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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables--FEMALE 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 4,049 1,731 40.2 37.9-42.5 1,824 46.6 44.3-48.9 358 9.7 8.4-11.2 41 1.1 0.7- 1.7 95 2.3 1.8- 3.1
RACE
White 3,089 1,406 43.2 40.6-45.8 1,360 45.8 43.2-48.5 236 8.3 7.0- 9.9 28 1.0 0.6- 1.7 59 1.7 1.1- 2.5
African American 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
Asian 40 24 56.7 36.2-75.1 9 22.3 9.9-42.8 2 4.0 0.6-21.6 3 9.3 2.0-34.7 2 7.7 1.7-28.4
Native American 106 31 23.2 13.1-37.7 54 59.8 44.7-73.2 12 6.7 3.4-12.7 3 2.2 0.7- 6.9 6 8.1 2.3-25.4
Other Minorities 120 41 32.4 21.6-45.3 60 42.4 30.6-55.2 13 19.7 10.2-34.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 5 4.5 1.7-11.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 140 56 31.8 21.7-43.9 73 55.3 42.9-67.1 8 10.3 4.3-22.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6
-English Speaking 68 33 34.9 21.4-51.4 31 61.4 44.7-75.8 3 3.2 0.6-15.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 72 23 30.0 17.0-47.2 42 51.8 35.3-67.8 5 14.4 5.6-32.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.9 0.9-14.7
Non-Hispanic 3,902 1,674 40.7 38.4-43.1 1,746 46.0 43.7-48.4 349 9.7 8.4-11.2 40 1.2 0.8- 1.8 93 2.4 1.7- 3.2
AGE
18-24 292 95 35.1 26.8-44.4 156 50.4 41.5-59.2 36 12.8 8.3-19.3 2 0.9 0.1- 5.1 3 0.8 0.2- 3.9
25-34 680 241 35.6 30.6-40.8 337 48.3 43.0-53.7 78 12.0 8.9-15.9 8 2.1 0.9- 4.7 16 2.1 1.1- 3.9
35-44 751 279 35.0 30.3-40.0 361 49.6 44.3-54.8 85 11.4 8.5-15.2 11 1.1 0.4- 3.0 15 2.9 1.4- 5.8
45-54 785 338 41.7 36.7-46.8 349 45.9 40.8-51.1 70 8.6 6.2-11.9 10 1.2 0.5- 2.6 18 2.6 1.3- 5.1
55-64 588 270 43.4 37.7-49.3 256 46.1 40.3-52.1 41 7.6 5.2-11.0 5 0.7 0.2- 2.3 16 2.2 1.1- 4.4
65-74 494 250 48.7 42.2-55.3 202 41.0 34.7-47.6 27 7.3 4.3-12.1 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 12 2.0 1.0- 4.2
75+ 421 241 53.2 46.2-60.0 144 37.2 30.7-44.3 19 4.8 2.3- 9.7 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 15 4.6 2.3- 8.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 612 226 36.0 30.1-42.3 287 49.8 43.3-56.3 71 11.1 7.6-15.7 7 0.7 0.3- 2.0 21 2.4 1.3- 4.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,181 459 37.0 33.0-41.2 552 48.1 43.9-52.4 125 10.8 8.4-13.6 10 1.2 0.5- 2.9 35 2.9 1.9- 4.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,026 432 40.6 36.2-45.1 452 45.8 41.4-50.3 104 10.3 7.9-13.2 16 1.2 0.6- 2.2 22 2.2 1.1- 4.2
College Graduate 1,217 609 47.3 43.2-51.4 527 43.2 39.2-47.4 57 6.6 4.8- 9.0 8 1.2 0.5- 3.0 16 1.6 0.8- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 455 161 34.8 28.3-41.8 211 45.2 38.1-52.6 59 14.9 10.1-21.4 5 0.8 0.2- 3.1 19 4.4 2.0- 9.4
$15,000- 24,999 675 276 40.7 34.9-46.9 288 43.8 37.7-50.1 82 10.8 7.9-14.5 9 1.5 0.6- 4.0 20 3.2 1.8- 5.5
$25,000- 34,999 489 188 38.1 31.5-45.1 237 48.1 41.4-54.9 54 11.7 8.4-16.1 6 1.5 0.4- 5.0 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8
$35,000- 49,999 496 208 37.2 31.6-43.2 240 49.2 43.0-55.3 35 8.8 5.8-13.2 3 1.8 0.6- 5.7 10 3.0 1.3- 6.5
$50,000-74,999 444 177 39.0 32.7-45.6 226 50.2 43.5-56.9 32 9.4 6.0-14.3 4 0.4 0.1- 1.4 5 1.0 0.3- 2.9
$75,000+ 441 212 45.9 39.5-52.4 194 45.0 38.6-51.6 27 6.6 4.1-10.6 4 1.0 0.3- 2.9 4 1.4 0.5- 4.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 252 120 46.6 39.4-53.9 109 44.9 37.7-52.3 21 7.6 4.8-11.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8
Forsyth 282 120 41.7 35.2-48.5 121 41.2 34.8-47.9 28 11.3 7.4-16.9 7 2.4 1.0- 5.7 6 3.4 1.5- 7.6
Guilford 265 107 39.5 33.0-46.3 129 49.0 42.2-55.9 23 9.3 6.0-14.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 4 1.5 0.5- 3.9
Henderson/Transylvania 284 144 44.4 36.5-52.7 114 47.1 38.6-55.8 14 5.2 2.9- 9.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 10 2.7 1.4- 5.3
Mecklenburg 282 121 39.3 33.0-46.0 125 46.0 39.2-52.9 32 13.5 8.8-20.0 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
Orange 251 129 40.0 30.5-50.2 107 52.1 40.9-63.1 13 6.8 3.4-13.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.1 0.2- 4.7
Pitt 253 96 37.3 29.5-45.9 126 51.8 43.1-60.4 21 7.4 4.6-11.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 8 2.6 1.1- 6.0
Randolph 250 89 33.0 24.6-42.6 132 57.4 47.3-67.0 20 6.8 4.1-11.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 7 2.3 0.9- 5.4
Robeson 255 80 30.1 23.9-37.2 123 49.4 42.2-56.5 36 13.8 9.8-19.2 5 2.3 0.9- 5.4 11 4.4 2.3- 8.5
Wake 247 106 38.9 32.2-46.1 116 49.2 42.0-56.4 18 8.8 5.3-14.4 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 5 2.0 0.7- 5.7
Western NC 371 200 54.3 48.5-60.0 137 36.4 31.1-42.1 26 7.0 4.6-10.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 7 2.0 0.8- 4.8
Piedmont NC 551 232 41.3 36.3-46.5 248 45.7 40.6-50.9 53 9.9 7.3-13.3 5 1.0 0.3- 2.6 13 2.1 1.1- 3.8
Eastern NC 506 187 35.3 30.6-40.3 237 49.3 44.2-54.4 53 10.2 7.5-13.7 9 1.7 0.8- 3.6 20 3.5 2.1- 5.8

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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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