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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Orange County

Fruits and Vegetables

Not counting juice, how often do you eat fruit?

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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%)
North Carolina 6,581 2,583 37.2 35.4-39.0 3,095 48.2 46.3-50.1 647 10.7 9.6-11.9 78 1.1 0.8- 1.6 178 2.8 2.3- 3.5
Orange County 432 196 39.7 33.4-46.3 195 49.7 42.5-57.0 28 7.8 5.1-11.9 6 1.3 0.5- 3.2 7 1.4 0.6- 3.2
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
RACE
White 351 163 41.0 33.6-48.8 156 49.9 41.5-58.3 21 6.3 3.8-10.2 5 1.5 0.6- 3.9 6 1.3 0.6- 2.9
Other 78 32 36.0 24.8-49.1 37 47.0 34.4-60.0 7 14.4 6.5-29.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 1 2.0 0.3-13.1
AGE
18-44 219 93 36.6 28.1-46.1 100 51.1 40.6-61.5 21 10.7 6.4-17.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 3 0.8 0.3- 2.5
45+ 211 103 45.0 37.0-53.3 93 46.9 38.5-55.4 7 3.5 1.6- 7.4 4 2.2 0.7- 6.4 4 2.4 0.8- 6.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 23 20.7 11.2-34.9 42 60.8 42.0-76.8 10 12.1 5.5-24.5 4 3.2 1.0- 9.4 4 3.3 1.0-10.0
Some College + 348 173 46.7 40.6-52.9 152 45.5 39.4-51.8 18 6.4 3.7-10.7 2 0.7 0.1- 3.1 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 61 30.8 23.2-39.5 89 51.4 42.3-60.3 18 12.6 7.5-20.5 5 3.1 1.2- 7.7 4 2.1 0.7- 6.3
$50,000+ 159 81 50.4 41.9-58.9 71 45.3 36.9-53.9 6 4.0 1.6- 9.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 408 184 42.8 37.2-48.5 172 43.5 37.9-49.3 43 11.0 8.0-15.1 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 5 1.8 0.7- 4.4
Forsyth 461 172 36.2 31.2-41.7 223 48.0 42.7-53.4 49 11.6 8.4-15.7 8 1.5 0.6- 3.3 9 2.7 1.4- 5.2
Guilford 414 157 35.0 29.9-40.6 205 49.8 44.1-55.6 39 11.7 8.2-16.4 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 10 3.0 1.5- 5.9
Henderson/Transylvania 471 221 42.1 36.5-47.9 202 46.0 40.1-52.0 29 8.6 5.6-13.1 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2 16 3.0 1.7- 5.0
Mecklenburg 441 177 35.6 30.4-41.1 212 52.1 45.9-58.2 45 10.6 7.4-14.8 4 1.0 0.3- 3.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.7
Pitt 405 139 32.2 26.8-38.0 206 52.0 45.5-58.4 42 10.6 7.6-14.6 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 15 4.3 2.1- 8.8
Randolph 413 125 25.8 20.7-31.5 227 59.6 52.9-65.9 44 11.3 8.1-15.4 6 1.0 0.4- 2.3 11 2.5 1.2- 5.1
Robeson 423 123 26.4 21.5-32.0 209 51.4 45.3-57.6 62 14.0 10.5-18.6 9 2.2 1.1- 4.2 20 5.9 2.7-12.4
Wake 428 175 38.4 33.1-43.9 201 47.7 42.2-53.3 40 11.0 7.8-15.4 4 1.1 0.4- 2.8 8 1.8 0.8- 4.1
Western NC 643 294 43.6 39.1-48.2 278 44.3 39.8-48.9 48 8.0 5.8-10.9 7 1.0 0.4- 2.4 16 3.1 1.7- 5.7
Piedmont NC 865 340 37.3 33.3-41.4 398 47.5 43.3-51.8 89 10.7 8.4-13.5 9 1.2 0.5- 2.8 29 3.3 2.1- 5.1
Eastern NC 777 280 35.8 31.8-40.0 367 48.5 44.2-52.8 89 11.3 8.9-14.3 12 1.3 0.7- 2.4 29 3.2 2.1- 4.8

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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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