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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--MALE Respondents Only

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption per day*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Less than once or never 1 to less than 3 times 3 to less than 5 times 5 or more times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,611 118 4.3 3.3- 5.6 994 39.5 36.6-42.5 945 35.6 32.9-38.5 554 20.6 18.3-23.1
RACE
White 1,969 81 3.8 2.8- 5.1 710 37.0 33.8-40.5 733 36.6 33.4-40.0 445 22.5 19.8-25.5
African American 371 21 4.0 2.3- 6.8 164 45.0 37.8-52.4 117 34.8 27.9-42.3 69 16.2 11.5-22.4
Asian 36 0 0.0 . - . 7 17.1 6.5-38.0 21 54.2 29.6-76.9 8 28.6 9.6-60.2
Native American 71 5 7.3 1.9-23.9 34 44.8 27.5-63.5 23 39.2 22.4-59.1 9 8.7 3.0-22.7
Other Minorities 147 11 10.2 4.4-21.7 72 51.5 39.1-63.7 44 24.9 16.7-35.5 20 13.4 7.4-23.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 156 15 10.6 4.9-21.2 74 51.7 39.3-64.0 54 30.5 20.8-42.4 13 7.2 3.6-13.7
-English Speaking 56 6 18.0 6.8-39.6 22 30.7 16.9-49.1 19 28.9 15.4-47.7 9 22.4 10.4-41.7
-Spanish Speaking 100 9 8.4 2.8-22.3 52 57.9 42.8-71.7 35 31.0 19.4-45.5 4 2.7 0.8- 8.9
Non-Hispanic 2,450 103 3.7 2.9- 4.9 916 38.1 35.2-41.2 891 36.2 33.4-39.1 540 21.9 19.5-24.6
AGE
18-24 189 10 1.9 0.8- 4.8 83 46.5 35.7-57.6 52 23.7 16.2-33.4 44 27.8 19.3-38.4
25-34 449 29 7.2 4.2-12.1 198 41.7 35.3-48.3 155 35.1 29.0-41.7 67 16.0 11.6-21.7
35-44 561 23 5.0 3.0- 8.1 226 42.3 36.5-48.2 208 35.8 30.4-41.6 104 17.0 13.1-21.8
45-54 531 24 4.2 2.4- 7.4 201 36.9 31.2-43.1 193 39.8 33.7-46.2 113 19.0 14.7-24.3
55-64 373 21 3.6 1.9- 6.8 128 32.7 26.3-39.8 124 36.3 29.8-43.4 100 27.4 21.6-34.0
65-74 297 7 2.6 1.0- 6.7 95 37.1 29.5-45.4 125 40.9 33.0-49.2 70 19.4 14.1-26.1
75+ 188 4 2.2 0.6- 7.2 55 30.3 21.5-40.9 77 43.1 31.5-55.6 52 24.4 16.4-34.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 447 42 6.4 4.1- 9.9 206 48.8 41.6-56.1 133 29.4 23.5-36.0 66 15.4 10.5-22.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 775 32 4.5 2.6- 7.7 340 42.9 37.7-48.2 263 35.0 30.1-40.3 140 17.6 14.1-21.7
Some Post-H.S. 532 29 5.3 3.3- 8.4 189 36.0 29.5-43.1 196 35.9 29.7-42.5 118 22.8 17.6-28.9
College Graduate 850 14 1.7 0.8- 3.2 257 31.6 27.2-36.4 350 40.4 35.7-45.4 229 26.3 22.0-31.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 210 19 12.0 5.8-23.5 93 37.5 27.5-48.7 63 30.1 20.5-41.9 35 20.3 12.4-31.6
$15,000- 24,999 408 28 5.1 2.9- 8.8 183 47.7 40.1-55.3 140 37.1 30.0-44.9 57 10.1 6.8-14.8
$25,000- 34,999 323 16 3.9 2.1- 7.1 119 37.4 29.4-46.1 127 40.0 32.2-48.4 61 18.8 13.0-26.3
$35,000- 49,999 398 20 5.3 3.1- 8.9 151 38.1 31.2-45.5 142 37.9 30.8-45.6 85 18.7 13.8-24.9
$50,000-74,999 294 9 4.6 2.1- 9.6 100 39.3 30.2-49.2 109 33.8 26.2-42.3 76 22.3 16.5-29.4
$75,000+ 433 7 1.6 0.6- 3.9 140 33.6 27.8-39.9 177 39.2 33.0-45.7 109 25.6 20.1-32.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 160 6 3.1 1.4- 7.0 48 33.7 25.7-42.7 60 36.3 28.5-44.9 46 26.9 19.7-35.5
Forsyth 179 5 2.7 1.0- 6.8 69 38.3 30.6-46.7 61 32.8 25.4-41.1 44 26.2 19.0-35.0
Guilford 154 5 5.1 2.0-12.6 57 36.1 27.9-45.3 56 36.6 28.4-45.7 36 22.1 15.3-30.8
Henderson/Transylvania 190 2 1.4 0.3- 7.0 63 37.8 30.0-46.3 66 31.3 24.5-39.1 59 29.5 22.6-37.4
Mecklenburg 160 6 3.8 1.6- 8.6 60 39.2 29.9-49.4 62 35.1 26.2-45.2 32 21.9 14.8-31.1
Orange 184 6 3.4 1.4- 8.0 56 27.3 20.9-34.8 81 44.9 37.1-53.0 41 24.4 18.0-32.2
Pitt 158 10 5.9 3.1-11.0 62 38.8 31.0-47.3 53 33.6 26.5-41.5 33 21.6 15.2-29.9
Randolph 175 18 9.3 5.6-15.3 62 36.2 28.5-44.7 64 34.1 26.6-42.4 31 20.4 13.3-30.0
Robeson 177 10 4.4 2.3- 8.5 94 55.9 46.5-64.9 49 30.5 22.5-39.9 24 9.2 5.9-13.9
Wake 184 7 4.0 1.8- 8.6 66 38.8 30.7-47.7 74 35.1 27.9-43.2 37 22.0 15.6-30.1
Western NC 282 18 7.8 4.5-13.1 112 38.7 32.4-45.4 100 34.5 28.5-41.0 52 19.0 14.0-25.4
Piedmont NC 323 14 4.5 2.3- 8.6 129 40.8 34.1-47.9 119 36.6 30.3-43.4 61 18.1 13.5-23.8
Eastern NC 285 11 2.9 1.5- 5.4 116 39.9 33.2-46.9 100 36.0 29.7-42.9 58 21.2 16.0-27.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the fruits and vegetables questions.

#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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