 5.5 15 0.7 0.4- 1.3
75+ 692 232 32.8 28.5-37.3 400 58.0 53.3-62.6 *** *** *** 41 6.1 4.2- 8.8 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 669 148 27.3 22.7-32.4 421 60.3 55.2-65.2 21 2.4 1.4- 4.0 67 8.3 6.2-11.1 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,540 509 36.3 33.1-39.6 808 48.7 45.4-52.0 73 5.5 4.2- 7.1 116 7.6 6.1- 9.4 34 2.0 1.3- 3.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,533 603 39.5 36.3-42.7 711 45.7 42.5-48.9 74 5.3 4.1- 6.8 99 6.4 4.9- 8.3 46 3.2 2.3- 4.4
College Graduate 1,895 1,041 55.4 52.4-58.2 677 35.5 32.7-38.3 70 3.9 2.8- 5.3 78 4.2 3.1- 5.6 29 1.1 0.7- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 614 166 28.2 23.7-33.2 308 49.7 44.4-54.9 42 6.5 4.5- 9.4 72 11.1 8.2-14.7 26 4.6 2.8- 7.4
$15,000- 24,999 936 260 30.4 26.5-34.7 533 52.9 48.7-57.1 43 4.9 3.5- 7.0 76 8.6 6.6-11.1 24 3.1 1.9- 4.9
$25,000- 34,999 579 199 32.3 27.6-37.3 286 50.6 45.2-56.1 24 5.4 3.4- 8.6 52 8.9 6.5-12.2 18 2.7 1.5- 4.8
$35,000- 49,999 699 296 42.2 37.5-47.1 333 47.7 42.9-52.5 25 4.1 2.6- 6.4 35 4.5 3.0- 6.7 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 1,895 1,040 53.9 51.0-56.9 701 37.5 34.7-40.4 63 3.4 2.5- 4.7 69 4.0 2.8- 5.6 22 1.1 0.7- 1.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,418 506 35.8 32.5-39.2 683 48.3 44.8-51.8 61 4.2 3.1- 5.8 128 9.3 7.5-11.4 40 2.5 1.7- 3.6
No 4,216 1,795 42.4 40.5-44.4 1,933 45.4 43.4-47.4 177 4.6 3.8- 5.4 230 5.6 4.8- 6.6 81 2.0 1.5- 2.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 678 276 43.4 38.8-48.1 328 46.3 41.7-51.0 23 3.3 2.0- 5.3 41 5.4 3.8- 7.7 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 4,976 2,030 40.7 38.9-42.5 2,301 46.0 44.2-47.9 215 4.6 3.9- 5.4 319 6.5 5.7- 7.5 111 2.1 1.7- 2.7

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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.

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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