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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

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 6,592 388 5.7 5.0- 6.6 4,738 72.3 70.6-74.0 1,160 17.0 15.7-18.5 68 1.0 0.7- 1.4 238 3.9 3.1- 4.9
Mecklenburg County 436 20 6.0 3.5-10.0 298 66.2 59.9-72.0 96 19.6 15.5-24.5 7 1.6 0.7- 3.5 15 6.6 2.9-14.4
GENDER
Male 155 9 6.3 2.7-14.2 113 66.7 55.2-76.6 27 17.0 11.0-25.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 9.9 3.4-25.6
Female 281 11 5.7 3.1-10.2 185 65.8 59.0-71.9 69 22.2 17.2-28.2 7 3.1 1.4- 6.7 9 3.3 1.6- 6.6
RACE
White 263 14 6.7 3.8-11.4 196 68.6 58.9-76.9 45 16.1 11.2-22.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 7 8.2 2.6-22.9
Other 169 6 5.2 1.8-14.4 99 62.9 53.8-71.2 50 24.2 17.7-32.2 6 3.1 1.3- 7.3 8 4.5 2.2- 9.3
AGE
18-44 235 12 6.5 3.2-12.6 152 62.4 53.7-70.4 56 20.5 15.0-27.3 6 2.1 0.8- 5.1 9 8.5 3.2-20.6
45+ 198 8 5.1 2.5-10.2 143 73.2 65.9-79.5 40 18.2 13.1-24.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 6 2.9 1.2- 6.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 8 6.6 3.2-13.3 89 66.2 54.3-76.4 34 17.7 11.7-25.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 6 8.3 2.3-26.2
Some College + 298 12 5.6 2.7-11.5 209 66.2 58.4-73.3 62 20.8 15.6-27.1 6 1.8 0.8- 4.0 9 5.6 1.9-15.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 6 4.8 1.6-13.8 121 56.4 45.6-66.6 54 26.3 18.8-35.4 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 7 11.3 4.1-27.8
$50,000+ 145 8 6.1 3.0-12.2 101 72.4 64.0-79.5 28 17.0 11.6-24.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 6 3.4 1.4- 8.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 403 38 11.4 7.9-16.1 283 70.9 65.3-75.9 65 13.9 10.5-18.1 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 14 3.1 1.8- 5.4
Forsyth 457 20 4.9 2.5- 9.3 350 77.1 72.1-81.5 65 13.0 10.0-16.8 4 1.1 0.4- 3.4 18 3.9 2.3- 6.4
Guilford 411 24 4.8 3.0- 7.5 284 71.8 66.5-76.6 90 21.5 17.2-26.5 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0 10 1.6 0.8- 3.0
Henderson/Transylvania 468 37 9.4 6.5-13.6 350 71.8 65.3-77.6 56 13.5 8.7-20.4 4 0.9 0.3- 2.4 21 4.3 2.7- 6.8
Orange 435 13 6.9 1.7-23.6 289 63.4 55.1-70.9 108 24.8 19.9-30.4 7 1.7 0.7- 4.2 18 3.3 1.9- 5.5
Pitt 406 21 4.9 2.9- 8.1 273 68.1 62.0-73.5 86 21.0 16.4-26.4 5 1.2 0.4- 3.2 21 4.9 3.0- 7.9
Randolph 422 29 6.2 4.1- 9.5 325 76.6 69.1-82.7 51 13.4 8.1-21.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 13 2.9 1.5- 5.7
Robeson 434 17 4.7 2.8- 7.7 310 71.2 65.2-76.6 90 19.2 15.3-23.9 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5 14 4.4 1.6-11.4
Wake 425 14 2.7 1.5- 4.8 286 69.0 63.6-73.9 97 21.2 17.2-26.0 6 1.5 0.6- 3.7 22 5.6 3.3- 9.3
Western NC 647 65 11.4 8.6-14.8 475 71.4 67.0-75.5 85 14.1 11.0-17.8 4 0.7 0.2- 2.5 18 2.5 1.4- 4.2
Piedmont NC 871 51 5.2 3.8- 7.0 641 75.3 71.5-78.7 137 14.5 11.9-17.6 12 1.2 0.6- 2.4 30 3.8 2.3- 6.3
Eastern NC 777 39 4.6 3.2- 6.6 574 72.7 68.6-76.5 134 18.4 15.2-22.2 6 0.7 0.3- 1.8 24 3.5 2.1- 5.6

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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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