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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 2,532 852 33.8 31.1-36.7 1,271 49.9 46.9-52.9 289 11.7 9.9-13.8 37 1.1 0.7- 2.0 83 3.4 2.5- 4.6
RACE
White 1,912 660 35.8 32.6-39.2 950 48.9 45.4-52.4 213 10.5 8.6-12.6 29 1.2 0.6- 2.3 60 3.6 2.5- 5.1
African American 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
Asian 36 25 53.0 28.5-76.1 11 47.0 23.9-71.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 66 20 33.7 18.0-54.0 37 48.2 29.9-67.0 7 17.3 5.3-43.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9
Other Minorities 146 40 31.2 20.7-44.1 89 62.6 49.9-73.8 11 5.4 2.3-12.1 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 5 0.7 0.3- 2.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 156 49 34.7 23.6-47.7 89 58.7 46.0-70.4 12 5.0 2.2-11.2 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 5 1.5 0.4- 4.9
-English Speaking 56 22 37.6 22.1-56.2 24 44.0 26.9-62.6 8 14.6 5.1-35.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.8 0.7-19.2
-Spanish Speaking 100 27 33.8 20.7-50.0 65 63.1 47.2-76.5 4 2.2 0.7- 7.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 3 0.8 0.2- 3.6
Non-Hispanic 2,371 803 33.8 31.0-36.8 1,178 49.0 45.9-52.1 276 12.3 10.4-14.5 36 1.3 0.7- 2.2 78 3.6 2.6- 4.9
AGE
18-24 183 55 33.2 24.0-44.0 87 50.4 39.4-61.4 28 12.4 7.3-20.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 12 3.9 1.9- 7.9
25-34 435 114 26.3 20.7-32.8 226 49.9 43.1-56.7 68 17.0 12.2-23.3 6 0.9 0.3- 2.9 21 5.9 3.4-10.0
35-44 546 168 32.9 27.5-38.9 293 50.6 44.6-56.5 65 13.1 9.4-17.8 9 1.4 0.6- 3.2 11 2.1 0.9- 4.5
45-54 518 163 31.6 26.1-37.8 257 51.4 45.0-57.7 65 10.2 7.3-14.1 13 2.9 1.1- 7.4 20 3.9 1.9- 7.6
55-64 363 130 37.1 30.5-44.2 192 53.2 46.0-60.3 30 7.8 4.4-13.6 3 0.9 0.2- 3.9 8 1.0 0.4- 2.6
65-74 285 113 42.9 34.8-51.4 143 48.3 40.0-56.7 17 5.9 2.9-11.7 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8 8 2.6 1.0- 6.9
75+ 180 99 54.1 42.3-65.5 62 34.0 24.3-45.2 15 8.3 4.4-15.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 3 3.4 0.8-13.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 420 121 31.2 24.7-38.5 210 48.4 40.8-56.0 55 13.8 9.3-20.0 6 0.2 0.1- 0.6 28 6.4 3.6-11.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 751 237 34.4 29.4-39.7 369 47.3 42.0-52.7 103 12.9 9.6-16.9 16 1.9 0.8- 4.5 26 3.5 2.1- 5.7
Some Post-H.S. 518 151 28.4 22.9-34.6 279 56.9 50.1-63.4 67 12.1 8.5-17.1 6 0.5 0.2- 1.3 15 2.1 1.1- 3.9
College Graduate 836 342 39.5 34.7-44.6 409 48.4 43.4-53.5 63 8.5 6.2-11.7 9 1.4 0.6- 3.1 13 2.2 1.0- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 202 60 31.8 21.5-44.4 104 52.4 40.7-63.8 22 8.1 4.6-14.0 5 1.6 0.4- 5.4 11 6.1 2.6-13.5
$15,000- 24,999 390 130 33.7 26.9-41.3 181 47.7 40.0-55.5 60 16.1 10.9-23.2 4 0.5 0.1- 1.9 15 2.0 1.0- 4.0
$25,000- 34,999 317 83 26.0 19.7-33.4 177 53.9 45.4-62.2 38 13.4 8.4-20.9 8 2.1 0.8- 5.3 11 4.6 2.2- 9.3
$35,000- 49,999 386 122 28.4 22.3-35.4 202 55.9 48.3-63.1 48 12.2 8.2-17.6 6 1.1 0.3- 3.2 8 2.5 1.0- 6.4
$50,000-74,999 290 93 32.6 25.1-41.2 149 46.9 37.8-56.2 35 14.9 9.5-22.7 5 2.5 0.5-10.3 8 3.1 1.3- 7.2
$75,000+ 425 158 38.0 31.6-44.8 227 52.4 45.7-59.0 32 7.3 4.6-11.2 3 0.4 0.1- 2.0 5 1.9 0.7- 5.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 64 38.6 30.4-47.7 63 42.0 33.5-51.1 22 14.7 9.5-22.0 3 1.6 0.5- 5.4 4 3.0 1.0- 8.1
Forsyth 179 52 30.6 23.0-39.4 102 55.1 46.5-63.4 21 11.8 7.4-18.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 3 2.0 0.6- 6.0
Guilford 149 50 30.4 22.7-39.3 76 50.7 41.5-59.9 16 14.1 8.4-22.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 6 4.7 2.0-10.6
Henderson/Transylvania 187 77 39.7 31.9-48.1 88 44.9 36.9-53.2 15 11.9 6.8-20.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 6 3.2 1.4- 7.1
Mecklenburg 159 56 31.9 23.8-41.2 87 58.2 48.4-67.3 13 7.7 4.3-13.5 1 1.2 0.2- 7.7 2 1.1 0.2- 5.5
Orange 181 67 39.4 31.8-47.6 88 47.0 39.1-55.0 15 8.9 5.2-15.0 6 2.8 1.2- 6.6 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5
Pitt 152 43 26.7 19.8-34.8 80 52.2 42.6-61.7 21 14.0 8.9-21.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 7 6.2 2.3-15.6
Randolph 163 36 18.2 12.9-25.0 95 61.8 53.1-69.7 24 15.9 10.5-23.2 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1 4 2.7 0.8- 8.3
Robeson 168 43 23.1 16.2-31.8 86 53.3 43.5-62.9 26 14.2 8.9-21.8 4 2.1 0.8- 5.6 9 7.3 2.3-20.7
Wake 181 69 37.8 29.9-46.4 85 46.4 38.0-54.9 22 13.1 7.6-21.6 2 1.0 0.3- 4.0 3 1.7 0.5- 5.9
Western NC 272 94 34.2 27.9-41.2 141 51.1 44.2-58.0 22 9.0 5.7-13.8 6 1.6 0.6- 4.3 9 4.1 1.8- 8.8
Piedmont NC 314 108 32.5 26.5-39.1 150 49.7 42.7-56.7 36 11.6 7.9-16.8 4 1.5 0.4- 5.1 16 4.7 2.7- 8.3
Eastern NC 271 93 36.4 29.7-43.7 130 47.4 40.3-54.6 36 12.7 8.7-18.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 9 2.8 1.4- 5.7

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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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