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Fruit and Vegetable Consumption per day*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Less than once or never   N       %   C.I.(95%)	1 to less than 3 times   N       %   C.I.(95%)	3 to less than 5 times   N       %   C.I.(95%)	5 or more times   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	3011	102   3.1  ( 2.5- 3.9)	958  32.8  (30.8-34.8)	1243  41.9  (39.9-44.0)	708  22.1  (20.5-23.9)
GENDER
Male	1142	38   3.0  ( 2.1- 4.3)	413  37.0  (33.8-40.3)	468  41.1  (37.8-44.5)	223  18.9  (16.4-21.6)
Female	1869	64   3.2  ( 2.5- 4.2)	545  29.0  (26.7-31.3)	775  42.7  (40.1-45.2)	485  25.1  (23.0-27.4)
RACE
White	2316	64   2.7  ( 2.0- 3.5)	687  30.6  (28.5-32.8)	988  43.6  (41.2-45.9)	577  23.2  (21.3-25.1)
African American	590	31   4.0  ( 2.7- 5.9)	246  44.0  (39.1-49.1)	205  33.8  (29.4-38.5)	108  18.2  (14.5-22.6)
AGE
18-24	247	9   3.4  ( 1.6- 6.9)	91  38.7  (31.3-46.6)	86  34.7  (27.8-42.4)	61  23.2  (17.4-30.2)
25-34	543	29   5.1  ( 3.3- 7.7)	207  37.6  (33.1-42.3)	195  37.4  (32.7-42.3)	112  19.9  (16.4-24.0)
35-44	624	19   3.0  ( 1.9- 4.8)	224  36.6  (32.4-41.0)	242  40.0  (35.8-44.4)	139  20.4  (17.3-23.9)
45-54	553	23   3.2  ( 2.1- 4.9)	179  33.0  (28.7-37.6)	245  46.4  (41.7-51.2)	106  17.4  (14.2-21.2)
55-64	407	6   1.6  ( 0.7- 3.7)	114  26.9  (22.5-31.8)	179  46.6  (41.4-52.0)	108  24.9  (20.7-29.6)
65+	619	16   2.1  ( 1.2- 3.5)	137  22.5  (19.1-26.3)	288  46.8  (42.6-51.2)	178  28.6  (24.9-32.6)
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	507	31   5.4  ( 3.6- 7.9)	188  36.1  (31.2-41.3)	206  42.4  (37.1-47.9)	82  16.1  (12.6-20.4)
H.S. or G.E.D.	940	42   4.5  ( 3.2- 6.3)	319  36.0  (32.5-39.6)	377  39.9  (36.4-43.5)	202  19.6  (17.0-22.6)
Some Post-H.S.	755	16   1.8  ( 1.1- 3.1)	224  30.1  (26.3-34.3)	321  42.7  (38.6-46.9)	194  25.3  (21.8-29.2)
College Graduate	802	11   1.1  ( 0.6- 2.1)	226  29.7  (26.1-33.5)	335  43.2  (39.2-47.2)	230  26.1  (22.9-29.6)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	336	17   4.3  ( 2.6- 7.1)	116  35.6  (29.9-41.8)	135  41.5  (35.5-47.7)	68  18.6  (14.4-23.6)
$15,000- 24,999	557	27   4.5  ( 2.9- 7.0)	184  33.7  (29.2-38.6)	223  40.7  (35.9-45.8)	123  21.0  (17.3-25.1)
$25,000- 34,999	426	12   2.2  ( 1.2- 4.0)	141  33.9  (28.8-39.4)	163  37.7  (32.6-43.1)	110  26.2  (21.3-31.7)
$35,000- 49,999	446	11   3.1  ( 1.6- 6.0)	133  30.5  (25.7-35.8)	187  43.8  (38.4-49.3)	115  22.6  (18.7-27.0)
$50,000+	773	19   2.2  ( 1.4- 3.6)	248  34.2  (30.3-38.3)	323  42.1  (38.1-46.2)	183  21.5  (18.5-24.8)

*Data in this table were derived from the fruits and vegetables questions.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.