2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 543 167 28.6 24.4-33.2 283 52.3 47.3-57.3 28 5.5 3.7- 8.2 48 10.6 7.7-14.5 17 2.9 1.7- 4.8
GENDER
Male 227 68 28.0 21.8-35.1 127 55.5 47.8-62.8 11 5.3 2.8- 9.9 16 9.4 5.5-15.6 *** *** ***
Female 316 99 29.3 23.9-35.3 156 49.2 42.8-55.6 17 5.8 3.5- 9.5 32 11.9 8.1-17.2 12 3.9 2.1- 7.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 350 124 32.4 27.1-38.2 172 50.0 43.9-56.1 15 4.3 2.5- 7.3 29 10.5 6.9-15.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 109 26 21.8 14.0-32.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 157 38 25.3 18.5-33.6 81 51.2 42.6-59.8 11 6.6 3.5-12.0 21 14.3 9.0-21.9 *** *** ***
44-64 211 73 31.3 24.8-38.7 104 49.5 41.8-57.2 *** *** *** 18 10.6 6.4-16.9 *** *** ***
65+ 166 54 31.4 23.9-40.0 93 59.2 50.5-67.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 225 55 22.9 17.3-29.6 134 58.1 50.4-65.4 11 5.9 3.1-11.0 19 10.3 6.2-16.7 *** *** ***
Some College + 316 112 33.9 28.0-40.3 149 47.8 41.4-54.4 16 4.8 2.8- 8.1 28 10.5 6.9-15.7 11 3.0 1.6- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 255 64 24.6 19.0-31.2 145 56.4 49.1-63.4 16 6.2 3.7-10.4 21 9.7 6.0-15.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 177 73 35.9 28.2-44.6 77 45.5 36.9-54.4 *** *** *** 16 12.5 7.1-21.0 *** *** ***

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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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