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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables--MALE 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 2,483 141 4.9 3.7- 6.5 1,140 44.3 41.3-47.4 664 28.7 26.0-31.5 78 2.9 2.1- 3.9 460 19.2 16.9-21.8
RACE
White 1,882 108 4.7 3.4- 6.4 920 48.8 45.3-52.3 504 27.6 24.6-30.8 48 2.2 1.5- 3.4 302 16.7 14.1-19.7
African American 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
Asian 33 5 29.9 9.7-62.8 19 43.7 21.5-68.8 7 20.0 6.9-45.7 2 6.3 1.4-24.9 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 63 2 1.3 0.3- 5.6 22 33.5 18.7-52.5 17 29.2 14.1-50.9 6 5.1 1.5-16.1 16 30.8 15.0-52.9
Other Minorities 145 9 3.3 1.3- 8.0 83 52.5 39.8-64.8 32 31.5 20.4-45.0 8 5.4 2.3-12.2 13 7.4 2.8-18.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 155 7 7.6 2.6-20.6 85 51.2 38.6-63.7 34 27.4 17.3-40.4 8 4.9 2.0-11.4 21 8.9 4.0-18.8
-English Speaking 55 2 7.9 1.7-30.4 28 42.3 25.5-61.0 13 32.2 16.7-53.1 2 4.4 0.8-20.8 10 13.2 5.9-26.7
-Spanish Speaking 100 5 7.5 2.0-25.0 57 53.8 38.3-68.5 21 26.0 14.5-42.1 6 5.0 1.8-13.2 11 7.7 2.5-21.8
Non-Hispanic 2,323 134 4.6 3.5- 6.1 1,054 43.7 40.7-46.8 628 28.8 26.1-31.8 69 2.6 1.8- 3.6 438 20.2 17.8-23.0
AGE
18-24 183 10 7.2 3.0-16.2 76 40.7 30.4-52.0 48 28.3 19.5-39.2 6 2.5 0.8- 7.5 43 21.3 13.1-32.6
25-34 433 20 3.2 1.7- 5.8 182 40.3 33.9-47.1 128 31.1 25.1-37.7 14 3.1 1.6- 5.8 89 22.3 17.1-28.6
35-44 538 24 3.2 1.8- 5.8 258 50.3 44.2-56.3 149 28.0 22.9-33.8 20 2.9 1.5- 5.7 87 15.5 11.8-20.1
45-54 504 34 7.4 4.3-12.2 230 45.3 38.9-51.9 142 30.8 25.1-37.2 16 2.5 1.3- 4.6 82 14.1 10.5-18.5
55-64 349 20 4.9 2.7- 8.6 166 46.2 39.1-53.5 95 27.1 21.1-34.1 12 4.6 2.2- 9.2 56 17.2 11.8-24.3
65-74 282 17 5.1 2.5-10.1 135 42.6 34.6-50.9 61 24.0 17.3-32.2 10 3.1 1.3- 7.0 59 25.3 18.4-33.7
75+ 173 13 2.1 1.0- 4.5 79 37.1 27.0-48.4 39 28.6 16.9-44.2 0 0.0 . - . 42 32.1 22.3-43.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 417 16 4.0 2.0- 7.7 158 41.1 33.6-49.0 90 22.2 16.5-29.3 15 3.0 1.5- 6.0 138 29.7 23.6-36.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 725 24 3.4 1.6- 7.1 309 42.5 37.2-48.0 212 29.3 24.5-34.6 30 4.5 2.8- 7.2 150 20.3 16.3-25.1
Some Post-H.S. 513 29 5.7 3.2- 9.9 224 40.5 34.0-47.4 153 33.7 27.6-40.4 21 2.6 1.5- 4.5 86 17.5 12.1-24.6
College Graduate 821 72 6.8 4.7- 9.7 444 51.5 46.4-56.5 207 28.6 24.1-33.6 12 1.0 0.4- 2.4 86 12.1 9.3-15.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 200 13 6.8 2.9-15.3 72 33.4 23.8-44.6 53 31.3 21.1-43.8 12 5.5 2.2-12.8 50 23.0 14.6-34.2
$15,000- 24,999 386 19 4.2 1.9- 8.8 158 40.8 33.3-48.9 98 27.5 21.0-35.2 17 4.2 2.1- 8.2 94 23.3 17.6-30.1
$25,000- 34,999 305 14 5.9 2.1-15.3 129 40.7 32.6-49.4 87 30.6 23.1-39.2 11 3.0 1.4- 6.4 64 19.8 14.3-26.8
$35,000- 49,999 380 23 5.4 2.9-10.0 177 45.1 37.6-52.8 115 31.2 24.5-38.7 8 1.2 0.5- 3.0 57 17.1 12.2-23.4
$50,000-74,999 284 16 3.5 1.8- 6.7 148 50.8 41.5-60.1 73 25.8 19.0-34.0 8 2.3 0.9- 5.9 39 17.6 9.8-29.4
$75,000+ 418 22 5.2 2.8- 9.5 229 52.1 45.4-58.7 127 32.1 26.1-38.7 6 1.8 0.7- 4.7 34 8.8 5.7-13.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 151 12 6.1 3.2-11.2 83 56.1 47.0-64.8 27 19.3 12.9-27.8 3 2.5 0.8- 7.6 26 16.0 10.7-23.4
Forsyth 172 11 6.0 3.2-10.9 84 48.9 40.3-57.5 45 23.8 17.5-31.4 2 1.5 0.3- 7.5 30 19.9 13.9-27.7
Guilford 147 6 4.7 2.1-10.4 71 46.3 37.2-55.7 39 27.7 19.9-37.1 6 4.2 1.7- 9.7 25 17.0 10.9-25.6
Henderson/Transylvania 179 18 9.4 5.5-15.5 89 48.7 40.5-57.1 45 27.1 20.1-35.5 5 3.6 1.4- 8.9 22 11.2 7.0-17.3
Mecklenburg 154 9 10.4 4.2-23.4 68 46.5 36.6-56.7 46 25.5 18.2-34.6 2 1.5 0.4- 6.0 29 16.0 10.8-23.1
Orange 179 14 7.9 4.4-13.5 96 55.5 47.4-63.4 48 26.2 19.8-33.8 4 1.9 0.6- 6.3 17 8.4 5.1-13.6
Pitt 149 8 4.4 2.1- 9.1 67 47.7 38.1-57.3 40 24.1 17.7-32.0 5 3.7 1.5- 8.8 29 20.1 13.2-29.5
Randolph 165 8 4.5 2.1- 9.6 78 44.7 36.2-53.6 42 29.6 21.5-39.2 7 5.4 2.5-11.3 30 15.8 10.7-22.6
Robeson 163 11 4.1 2.2- 7.6 54 32.3 24.1-41.7 38 20.7 14.6-28.6 11 7.4 3.3-15.7 49 35.5 26.0-46.4
Wake 176 13 6.8 3.4-13.1 83 45.7 37.3-54.3 43 27.9 20.3-37.1 4 2.2 0.8- 6.2 33 17.4 12.0-24.5
Western NC 266 9 3.2 1.6- 6.4 127 50.4 43.4-57.4 76 25.1 19.9-31.2 10 4.5 1.9-10.3 44 16.7 12.1-22.5
Piedmont NC 312 10 2.4 1.1- 5.3 139 43.7 36.9-50.8 84 27.2 21.5-33.7 11 2.6 1.3- 5.3 68 24.0 18.1-31.3
Eastern NC 270 12 5.1 2.8- 9.1 101 38.4 31.6-45.7 91 36.1 29.5-43.4 8 2.5 1.2- 5.2 58 17.8 13.4-23.3

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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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