2017 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 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 9 & 10 618 239 36.5 31.9-41.3 284 47.2 42.3-52.1 35 6.7 4.5- 9.9 42 6.4 4.4- 9.3 18 3.2 1.9- 5.6
GENDER
Male 257 93 36.1 29.4-43.5 130 50.4 43.2-57.6 16 5.8 3.2-10.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 361 146 36.8 30.8-43.2 154 44.0 37.5-50.8 19 7.5 4.3-12.7 33 8.9 5.8-13.3 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 388 176 42.5 36.6-48.7 170 45.4 39.2-51.8 19 6.8 4.0-11.3 18 4.3 2.4- 7.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 187 54 27.4 20.1-36.1 87 47.5 38.7-56.5 12 6.3 3.2-12.2 22 10.5 6.1-17.4 12 8.4 4.4-15.4
Other 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 152 55 31.1 23.3-40.2 64 46.2 37.0-55.7 15 12.4 7.3-20.2 14 7.9 4.3-14.0 *** *** ***
45-64 233 98 44.1 36.7-51.7 100 42.8 35.4-50.4 13 4.1 2.1- 7.9 11 2.9 1.6- 5.5 11 6.1 3.2-11.2
65+ 224 83 33.8 26.6-41.8 115 54.1 45.9-62.0 *** *** *** 16 9.3 4.9-17.1 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 255 78 30.4 24.0-37.6 130 51.0 43.5-58.5 19 8.0 4.7-13.4 20 7.0 4.1-11.8 *** *** ***
Some College + 361 161 42.3 36.2-48.8 152 43.3 37.0-49.9 16 5.4 3.0- 9.8 22 6.0 3.5- 9.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 282 88 30.2 24.1-37.1 141 50.5 43.2-57.7 16 6.4 3.4-11.9 26 9.0 5.5-14.2 11 3.9 1.8- 8.4
$50,000+ 211 102 46.3 38.1-54.7 82 39.4 31.6-47.9 11 6.6 3.3-13.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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