2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 800 252 27.4 23.7-31.5 367 48.1 43.3-52.9 56 8.3 5.9-11.6 81 10.8 8.2-13.9 44 5.4 3.8- 7.6
GENDER
Male 325 107 29.2 23.4-35.7 148 47.0 40.0-54.2 23 9.3 5.6-15.3 32 10.4 6.9-15.5 15 4.1 2.3- 7.2
Female 475 145 25.9 21.4-31.1 219 49.0 42.7-55.4 33 7.4 4.8-11.3 49 11.1 7.8-15.4 29 6.6 4.2-10.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 514 164 27.4 22.7-32.6 231 47.2 41.1-53.3 36 7.8 5.2-11.5 53 12.0 8.6-16.6 30 5.7 3.7- 8.6
Non-Hispanic Black 218 65 27.2 20.4-35.2 104 48.5 39.9-57.2 14 9.2 4.4-18.1 23 9.4 6.0-14.3 12 5.8 3.0-11.0
Other 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 190 49 20.5 14.7-28.0 90 53.4 44.2-62.3 19 11.7 6.9-19.1 22 10.6 6.4-17.1 *** *** ***
44-64 342 105 30.1 24.7-36.2 160 46.5 40.3-52.8 20 4.6 2.7- 7.7 33 10.5 7.1-15.2 24 8.4 5.3-13.0
65+ 261 94 35.1 28.3-42.5 114 41.0 34.0-48.4 17 8.3 5.0-13.4 26 11.8 7.8-17.5 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 334 82 23.2 17.8-29.6 173 54.3 46.9-61.6 24 8.5 5.0-13.9 40 10.5 7.2-15.2 15 3.5 1.9- 6.2
Some College + 465 170 31.2 26.3-36.6 194 42.7 36.8-48.8 32 8.2 5.2-12.7 40 10.8 7.4-15.5 29 7.1 4.6-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 383 103 25.7 20.4-31.9 185 48.2 41.2-55.2 28 7.3 4.5-11.6 43 12.4 8.8-17.3 24 6.5 4.0-10.4
$50,000+ 252 96 31.3 24.7-38.7 105 46.7 38.5-55.1 18 10.6 6.0-17.9 20 6.7 3.7-11.9 13 4.7 2.6- 8.3

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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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