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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption per day*

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  Total
Respond.#
Less than once or never 1 to less than 3 times 3 to less than 5 times 5 or more times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,057 43 3.2 2.2- 4.7 433 45.6 41.0-50.2 372 32.2 28.2-36.5 209 19.0 15.7-22.9
GENDER
Male 371 21 4.0 2.3- 6.8 164 45.0 37.8-52.4 117 34.8 27.9-42.3 69 16.2 11.5-22.4
Female 686 22 2.6 1.5- 4.5 269 46.0 40.2-51.9 255 30.3 25.7-35.3 140 21.1 16.8-26.2
AGE
18-24 92 2 1.2 0.3- 5.6 39 46.9 32.0-62.5 32 30.9 18.7-46.5 19 20.9 11.5-35.1
25-34 193 8 3.5 1.6- 7.6 92 50.3 40.0-60.5 64 30.5 22.0-40.6 29 15.7 9.4-24.9
35-44 238 9 2.4 1.0- 5.8 98 45.0 36.0-54.3 79 33.5 25.6-42.5 52 19.1 12.8-27.5
45-54 219 6 1.8 0.6- 4.9 97 50.7 41.4-60.0 77 30.5 22.7-39.6 39 17.0 11.1-25.2
55-64 129 10 7.5 3.3-16.3 49 43.5 31.6-56.2 39 29.5 19.7-41.5 31 19.5 12.1-29.9
65-74 94 5 6.7 2.4-17.1 34 33.6 21.9-47.6 38 37.6 25.3-51.7 17 22.2 12.3-36.8
75+ 71 2 2.7 0.4-15.0 21 38.3 24.4-54.4 30 32.1 20.5-46.5 18 26.9 14.7-44.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 204 14 6.2 3.1-12.0 99 54.6 43.8-65.0 61 28.3 19.6-39.0 30 10.9 6.3-18.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 355 16 3.1 1.7- 5.7 156 48.1 40.2-56.1 119 32.0 25.2-39.7 64 16.8 12.0-22.8
Some Post-H.S. 283 9 2.1 0.9- 4.7 109 38.5 30.4-47.4 106 35.8 27.9-44.4 59 23.6 16.3-33.0
College Graduate 206 3 1.9 0.6- 6.2 66 41.7 32.6-51.4 83 30.3 23.1-38.5 54 26.1 18.9-34.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 10 5.6 2.5-12.1 64 48.5 36.0-61.2 52 24.8 16.1-36.0 24 21.1 11.9-34.6
$15,000- 24,999 238 11 2.8 1.3- 5.8 110 46.0 36.0-56.3 80 35.4 25.9-46.1 37 15.8 9.4-25.3
$25,000- 34,999 164 10 4.4 2.0- 9.5 66 49.4 37.4-61.5 53 29.4 20.7-40.1 35 16.7 9.8-27.0
$35,000- 49,999 125 3 2.1 0.6- 7.2 52 48.9 36.0-61.8 49 37.4 25.7-50.7 21 11.7 6.2-21.1
$50,000-74,999 63 0 0.0 . - . 20 43.7 25.9-63.3 27 31.9 19.0-48.2 16 24.5 11.4-44.8
$75,000+ 59 0 0.0 . - . 22 43.0 27.4-60.1 21 31.5 18.4-48.4 16 25.5 13.9-42.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 0 0.0 . - . 8 34.7 17.5-57.2 12 36.3 19.7-57.0 7 29.0 12.9-53.0
Forsyth 96 2 3.5 0.9-13.4 31 32.9 22.9-44.7 34 32.8 22.9-44.4 29 30.8 21.3-42.3
Guilford 118 6 5.9 2.4-13.9 44 45.1 33.5-57.2 44 27.3 19.2-37.2 24 21.7 13.4-33.3
Henderson/Transylvania 13 0 0.0 . - . 5 62.2 22.6-90.3 4 20.9 4.6-59.2 4 16.8 4.0-49.8
Mecklenburg 133 2 2.0 0.5- 8.1 48 40.0 30.8-50.1 54 39.8 30.9-49.4 29 18.2 12.0-26.5
Orange 42 0 0.0 . - . 20 52.2 34.2-69.6 15 37.8 22.0-56.7 7 10.0 4.2-21.9
Pitt 111 11 10.7 5.6-19.4 39 33.2 24.5-43.4 41 33.3 25.3-42.4 20 22.7 14.1-34.5
Randolph 17 2 21.1 4.4-61.0 5 32.7 12.6-62.1 6 23.6 8.9-49.4 4 22.6 7.6-50.7
Robeson 95 7 6.9 3.0-15.1 45 49.4 35.3-63.6 32 35.1 23.5-48.6 11 8.7 4.2-17.0
Wake 74 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 39 60.0 45.6-72.8 19 19.5 11.5-31.0 15 19.3 10.8-32.1
Western NC 23 1 6.8 1.0-35.2 11 45.1 24.7-67.4 8 33.3 16.1-56.5 3 14.8 4.5-39.0
Piedmont NC 115 3 1.7 0.5- 5.5 53 52.0 40.5-63.3 36 29.0 20.2-39.7 23 17.3 10.9-26.3
Eastern NC 193 8 3.5 1.7- 7.1 85 42.5 34.3-51.1 67 35.1 27.2-43.9 33 18.9 12.6-27.4

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* 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.

** 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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