2017 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 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 8 580 216 36.0 31.3-41.1 283 49.8 44.6-55.1 30 4.9 3.1- 7.8 37 8.0 5.4-11.7 14 1.2 0.6- 2.4
GENDER
Male 244 86 33.7 26.9-41.1 131 53.7 46.0-61.3 *** *** *** 20 9.3 5.4-15.5 *** *** ***
Female 336 130 38.1 31.6-45.1 152 46.4 39.4-53.6 24 6.5 3.7-11.1 17 6.8 3.8-11.9 13 2.1 1.1- 4.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 314 131 38.7 32.5-45.2 147 48.6 42.0-55.3 13 4.1 2.1- 7.6 17 7.9 4.6-13.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 122 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 7.0 2.8-16.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 144 43 23.5 15.7-33.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 155 46 30.6 22.7-39.9 78 52.6 43.1-61.9 *** *** *** 18 12.4 7.2-20.4 *** *** ***
45-64 219 91 41.0 33.4-49.1 97 45.9 37.9-54.2 14 6.9 3.5-13.3 13 5.4 2.7-10.6 *** *** ***
65+ 203 78 37.5 29.4-46.5 107 51.3 42.3-60.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 236 61 25.7 19.1-33.6 137 57.2 48.6-65.4 17 7.6 4.0-13.8 16 8.0 4.1-14.9 *** *** ***
Some College + 343 155 44.0 37.6-50.5 145 44.2 37.7-50.8 13 2.9 1.5- 5.5 21 8.0 4.9-12.7 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 294 94 33.6 26.9-41.1 151 51.7 44.0-59.3 21 6.0 3.4-10.3 20 7.6 4.2-13.4 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 175 83 41.2 33.0-49.8 74 46.5 37.8-55.4 *** *** *** 13 9.8 5.3-17.3 *** *** ***

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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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