2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western 1,010 348 31.3 27.7-35.2 508 53.0 48.9-57.1 47 4.9 3.4- 7.1 80 7.9 6.0-10.5 27 2.8 1.7- 4.6
GENDER
Male 443 163 33.4 28.1-39.2 213 50.2 44.2-56.2 26 6.4 4.0-10.1 34 8.1 5.3-12.3 *** *** ***
Female 567 185 29.4 24.7-34.6 295 55.5 49.9-61.0 21 3.6 2.0- 6.4 46 7.8 5.3-11.2 20 3.7 2.1- 6.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 876 319 32.5 28.6-36.6 434 52.4 48.0-56.8 39 5.1 3.4- 7.5 65 7.8 5.7-10.5 19 2.3 1.3- 4.0
Non-Hispanic Black 33 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 96 18 17.3 10.2-27.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 137 43 28.6 20.5-38.3 60 47.9 38.0-58.0 *** *** *** 19 12.7 7.2-21.3 *** *** ***
35-44 106 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 154 54 39.0 29.4-49.6 74 43.9 34.1-54.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 221 80 33.8 26.6-41.8 115 53.9 45.7-61.9 *** *** *** 14 6.3 3.5-11.0 *** *** ***
65-74 238 87 28.3 22.1-35.4 121 57.9 49.8-65.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 144 45 25.4 18.2-34.2 87 67.9 58.5-76.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 103 20 15.8 8.5-27.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 276 70 26.4 20.3-33.6 157 55.9 48.2-63.2 18 6.8 4.0-11.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 288 91 31.2 24.8-38.3 149 50.6 43.5-57.8 *** *** *** 25 9.8 6.1-15.2 *** *** ***
College Graduate 341 165 49.1 42.5-55.6 132 38.1 31.9-44.8 *** *** *** 21 6.3 3.7-10.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 95 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 180 43 26.0 18.2-35.7 94 51.3 41.8-60.8 *** *** *** 24 11.7 7.2-18.4 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 105 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 135 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 142 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 177 84 45.0 35.9-54.4 77 48.3 39.0-57.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 325 107 33.2 26.7-40.5 170 54.1 46.9-61.2 *** *** *** 26 6.9 4.3-10.9 *** *** ***
No 682 238 30.3 26.1-34.9 338 52.7 47.6-57.6 34 5.8 3.8- 8.6 54 8.4 5.9-11.7 *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 142 55 33.1 24.6-42.9 69 51.4 41.0-61.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 867 293 31.1 27.2-35.3 439 53.3 48.9-57.8 39 4.8 3.2- 7.2 72 7.8 5.7-10.4 24 3.0 1.8- 5.1
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Regional City or Suburban 238 102 41.4 34.2-49.0 115 50.6 43.1-58.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 772 246 27.6 23.6-32.0 393 53.9 49.0-58.7 38 5.5 3.6- 8.3 73 9.7 7.2-13.0 22 3.2 1.8- 5.6

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
**Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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