2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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
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
GENDER
Male 389 142 33.1 27.3-39.3 185 49.0 42.6-55.5 22 5.5 3.3- 8.9 32 10.0 6.5-15.1 *** *** ***
Female 517 164 28.3 23.5-33.7 273 56.3 50.5-62.0 20 3.7 2.0- 6.9 43 8.8 5.9-12.8 17 2.8 1.6- 5.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 774 280 32.1 28.0-36.6 384 52.0 47.3-56.7 34 4.6 3.0- 7.1 60 9.4 6.8-12.8 16 1.8 1.0- 3.2
Non-Hispanic Black 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 87 15 15.0 8.2-25.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 216 67 28.4 21.7-36.3 94 49.6 41.3-57.9 13 4.7 2.2- 9.6 33 14.0 9.2-20.9 *** *** ***
44-64 334 117 35.5 29.0-42.6 170 49.0 42.0-56.0 12 3.2 1.5- 6.8 24 8.8 5.5-13.9 11 3.4 1.7- 6.7
65+ 346 119 26.5 21.5-32.3 190 62.7 56.2-68.7 15 5.7 3.2- 9.9 18 4.3 2.3- 7.7 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 338 79 22.2 16.9-28.6 202 60.8 53.6-67.5 17 5.0 2.7- 9.1 33 9.9 6.4-15.2 *** *** ***
Some College + 566 225 36.7 31.6-42.0 256 47.1 41.7-52.6 25 4.2 2.6- 6.9 42 9.0 6.1-13.0 18 3.0 1.8- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 459 132 28.1 22.9-33.9 239 53.6 47.5-59.5 26 5.3 3.2- 8.8 45 9.5 6.7-13.4 17 3.5 1.8- 6.7
$50,000+ 284 131 41.2 34.1-48.7 121 45.7 38.3-53.3 *** *** *** 18 7.9 4.4-13.6 *** *** ***

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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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