2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 906 306 30.5 26.8-34.6 458 52.9 48.5-57.2 42 4.6 3.1- 6.7 75 9.4 7.0-12.4 25 2.6 1.6- 4.4
Region 3 531 183 29.0 24.7-33.7 278 57.5 52.2-62.5 19 4.0 2.4- 6.6 38 6.4 4.5- 9.1 13 3.1 1.7- 5.7
Region 4 976 361 36.6 33.1-40.3 470 46.4 42.7-50.1 59 6.5 4.9- 8.5 64 7.8 5.9-10.3 22 2.7 1.6- 4.5
Region 5 704 263 37.1 33.0-41.3 340 48.5 44.2-52.8 41 5.5 3.9- 7.8 47 6.7 4.9- 9.2 13 2.2 1.1- 4.5
Region 6 424 139 29.9 25.2-35.2 210 50.2 44.7-55.8 31 8.9 6.0-12.9 35 8.2 5.6-11.7 *** *** ***
Region 7 760 302 38.8 35.0-42.9 339 43.8 39.9-47.9 49 7.1 5.2- 9.6 48 7.3 5.3- 9.9 22 3.0 1.9- 4.7
Region 8 543 167 28.6 24.4-33.2 283 52.3 47.3-57.3 28 5.5 3.7- 8.2 48 10.6 7.7-14.5 17 2.9 1.7- 4.8
Region 9 & 10 800 252 27.4 23.7-31.5 367 48.1 43.3-52.9 56 8.3 5.9-11.6 81 10.8 8.2-13.9 44 5.4 3.8- 7.6
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 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
Piedmont 2,809 1,054 36.4 34.3-38.5 1,345 47.8 45.6-49.9 156 5.8 4.8- 6.9 186 7.3 6.2- 8.6 68 2.7 2.1- 3.7
Western NC 1,010 348 31.3 27.7-35.2 508 53.0 48.9-57.1 47 4.9 3.4- 7.1 80 7.9 6.0-10.5 27 2.8 1.7- 4.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 761 267 32.1 28.0-36.6 383 52.6 47.9-57.3 35 4.7 3.1- 7.0 55 8.0 5.6-11.3 21 2.6 1.4- 4.7
Northwest 857 283 29.5 26.0-33.3 448 55.6 51.5-59.7 38 4.5 3.1- 6.5 65 7.2 5.4- 9.4 23 3.2 2.0- 5.0
Charlotte 811 307 37.4 33.6-41.5 382 44.9 41.0-49.0 47 6.5 4.7- 8.8 58 8.6 6.4-11.5 17 2.5 1.4- 4.6
Greensboro 525 192 35.4 30.8-40.3 258 49.4 44.4-54.4 27 5.0 3.2- 7.7 36 7.2 5.0-10.3 12 3.0 1.4- 6.0
Southern Regional 503 150 27.5 23.3-32.2 266 53.8 48.7-58.8 32 7.0 4.7-10.3 44 9.4 6.8-12.9 11 2.3 1.2- 4.2
Southeast 312 108 32.3 26.5-38.6 158 48.7 42.1-55.4 17 7.1 4.3-11.7 19 8.7 5.1-14.3 *** *** ***
Wake 865 353 40.7 37.1-44.5 384 44.0 40.3-47.8 57 7.0 5.2- 9.3 49 5.7 4.2- 7.9 22 2.5 1.6- 4.0
Area L & Eastern 1,010 313 27.2 23.9-30.8 466 47.8 43.7-52.0 72 8.3 6.2-11.0 110 12.1 9.7-15.0 49 4.6 3.3- 6.3

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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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