2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 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
GENDER
Male 294 117 38.5 32.4-44.9 142 49.1 42.6-55.6 12 4.0 2.1- 7.3 18 5.7 3.4- 9.4 *** *** ***
Female 410 146 35.9 30.5-41.6 198 47.9 42.3-53.6 29 6.9 4.5-10.4 29 7.7 5.1-11.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 430 190 42.6 37.3-48.0 200 46.8 41.4-52.3 17 4.1 2.4- 6.9 18 4.7 2.8- 7.7 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 162 49 31.4 23.4-40.6 74 44.0 35.5-52.9 14 9.1 5.1-15.8 19 11.8 7.2-18.7 *** *** ***
Other 99 18 17.4 10.3-27.8 64 69.8 58.8-78.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 247 77 32.8 26.4-39.9 123 50.1 42.9-57.2 21 6.7 4.1-10.8 22 8.9 5.6-13.8 *** *** ***
44-64 254 103 40.4 33.9-47.3 115 46.2 39.4-53.1 14 5.7 3.1-10.2 15 5.3 3.0- 9.2 *** *** ***
65+ 193 76 37.5 30.0-45.8 101 51.6 43.2-59.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 241 60 25.9 19.7-33.2 141 57.8 50.3-65.0 18 6.8 4.1-11.1 19 7.3 4.4-11.8 *** *** ***
Some College + 458 201 44.3 39.2-49.6 199 42.7 37.7-48.0 21 4.4 2.6- 7.3 27 6.3 4.1- 9.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 308 84 27.1 21.7-33.3 174 55.3 48.7-61.7 16 4.8 2.8- 8.3 29 10.1 6.7-14.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 254 125 46.1 39.2-53.2 105 44.5 37.5-51.7 13 5.3 2.8-10.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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