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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,555 1,696 65.9 63.0-68.7 764 29.3 26.7-32.1 41 1.7 1.1- 2.7 26 1.0 0.5- 1.9 28 2.0 1.2- 3.2
Female 4,059 3,101 74.5 72.3-76.6 845 22.3 20.3-24.3 50 1.2 0.8- 1.8 37 1.0 0.6- 1.6 26 1.0 0.4- 2.2
RACE
White 5,015 3,765 73.7 71.7-75.6 1,110 23.1 21.3-25.0 54 1.0 0.7- 1.5 52 1.2 0.8- 1.8 34 1.0 0.6- 1.6
African American 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
Asian 76 54 64.8 47.4-79.0 20 34.1 20.0-51.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 176 113 66.6 53.6-77.5 55 28.8 18.5-41.9 5 2.6 0.7- 9.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 2 1.7 0.3- 9.3
Other Minorities 266 89 33.4 25.3-42.8 154 55.2 45.8-64.2 14 6.1 3.1-11.6 2 0.4 0.1- 2.3 7 4.9 1.8-12.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 294 91 26.6 19.3-35.4 183 63.7 54.4-72.0 15 6.3 3.3-11.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 4 3.4 0.9-11.6
-English Speaking 122 65 46.1 33.7-58.9 53 48.3 35.6-61.1 1 1.9 0.3-12.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 2 3.6 0.8-13.9
-Spanish Speaking 172 26 19.1 11.1-31.0 130 69.6 57.4-79.5 14 7.9 4.0-15.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.3 0.6-16.6
Non-Hispanic 6,308 4,698 73.6 71.9-75.3 1,422 22.9 21.3-24.5 76 1.1 0.8- 1.6 62 1.1 0.7- 1.6 50 1.3 0.9- 2.1
AGE
18-24 475 327 67.6 60.4-74.0 130 27.3 21.4-34.2 3 0.9 0.2- 3.6 6 1.1 0.4- 3.4 9 3.0 1.1- 8.3
25-34 1,120 751 64.2 59.8-68.3 326 30.7 26.8-34.9 20 1.6 0.9- 3.0 10 0.7 0.3- 1.8 13 2.8 1.4- 5.6
35-44 1,308 916 70.0 66.3-73.5 344 25.9 22.6-29.5 22 2.1 1.2- 3.6 13 0.8 0.4- 1.7 13 1.2 0.6- 2.5
45-54 1,308 935 68.8 64.8-72.6 327 27.0 23.4-30.8 21 1.7 0.8- 3.5 16 1.9 0.9- 4.2 9 0.6 0.2- 1.3
55-64 955 707 73.8 69.6-77.6 221 23.0 19.4-27.1 12 1.2 0.6- 2.5 10 1.2 0.5- 2.7 5 0.7 0.3- 2.1
65-74 781 624 80.4 75.9-84.2 146 18.3 14.6-22.6 7 0.8 0.3- 1.8 3 0.2 0.1- 0.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
75+ 606 489 77.9 70.7-83.7 104 19.8 14.1-27.1 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8 4 0.8 0.2- 2.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,049 693 63.5 58.6-68.2 313 32.1 27.6-37.1 27 2.5 1.5- 4.3 5 0.1 0.0- 0.3 11 1.7 0.8- 3.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,941 1,348 66.8 63.3-70.0 532 28.1 25.1-31.3 25 1.7 1.0- 2.9 19 1.4 0.7- 2.8 17 2.1 1.0- 4.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,547 1,142 73.9 70.5-77.1 352 22.6 19.6-25.9 20 1.2 0.6- 2.2 19 1.0 0.6- 1.7 14 1.3 0.7- 2.5
College Graduate 2,058 1,598 76.2 73.3-78.9 409 21.1 18.5-23.9 19 0.8 0.5- 1.3 20 1.2 0.6- 2.1 12 0.7 0.4- 1.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 660 447 64.2 57.5-70.3 180 29.1 23.4-35.5 18 2.5 1.3- 4.8 7 0.2 0.1- 0.5 8 4.0 1.6- 9.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,076 727 61.4 56.3-66.2 307 33.8 29.0-38.8 21 2.2 1.1- 4.3 11 1.2 0.5- 2.8 10 1.4 0.6- 3.5
$25,000- 34,999 806 559 67.1 61.7-72.1 218 27.5 23.0-32.5 12 1.2 0.6- 2.7 9 1.2 0.5- 3.0 8 3.0 1.0- 8.4
$35,000- 49,999 888 638 71.0 66.2-75.4 227 26.1 21.8-30.8 11 1.2 0.6- 2.4 7 0.8 0.3- 2.2 5 0.9 0.3- 2.5
$50,000-74,999 741 560 76.7 71.9-80.9 154 19.0 15.3-23.3 12 1.8 0.8- 3.9 10 1.6 0.5- 5.1 5 1.0 0.4- 2.8
$75,000+ 874 669 75.7 71.5-79.5 186 21.6 18.1-25.7 3 0.4 0.1- 2.1 10 1.4 0.7- 3.0 6 0.8 0.3- 2.4
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
Mecklenburg 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
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.

** 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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