2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 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
GENDER
Male 235 77 27.4 21.4-34.3 125 57.5 49.7-65.0 *** *** *** 18 6.8 4.0-11.4 *** *** ***
Female 296 106 30.4 24.6-37.0 153 57.4 50.3-64.2 *** *** *** 20 6.1 3.8- 9.7 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 416 153 31.9 26.9-37.4 214 56.0 50.1-61.7 12 3.3 1.7- 6.2 27 5.8 3.8- 8.7 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 147 45 25.5 18.4-34.2 76 59.2 49.4-68.3 *** *** *** 12 6.3 3.5-11.3 *** *** ***
44-64 206 74 31.6 25.0-38.9 104 52.9 45.1-60.6 *** *** *** 15 7.3 4.1-12.7 *** *** ***
65+ 173 62 31.1 24.1-39.0 96 61.7 53.5-69.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 48 21.0 15.5-27.8 131 65.4 57.5-72.4 *** *** *** 17 5.9 3.4-10.1 *** *** ***
Some College + 320 135 35.8 29.7-42.5 146 50.9 43.7-58.0 11 3.3 1.6- 6.5 20 6.7 4.1-10.5 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 268 76 23.3 18.1-29.5 146 59.0 51.6-66.0 *** *** *** 28 9.3 6.2-13.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 172 82 42.0 33.5-50.9 77 49.3 40.2-58.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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