2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 5,644 1,973 33.6 32.1-35.1 2,745 49.1 47.5-50.7 325 6.2 5.5- 7.1 436 8.2 7.3- 9.1 165 3.0 2.4- 3.6
-Eastern 1,825 571 28.6 26.1-31.2 892 49.9 47.0-52.8 122 7.9 6.4- 9.7 170 10.1 8.4-12.0 70 3.5 2.7- 4.6
GENDER
Male 769 248 29.1 25.4-33.1 382 50.8 46.5-55.2 49 7.8 5.6-10.7 65 9.5 7.2-12.6 25 2.7 1.8- 4.2
Female 1,056 323 28.0 24.9-31.5 510 49.0 45.2-52.8 73 8.1 6.2-10.4 105 10.6 8.5-13.2 45 4.3 3.0- 6.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,126 383 30.9 27.7-34.3 532 48.4 44.7-52.1 70 7.5 5.6- 9.8 96 9.6 7.5-12.1 45 3.7 2.6- 5.2
Non-Hispanic Black 478 134 25.5 21.0-30.6 237 51.0 45.4-56.6 34 9.1 6.0-13.4 54 10.8 8.0-14.3 19 3.6 2.2- 6.0
Other 194 41 20.8 14.6-28.9 115 57.9 49.3-66.1 15 7.4 4.1-13.0 18 11.4 6.7-18.7 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 284 64 21.3 16.4-27.1 139 51.7 45.1-58.3 40 14.0 10.0-19.3 32 10.8 7.4-15.5 *** *** ***
35-44 240 66 28.8 22.3-36.3 123 49.7 42.2-57.2 *** *** *** 28 12.3 7.9-18.6 *** *** ***
45-54 312 101 30.2 24.7-36.3 134 45.2 38.8-51.7 25 8.5 5.4-13.0 34 11.0 7.5-16.0 18 5.1 3.0- 8.5
55-64 433 149 34.1 29.0-39.5 216 49.3 43.7-54.8 17 3.1 1.8- 5.3 37 10.3 7.2-14.5 *** *** ***
65-74 327 116 32.6 26.9-38.8 157 49.5 43.1-55.9 17 6.0 3.5-10.0 26 7.6 5.0-11.5 *** *** ***
75+ 209 68 31.9 24.7-40.0 112 55.6 47.2-63.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 203 53 22.5 16.5-29.8 104 57.0 48.5-65.0 15 7.8 4.3-13.5 23 9.6 5.8-15.6 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 564 137 24.3 20.2-29.0 321 55.0 49.8-60.0 34 7.2 4.8-10.7 56 11.0 8.1-14.8 16 2.5 1.4- 4.5
Some Post-H.S. 563 174 29.3 25.0-34.0 265 46.9 41.9-51.9 45 9.2 6.5-12.7 55 10.8 8.0-14.4 24 3.9 2.5- 6.0
College Graduate 492 207 39.9 34.9-45.1 202 41.8 36.7-47.2 27 6.6 4.3-10.0 34 7.0 4.8-10.2 22 4.7 2.9- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 186 48 24.4 17.4-33.1 92 49.5 40.6-58.4 16 10.8 6.1-18.4 21 9.9 6.0-16.0 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 324 75 21.0 16.1-26.9 170 51.4 44.4-58.3 28 9.6 6.2-14.6 36 14.1 9.8-19.8 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 154 36 26.3 18.0-36.8 87 55.1 45.1-64.8 *** *** *** 15 9.8 5.4-17.2 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 206 66 31.9 24.6-40.3 103 49.4 40.9-57.9 *** *** *** 16 7.0 4.1-11.8 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 235 83 27.8 21.7-34.8 111 51.2 43.2-59.2 16 9.0 5.1-15.3 19 10.0 5.7-17.0 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 345 151 41.9 35.9-48.2 134 40.0 34.0-46.3 14 5.0 2.7- 8.9 29 8.4 5.5-12.7 17 4.7 2.7- 7.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 564 164 26.6 22.3-31.5 274 48.7 43.5-53.8 37 7.0 4.8-10.2 60 12.4 9.2-16.5 29 5.3 3.5- 8.0
No 1,253 405 29.5 26.5-32.6 615 50.7 47.2-54.2 83 8.1 6.2-10.3 109 8.9 7.2-11.1 41 2.8 2.0- 4.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 295 107 34.7 28.5-41.4 133 44.6 38.0-51.4 17 6.2 3.6-10.6 29 11.0 7.2-16.6 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,526 464 27.6 24.9-30.4 758 50.9 47.8-54.1 104 8.2 6.5-10.2 140 9.9 8.1-12.0 60 3.5 2.6- 4.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 132 61 44.2 34.6-54.3 61 45.5 35.8-55.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban 244 84 28.4 22.5-35.2 109 47.9 40.4-55.4 16 7.7 4.5-12.9 24 10.8 6.8-16.9 *** *** ***
Rural 1,449 426 27.1 24.4-30.1 722 50.7 47.5-54.0 102 8.2 6.5-10.3 140 10.4 8.6-12.6 59 3.5 2.6- 4.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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