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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

Fruits and Vegetables

Not counting carrots, potatoes, or salad, how many servings of vegetables do you usually eat?

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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
Mecklenburg County 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
GENDER
Male 159 100 58.8 48.5-68.5 55 37.7 28.2-48.2 2 1.5 0.3- 5.9 1 1.2 0.2- 7.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1
Female 286 216 71.5 64.4-77.6 64 26.5 20.5-33.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 4 1.2 0.4- 3.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5
RACE
White 267 201 71.9 63.3-79.2 60 24.9 17.9-33.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.9 0.6- 6.0 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2
Other 174 115 57.6 48.2-66.5 55 40.1 31.2-49.6 3 2.0 0.6- 6.6 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 237 154 59.3 50.7-67.3 76 37.6 29.6-46.2 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3 4 1.5 0.4- 5.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
45+ 204 158 75.9 68.6-81.9 43 22.1 16.3-29.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 96 55.8 44.2-66.9 43 42.2 31.2-54.1 2 2.0 0.5- 7.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 303 219 70.6 63.8-76.6 76 26.2 20.5-32.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 5 1.8 0.6- 5.3 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 195 129 59.9 49.4-69.6 62 38.0 28.4-48.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 148 112 74.7 65.8-81.8 31 21.4 14.8-29.9 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 2 1.2 0.3- 4.5 2 2.2 0.5- 8.7
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
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
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.

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