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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Not counting juice, how often do you eat fruit?

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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 1,020 322 28.7 24.7-33.0 501 49.6 45.0-54.3 148 16.6 13.2-20.6 12 1.3 0.6- 2.6 37 3.9 2.5- 6.0
GENDER
Male 355 102 24.9 19.2-31.7 176 48.1 40.7-55.7 54 20.8 14.5-28.8 7 1.6 0.6- 4.3 16 4.5 2.3- 8.6
Female 665 220 31.4 26.1-37.2 325 50.7 44.8-56.5 94 13.5 10.5-17.3 5 1.0 0.4- 2.9 21 3.4 1.9- 6.0
AGE
18-24 88 24 32.9 19.2-50.3 45 44.8 29.8-60.7 15 19.6 9.9-35.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.7 0.8- 8.2
25-34 189 52 23.4 16.4-32.1 93 43.4 33.6-53.8 32 26.5 17.1-38.7 3 2.4 0.6- 8.6 9 4.3 1.8- 9.9
35-44 232 62 23.4 16.8-31.7 118 53.8 44.5-62.8 41 17.2 11.6-24.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6 8 4.9 1.8-12.4
45-54 211 70 30.2 22.4-39.3 97 48.8 39.4-58.2 33 14.9 9.9-21.9 3 1.3 0.4- 4.5 8 4.8 1.7-12.5
55-64 122 40 27.7 18.2-39.8 65 60.8 48.4-72.0 13 7.2 3.6-13.8 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 3 1.9 0.6- 6.4
65-74 92 27 32.2 20.5-46.6 52 57.0 42.9-70.1 8 6.1 2.5-14.5 2 1.7 0.3-10.3 3 2.9 0.7-10.8
75+ 67 36 44.0 29.2-59.9 24 41.0 26.2-57.7 5 10.5 3.8-25.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.5 1.1-16.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 193 53 19.6 13.1-28.3 95 53.3 42.0-64.2 30 19.3 11.3-31.1 4 1.3 0.3- 4.6 11 6.5 2.8-14.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 342 103 31.6 24.2-40.0 180 51.4 43.3-59.4 42 13.0 8.2-20.0 3 0.8 0.2- 3.9 14 3.3 1.7- 6.3
Some Post-H.S. 277 85 26.2 19.5-34.3 138 52.7 43.8-61.4 43 16.4 10.6-24.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 10 4.4 1.9-10.1
College Graduate 200 79 37.7 29.1-47.2 85 36.6 28.3-45.8 31 20.8 13.9-30.0 4 4.1 1.4-11.0 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 144 36 18.4 11.2-28.8 79 58.5 45.8-70.1 21 13.8 7.9-23.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 7 8.9 3.4-21.5
$15,000- 24,999 227 74 27.6 19.9-36.9 98 45.8 35.5-56.5 41 21.9 13.6-33.2 3 1.3 0.3- 5.0 11 3.4 1.6- 7.2
$25,000- 34,999 161 45 26.8 16.2-41.0 82 49.9 37.7-62.0 29 18.2 11.3-28.0 3 4.1 1.3-12.1 2 1.0 0.3- 4.1
$35,000- 49,999 123 31 21.8 12.5-35.2 70 58.0 44.5-70.4 20 19.2 10.5-32.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.0 0.2- 4.6
$50,000-74,999 61 20 23.3 12.6-38.9 27 38.6 22.2-58.1 12 36.4 19.2-58.1 2 1.7 0.4- 7.7 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 57 25 47.3 31.2-64.0 26 45.5 29.9-61.9 4 3.0 1.0- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.2 1.0-15.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 26 11 44.4 24.6-66.2 8 35.2 17.5-58.1 6 14.6 6.0-31.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.8 0.8-31.8
Forsyth 94 29 28.9 19.7-40.3 48 49.9 38.3-61.4 14 16.6 9.0-28.8 1 2.1 0.3-13.7 2 2.4 0.6- 9.4
Guilford 113 35 30.5 21.4-41.5 59 50.4 39.3-61.5 16 16.7 9.7-27.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 2 1.7 0.4- 7.1
Henderson/Transylvania 13 6 33.6 8.6-73.3 6 62.9 23.3-90.5 1 3.5 0.4-24.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 130 43 27.1 19.6-36.3 66 52.6 42.8-62.2 21 20.3 13.1-30.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 41 12 28.0 14.2-47.6 22 44.1 27.6-62.0 5 22.8 9.3-46.0 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 1 4.0 0.6-23.5
Pitt 105 33 29.4 20.5-40.2 55 53.5 40.5-66.0 10 6.3 3.2-11.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 6 9.2 3.0-25.1
Randolph 16 9 55.6 27.2-80.8 5 19.4 7.1-43.3 1 6.7 0.9-36.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.3 2.8-63.3
Robeson 89 30 33.6 22.1-47.5 37 34.0 22.9-47.1 16 15.4 8.8-25.8 2 2.9 0.7-11.0 4 14.1 3.4-43.1
Wake 74 22 33.0 20.8-48.1 38 42.5 29.0-57.1 11 20.7 9.4-39.5 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 2 2.3 0.6- 9.1
Western NC 22 9 36.2 18.2-59.1 10 43.9 23.1-67.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 19.9 6.6-46.7
Piedmont NC 112 29 27.4 17.4-40.2 58 50.5 38.7-62.2 20 17.0 10.0-27.3 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 3 3.6 1.0-11.7
Eastern NC 185 54 27.2 20.3-35.3 89 50.9 42.2-59.6 27 15.7 9.9-23.8 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2 12 4.7 2.3- 9.3

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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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