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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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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%)
TOTAL 1,003 58 5.9 3.9- 8.7 307 25.8 22.2-29.7 273 29.2 25.0-33.8 39 3.8 2.5- 5.9 326 35.3 30.8-40.0
GENDER
Male 344 14 5.2 2.3-11.0 89 19.5 14.5-25.7 102 33.7 26.6-41.7 13 3.5 1.8- 6.9 126 38.1 31.0-45.7
Female 659 44 6.3 4.0- 9.9 218 30.2 25.5-35.5 171 26.1 21.3-31.5 26 4.1 2.3- 7.0 200 33.3 27.6-39.5
AGE
18-24 90 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 21 19.9 10.9-33.4 28 32.3 19.6-48.4 3 2.7 0.8- 9.3 37 44.4 29.4-60.5
25-34 187 8 5.1 2.0-12.1 47 23.7 15.9-33.7 62 36.3 26.8-47.0 7 5.0 2.1-11.5 63 30.0 21.3-40.4
35-44 227 16 8.6 4.1-17.1 67 25.2 18.5-33.2 62 29.4 21.0-39.4 12 4.3 1.9- 9.2 70 32.7 24.6-41.8
45-54 209 18 11.1 5.2-22.1 64 26.4 19.4-34.7 58 30.5 22.2-40.3 10 2.6 1.1- 6.1 59 29.5 21.7-38.6
55-64 122 5 1.5 0.5- 4.7 48 31.9 22.1-43.6 28 19.9 12.2-30.7 3 3.7 0.9-13.3 38 43.1 30.7-56.5
65-74 85 4 3.9 1.1-12.9 32 32.6 21.3-46.3 20 19.4 10.3-33.5 1 4.5 0.6-25.5 28 39.6 26.4-54.5
75+ 64 5 8.5 2.9-22.9 22 31.5 18.4-48.4 8 15.8 7.1-31.6 3 6.5 1.7-21.9 26 37.6 23.7-53.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 188 8 4.0 1.1-12.8 39 17.7 11.2-26.9 39 17.6 11.2-26.6 10 5.4 2.1-12.9 92 55.4 44.2-66.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 332 9 1.9 0.7- 4.6 96 24.8 19.1-31.7 89 30.2 23.0-38.5 16 5.6 3.1-10.0 122 37.5 29.6-46.0
Some Post-H.S. 276 28 12.2 6.9-20.7 91 28.1 21.1-36.4 81 33.8 25.5-43.4 8 1.6 0.6- 4.1 68 24.2 17.9-31.9
College Graduate 198 13 5.9 3.1-10.8 78 33.3 25.5-42.1 63 34.2 25.7-44.0 5 2.5 0.7- 8.6 39 24.1 16.5-33.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 140 6 6.9 1.9-22.2 39 18.7 11.5-29.0 36 32.4 21.2-46.0 8 9.2 3.6-21.2 51 32.9 22.3-45.7
$15,000- 24,999 224 8 3.5 1.4- 8.6 65 24.9 17.7-33.8 56 25.2 16.3-36.7 9 2.3 1.0- 5.2 86 44.2 33.9-55.0
$25,000- 34,999 159 14 4.8 2.6- 8.9 46 27.0 17.5-39.2 56 33.1 23.4-44.5 6 5.1 2.0-12.8 37 29.9 18.5-44.4
$35,000- 49,999 120 7 7.0 2.3-19.5 34 18.8 11.9-28.6 43 41.2 28.7-55.1 8 5.0 2.2-10.9 28 27.9 17.1-42.0
$50,000-74,999 61 5 11.9 2.9-38.3 25 28.1 16.3-43.9 19 49.8 31.2-68.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 11 9.9 4.5-20.5
$75,000+ 58 5 10.0 2.7-30.3 27 45.2 29.6-61.8 16 22.7 12.4-37.8 0 0.0 . - . 10 22.1 10.0-42.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 25 3 8.5 2.6-24.8 10 44.2 23.9-66.7 5 22.1 8.9-45.1 2 3.6 0.8-14.9 5 21.6 8.8-44.1
Forsyth 91 9 11.5 5.7-21.9 33 28.1 19.6-38.6 16 15.6 9.0-25.8 2 2.2 0.5-10.0 31 42.5 31.0-54.9
Guilford 110 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 41 34.4 24.5-46.0 37 33.0 22.7-45.2 5 5.3 2.0-13.4 24 26.3 15.6-40.7
Henderson/Transylvania 13 2 11.1 2.0-43.2 4 21.6 4.8-59.9 2 5.5 1.0-25.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 61.9 22.3-90.2
Mecklenburg 129 6 5.1 2.2-11.1 47 33.8 25.3-43.6 42 32.2 23.7-42.1 7 5.0 2.1-11.3 27 23.8 16.2-33.6
Orange 42 2 2.3 0.6- 9.5 13 31.2 16.7-50.8 16 40.7 24.3-59.5 2 2.4 0.6- 9.5 9 23.3 11.1-42.3
Pitt 104 6 6.7 2.2-18.5 29 28.5 18.1-42.0 26 20.7 13.8-29.7 5 5.8 2.4-13.6 38 38.3 26.3-51.9
Randolph 15 0 0.0 . - . 6 28.9 11.2-56.7 4 32.7 11.6-64.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 38.3 14.2-70.0
Robeson 90 4 2.8 1.0- 7.8 23 25.3 15.7-38.0 19 19.6 11.5-31.3 4 1.9 0.6- 5.3 40 50.5 36.0-65.0
Wake 70 5 4.8 1.8-12.4 21 26.9 16.3-41.0 20 35.3 21.0-52.9 1 2.6 0.4-16.4 23 30.4 19.1-44.6
Western NC 23 1 3.8 0.5-22.8 5 20.1 8.0-42.2 10 49.6 28.3-71.2 1 6.1 0.9-32.9 6 20.3 8.1-42.6
Piedmont NC 109 7 5.3 2.0-13.4 30 23.9 16.1-33.9 24 20.5 13.2-30.4 3 2.2 0.7- 7.0 45 48.1 36.2-60.2
Eastern NC 182 10 7.3 3.4-14.8 45 21.1 14.9-28.9 52 33.2 24.9-42.6 7 4.6 2.1- 9.7 68 33.9 26.4-42.4

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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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