2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 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 9 2.7 1.4- 5.5
GENDER
Male 188 64 30.4 23.4-38.4 98 54.4 45.9-62.7 *** *** *** 14 8.7 4.9-15.1 *** *** ***
Female 236 75 29.5 23.4-36.5 112 46.2 39.2-53.4 21 12.4 8.0-18.8 21 7.6 4.8-11.9 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 245 89 32.1 26.0-39.0 120 48.5 41.5-55.6 19 10.7 6.6-17.0 13 6.3 3.4-11.4 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 121 37 27.9 19.6-38.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 13.4 8.0-21.7 *** *** ***
Other 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 141 34 24.8 17.6-33.7 71 50.7 41.4-59.9 17 12.8 7.6-20.6 15 9.4 5.3-16.0 *** *** ***
44-64 166 64 36.5 28.8-45.0 73 43.8 35.6-52.3 12 8.4 4.7-14.7 15 9.8 5.7-16.3 *** *** ***
65+ 112 40 32.2 23.7-42.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 163 38 21.7 15.3-29.7 95 57.8 48.7-66.3 *** *** *** 18 11.6 6.9-18.8 *** *** ***
Some College + 260 101 36.5 30.1-43.4 114 44.0 37.2-51.0 23 11.5 7.4-17.6 17 5.7 3.4- 9.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 52 24.8 18.2-32.9 93 47.8 39.4-56.4 18 12.7 7.7-20.2 21 10.3 6.4-16.1 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 143 60 40.3 31.9-49.4 61 43.4 34.7-52.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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