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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Physical Activity & Nutrition

When you eat out at a sit-down restaurant, how often do you choose foods that are low in fat, sugar or calories?

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Most of the time Sometimes Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,274 759 11.5 10.3-12.9 1,901 32.1 30.1-34.2 1,849 39.3 37.0-41.7 765 17.1 15.2-19.0
-Wake County 258 30 10.0 6.2-15.6 93 31.9 25.2-39.5 105 49.7 41.2-58.2 30 8.5 5.5-12.8
GENDER
Male 99 10 9.0 4.4-17.7 29 24.7 15.9-36.2 43 56.8 43.1-69.5 17 9.5 5.2-16.7
Female 159 20 10.7 5.7-19.1 64 37.8 28.9-47.6 62 43.8 34.1-54.1 13 7.6 4.0-13.9
RACE
White 211 26 10.2 6.1-16.6 77 35.6 28.2-43.8 82 44.6 36.4-53.1 26 9.6 6.2-14.8
Other 46 4 9.4 3.2-24.7 15 20.9 10.4-37.7 23 64.4 44.4-80.4 4 5.2 1.5-16.7
AGE
18-44 100 3 4.7 1.4-15.0 30 26.4 17.6-37.6 54 59.5 47.2-70.8 13 9.4 5.1-16.5
45+ 154 27 18.4 12.2-26.7 62 40.6 32.5-49.3 48 33.9 26.1-42.6 17 7.2 4.3-11.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 47 7 13.5 4.3-35.1 11 19.5 8.1-40.1 18 56.8 33.5-77.5 11 10.2 4.5-21.5
Some College + 211 23 8.9 5.6-13.9 82 35.7 28.6-43.4 87 47.5 39.5-55.7 19 8.0 4.7-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 53 5 6.2 2.4-15.2 14 27.3 13.8-47.0 22 52.8 35.0-69.9 12 13.7 6.8-25.6
$50,000+ 164 19 10.4 5.8-17.9 66 38.2 30.0-47.0 65 43.1 34.3-52.3 14 8.3 4.7-14.4

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^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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