2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 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
GENDER
Male 397 138 36.0 30.6-41.9 196 46.4 40.8-52.2 26 6.5 4.3- 9.7 30 8.6 5.7-12.7 *** *** ***
Female 579 223 37.1 32.6-41.9 274 46.3 41.5-51.2 33 6.4 4.4- 9.4 34 7.2 4.9-10.5 15 2.9 1.7- 5.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 642 268 42.9 38.3-47.6 290 42.0 37.6-46.6 36 5.6 3.9- 8.0 35 6.7 4.5- 9.8 13 2.8 1.4- 5.5
Non-Hispanic Black 191 54 27.4 20.5-35.6 93 46.5 38.3-54.8 14 8.6 4.8-14.9 22 13.6 8.6-20.9 *** *** ***
Other 128 34 22.8 16.1-31.4 80 64.3 54.7-72.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 296 105 35.2 29.3-41.6 127 42.6 36.4-49.1 23 7.8 5.1-11.7 30 10.6 7.2-15.4 11 3.8 1.8- 7.8
44-64 415 162 39.0 33.8-44.5 199 47.2 41.8-52.6 21 4.8 3.0- 7.5 23 6.4 3.9-10.4 *** *** ***
65+ 252 89 35.2 28.6-42.5 138 53.7 46.4-60.9 14 6.8 3.7-12.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 370 87 24.2 19.0-30.2 217 55.7 49.4-61.8 22 6.1 3.9- 9.7 36 10.9 7.6-15.5 *** *** ***
Some College + 599 272 46.0 41.4-50.7 249 39.3 34.9-43.9 36 6.6 4.6- 9.4 28 5.6 3.6- 8.5 14 2.5 1.4- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 429 114 25.4 20.8-30.5 239 53.9 48.2-59.4 27 6.8 4.4-10.2 36 9.8 6.7-14.1 13 4.3 2.2- 8.2
$50,000+ 337 177 54.2 48.0-60.3 127 36.2 30.5-42.2 15 4.1 2.3- 7.1 12 3.7 2.0- 6.9 *** *** ***

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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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