2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 & 7 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 3,764 1,617 41.2 39.2-43.3 1,645 43.7 41.6-45.8 204 6.2 5.2- 7.4 218 6.8 5.6- 8.1 80 2.1 1.5- 2.9
Region 6 & 7 759 325 41.0 36.7-45.5 313 41.2 36.7-45.8 51 7.7 5.5-10.7 56 8.3 5.7-11.7 14 1.8 0.9- 3.5
GENDER
Male 347 156 41.6 35.3-48.1 137 38.5 32.3-45.0 23 9.3 5.7-14.8 25 9.1 5.6-14.5 *** *** ***
Female 412 169 40.5 34.6-46.7 176 43.6 37.4-50.1 28 6.3 4.1- 9.7 31 7.5 4.4-12.6 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 423 221 50.0 44.3-55.8 158 39.5 33.9-45.3 25 6.2 4.0- 9.6 15 3.6 1.9- 6.5 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 228 75 29.8 22.7-38.0 101 37.9 30.2-46.2 14 8.6 4.2-16.7 31 19.0 11.9-28.8 *** *** ***
Other 108 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 12.8 6.7-23.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 237 87 36.9 29.6-44.8 97 38.0 30.4-46.2 25 10.8 6.7-17.0 22 11.6 6.7-19.4 *** *** ***
45-64 326 159 47.4 40.9-53.9 121 39.0 32.6-45.7 15 5.9 3.3-10.2 24 6.4 3.9-10.2 *** *** ***
65+ 188 74 37.7 29.4-46.9 93 51.6 42.6-60.5 11 5.3 2.6-10.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 260 80 28.3 22.0-35.6 125 50.6 42.8-58.5 25 10.6 6.5-16.8 28 9.4 5.9-14.7 *** *** ***
Some College + 496 244 49.5 44.0-55.1 186 34.7 29.7-40.1 26 5.9 3.8- 9.1 28 7.5 4.4-12.7 12 2.3 1.1- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 344 115 31.2 25.3-37.9 158 47.0 40.0-54.2 29 8.7 5.4-13.8 37 12.4 7.8-19.1 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 275 161 58.6 51.4-65.5 86 29.9 23.8-36.9 *** *** *** 13 5.7 2.9-10.7 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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