2015 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,383 844 33.9 31.6-36.2 1,169 49.4 47.0-51.9 138 6.4 5.2- 7.7 179 8.0 6.7- 9.5 53 2.4 1.7- 3.4
Female 3,261 1,129 33.3 31.3-35.3 1,576 48.8 46.6-50.9 187 6.1 5.2- 7.2 257 8.3 7.2- 9.6 112 3.5 2.8- 4.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,825 1,481 37.7 35.9-39.6 1,794 47.0 45.0-48.9 192 5.3 4.5- 6.2 255 7.2 6.2- 8.3 103 2.8 2.2- 3.6
Non-Hispanic Black 1,087 317 27.2 24.1-30.5 517 47.5 43.8-51.2 80 8.9 6.9-11.4 126 12.1 9.9-14.6 47 4.4 3.1- 6.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 175 60 33.4 25.5-42.3 86 55.2 45.8-64.3 11 5.0 2.4-10.3 12 4.4 2.2- 8.8 *** *** ***
Hispanic 408 58 12.2 9.1-16.3 290 73.2 67.9-77.9 27 6.8 4.4-10.4 26 6.5 4.1-10.0 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 913 265 28.4 25.1-32.0 431 48.7 44.9-52.5 89 9.4 7.5-11.7 98 10.2 8.2-12.7 30 3.2 2.1- 5.0
35-44 785 255 32.6 28.9-36.5 379 49.4 45.3-53.5 44 5.3 3.7- 7.4 75 9.6 7.4-12.3 32 3.2 2.2- 4.8
45-54 1,001 360 36.5 33.1-40.1 463 46.4 42.8-50.0 59 6.0 4.4- 8.0 81 7.8 6.1-10.0 38 3.3 2.3- 4.6
55-64 1,195 452 37.6 34.3-40.9 571 46.9 43.5-50.3 50 4.0 2.9- 5.5 87 8.5 6.6-10.8 35 3.0 2.1- 4.4
65-74 1,031 395 35.1 31.7-38.7 511 52.8 49.0-56.5 45 4.6 3.3- 6.3 64 5.0 3.8- 6.6 16 2.5 1.2- 5.1
75+ 652 218 32.7 28.5-37.2 362 55.4 50.8-60.0 33 6.1 4.1- 9.1 27 4.2 2.7- 6.5 12 1.5 0.8- 3.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 594 107 16.9 13.4-21.2 370 63.6 58.6-68.3 29 4.9 3.2- 7.4 67 10.4 7.9-13.7 21 4.1 2.4- 7.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,543 407 27.4 24.8-30.2 868 54.4 51.3-57.4 97 7.0 5.6- 8.8 138 9.3 7.6-11.2 33 1.9 1.3- 3.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,586 534 34.3 31.6-37.2 756 46.2 43.3-49.2 105 7.2 5.8- 8.9 132 8.7 7.2-10.6 59 3.5 2.7- 4.7
College Graduate 1,899 917 49.4 46.8-52.0 745 38.4 35.9-41.0 90 4.8 3.8- 6.0 95 4.8 3.8- 6.0 52 2.6 1.9- 3.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 517 118 20.2 16.4-24.7 277 55.1 49.7-60.3 28 6.0 3.9- 9.1 71 14.3 10.8-18.7 23 4.5 2.8- 7.0
$15,000- 24,999 941 227 23.7 20.4-27.2 519 54.2 50.2-58.1 61 6.4 4.8- 8.5 99 11.9 9.5-14.9 35 3.8 2.5- 5.8
$25,000- 34,999 494 144 29.3 24.5-34.5 259 53.3 47.7-58.7 36 6.1 4.2- 8.8 39 7.4 5.1-10.5 16 4.0 2.0- 7.6
$35,000- 49,999 647 220 31.8 27.7-36.4 322 49.6 44.9-54.4 42 8.1 5.6-11.5 41 6.3 4.5- 8.7 22 4.2 2.3- 7.3
$50,000-74,999 717 297 37.8 33.4-42.3 319 46.2 41.7-50.9 41 7.1 5.0-10.1 47 7.0 5.0- 9.8 13 1.8 1.0- 3.4
$75,000+ 1,209 610 50.3 47.0-53.6 466 39.2 36.1-42.5 45 3.4 2.5- 4.7 58 4.8 3.6- 6.5 30 2.2 1.5- 3.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,544 506 32.2 29.4-35.2 750 47.2 44.2-50.3 86 5.6 4.3- 7.2 137 10.3 8.4-12.5 65 4.7 3.4- 6.3
No 4,079 1,457 34.0 32.3-35.8 1,989 49.8 47.9-51.7 237 6.4 5.5- 7.4 297 7.4 6.5- 8.4 99 2.4 1.9- 3.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 745 293 39.3 35.1-43.6 344 46.1 41.8-50.4 40 5.5 3.9- 7.7 53 7.3 5.4- 9.9 15 1.8 1.0- 3.3
Non-Veteran 4,883 1,675 32.7 31.2-34.4 2,399 49.6 47.9-51.3 281 6.3 5.5- 7.2 380 8.3 7.3- 9.3 148 3.1 2.5- 3.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,605 694 42.7 39.8-45.5 709 43.8 41.0-46.7 81 5.4 4.3- 6.9 91 6.0 4.7- 7.5 30 2.1 1.3- 3.3
Regional City or Suburban 1,244 451 34.5 31.4-37.7 612 49.5 46.2-52.8 69 5.8 4.5- 7.6 79 7.4 5.8- 9.5 33 2.7 1.9- 3.9
Rural 2,795 828 26.3 24.3-28.4 1,424 52.7 50.3-55.1 175 7.1 5.9- 8.4 266 10.2 8.8-11.8 102 3.7 2.9- 4.8

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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.

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