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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 1,035 743 70.5 66.0-74.6 258 24.9 21.2-29.0 17 1.6 0.8- 3.3 6 0.6 0.2- 1.7 11 2.4 0.9- 6.4
GENDER
Male 362 238 66.8 59.6-73.3 111 27.7 21.8-34.5 6 2.6 0.9- 6.9 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 5 2.0 0.8- 5.4
Female 673 505 73.2 67.2-78.4 147 22.8 18.4-28.0 11 0.9 0.4- 1.9 4 0.5 0.1- 1.6 6 2.6 0.6-10.8
AGE
18-24 90 66 68.6 51.4-81.8 20 21.9 12.2-36.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 3 8.5 1.6-34.1
25-34 190 123 65.5 55.3-74.5 60 31.4 22.7-41.5 5 1.7 0.6- 4.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.5 0.2- 8.7
35-44 235 168 73.2 64.4-80.5 60 23.8 17.0-32.2 3 1.6 0.3- 9.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 2 1.1 0.2- 6.2
45-54 213 150 72.1 63.1-79.6 55 23.1 16.5-31.3 5 3.2 0.8-12.7 2 0.9 0.2- 4.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8
55-64 126 88 61.6 48.3-73.4 35 34.4 23.0-48.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.3 0.3-14.5 2 1.7 0.4- 7.9
65-74 91 70 75.0 60.9-85.3 18 21.1 11.7-35.0 2 1.3 0.3- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.4-16.0
75+ 70 60 84.8 69.1-93.3 8 10.7 3.8-26.5 2 4.6 1.1-16.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 195 142 69.7 58.5-79.0 46 25.4 16.9-36.3 5 3.5 0.9-12.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.4 0.3- 7.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 347 237 66.7 58.3-74.1 97 26.9 20.7-34.0 5 1.3 0.3- 5.0 2 0.8 0.1- 4.0 6 4.4 1.0-16.8
Some Post-H.S. 282 209 74.9 66.8-81.5 66 22.4 16.1-30.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 3 0.8 0.2- 3.3 2 1.4 0.3- 6.1
College Graduate 203 147 70.3 61.0-78.2 49 25.8 18.3-35.0 5 2.2 0.8- 5.7 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 148 108 73.1 60.8-82.7 37 24.1 15.1-36.3 2 1.0 0.1- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.8 0.3-11.8
$15,000- 24,999 231 168 73.2 63.2-81.2 56 25.0 17.1-34.9 3 0.3 0.1- 1.6 3 1.5 0.4- 5.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
$25,000- 34,999 161 108 60.9 47.6-72.7 44 25.9 17.4-36.8 4 2.6 0.6-10.6 2 1.8 0.4- 8.4 3 8.8 1.9-32.7
$35,000- 49,999 123 76 60.9 47.5-72.9 42 35.4 23.8-48.9 2 1.5 0.4- 6.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.2 0.5- 9.5
$50,000-74,999 62 48 86.3 73.5-93.5 12 12.0 5.4-24.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 59 41 71.5 55.3-83.6 18 28.5 16.4-44.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 26 20 70.0 44.7-87.1 5 28.9 12.1-54.7 1 1.1 0.1- 7.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 96 72 77.2 66.9-85.1 23 21.4 13.8-31.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Guilford 117 81 65.8 53.9-76.0 32 30.4 20.7-42.3 2 1.5 0.3- 6.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.3 0.5-10.3
Henderson/Transylvania 13 11 91.2 64.2-98.4 2 8.8 1.6-35.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 132 95 70.4 60.8-78.5 35 28.5 20.5-38.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 42 28 67.9 49.3-82.2 14 32.1 17.8-50.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Pitt 106 74 72.6 62.5-80.9 30 25.0 17.1-34.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 1 1.7 0.2-11.3
Randolph 15 14 78.9 32.6-96.6 1 21.1 3.4-67.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 92 61 68.5 55.2-79.3 27 29.2 18.8-42.4 3 1.4 0.4- 4.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5
Wake 73 49 65.3 50.6-77.5 17 24.7 14.5-38.9 3 2.9 0.9- 9.2 3 3.8 1.1-12.5 1 3.2 0.5-19.4
Western NC 21 14 60.6 35.6-81.0 6 33.9 14.8-60.1 1 5.6 0.8-30.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Piedmont NC 115 82 67.3 54.4-78.0 29 25.1 16.5-36.1 2 2.4 0.5-11.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.2 0.8-27.9
Eastern NC 187 142 74.1 65.8-80.9 37 22.0 15.7-30.1 3 1.2 0.3- 5.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4

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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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