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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Fruits and Vegetables

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  Total
Respond.#
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,614 4,797 70.4 68.6-72.1 1,609 25.7 24.0-27.4 91 1.5 1.1- 2.0 63 1.0 0.7- 1.5 54 1.5 1.0- 2.3
Henderson/ Transylvania 466 356 72.8 67.1-77.8 103 25.6 20.7-31.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3
GENDER
Male 186 128 64.0 55.2-71.9 55 34.3 26.5-43.1 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8
Female 280 228 81.9 75.5-86.9 48 16.7 11.9-23.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9
RACE
White 426 332 76.0 70.5-80.8 87 22.1 17.5-27.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 4 1.3 0.4- 3.9
Other 35 19 50.5 27.7-73.1 16 49.5 26.9-72.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 159 108 62.9 52.7-72.1 48 35.3 26.3-45.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 2 1.6 0.3- 7.0
45+ 304 245 80.4 74.0-85.4 55 18.2 13.3-24.5 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 135 67.0 57.2-75.5 51 32.0 23.6-41.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1
Some College + 276 220 77.4 70.6-83.0 52 20.5 15.2-27.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 252 188 70.9 62.6-78.0 60 27.3 20.4-35.6 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 2 1.2 0.3- 5.5
$50,000+ 97 71 74.6 63.6-83.1 25 24.9 16.4-35.9 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 406 308 73.5 68.0-78.4 87 23.7 19.0-29.1 6 1.3 0.5- 2.9 5 1.5 0.5- 4.4 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 461 338 72.3 67.3-76.8 104 23.2 19.0-28.0 10 2.3 1.2- 4.4 6 1.1 0.5- 2.4 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6
Guilford 417 306 70.2 64.4-75.5 98 26.8 21.7-32.6 7 1.5 0.7- 3.4 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0 4 1.0 0.3- 3.2
Mecklenburg 445 316 65.2 58.9-71.0 119 32.0 26.3-38.3 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 5 1.2 0.4- 3.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9
Orange 436 308 70.7 64.7-76.0 118 26.4 21.4-32.1 2 0.8 0.1- 4.1 6 1.3 0.5- 3.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.8
Pitt 408 308 77.4 72.4-81.7 87 19.7 15.7-24.5 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8 5 1.0 0.4- 3.1
Randolph 413 287 68.7 62.8-74.0 113 27.8 22.7-33.5 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3 9 2.4 1.2- 4.9 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 429 283 63.3 57.3-69.0 131 34.0 28.4-40.0 11 1.9 1.0- 3.6 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
Wake 428 314 71.0 65.7-75.8 94 23.1 18.8-28.1 11 3.2 1.7- 6.3 5 1.2 0.5- 2.9 4 1.4 0.5- 4.2
Western NC 641 458 67.1 62.4-71.4 167 29.0 24.9-33.6 5 0.9 0.3- 2.2 5 1.0 0.3- 2.8 6 2.1 0.9- 5.0
Piedmont NC 876 638 70.5 66.3-74.4 211 25.1 21.5-29.0 13 1.5 0.8- 3.0 6 0.9 0.3- 2.5 8 2.0 0.8- 5.0
Eastern NC 788 577 72.3 68.3-76.0 177 23.9 20.4-27.8 12 1.3 0.6- 2.4 8 1.1 0.5- 2.3 14 1.5 0.8- 2.7

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#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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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