2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Workplace Support for Healthy Eating or Exercise

Does your workplace offer any support for healthy eating or physical activity for its employees?*
This may include offering healthy foods and drinks in vending machines, allowing for physical activity breaks during the day, or providing information on healthy eating or exercise.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,358 737 53.7 50.6-56.8 621 46.3 43.2-49.4
-Eastern NC 396 191 49.4 43.5-55.2 205 50.6 44.8-56.5
GENDER
Male 189 90 50.2 42.0-58.4 99 49.8 41.6-58.0
Female 207 101 48.5 40.3-56.7 106 51.5 43.3-59.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 235 110 47.7 40.4-55.1 125 52.3 44.9-59.6
Non-Hispanic Black 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 102 59 62.0 51.1-71.8 43 38.0 28.2-48.9
55-64 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 119 53 46.0 36.5-55.8 66 54.0 44.2-63.5
College Graduate 139 77 57.6 48.5-66.2 62 42.4 33.8-51.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 301 153 52.9 46.2-59.5 148 47.1 40.5-53.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 338 155 47.4 41.2-53.7 183 52.6 46.3-58.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 396 191 49.4 43.5-55.2 205 50.6 44.8-56.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 122 *** *** *** 50 39.7 30.0-50.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 216 118 55.7 48.0-63.2 98 44.3 36.8-52.0
HOUSING
Own 238 131 57.3 50.0-64.3 107 42.7 35.7-50.0
Rent 132 52 35.9 27.2-45.6 80 64.1 54.4-72.8
Other arrangement 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 134 67 50.4 40.2-60.5 67 49.6 39.5-59.8
Rural 224 101 46.5 39.0-54.2 123 53.5 45.8-61.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 228 108 48.0 40.4-55.6 120 52.0 44.4-59.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of respondents that are employed for wages.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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