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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Orange County

Risk Factors

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%)
North Carolina 6,744 233 3.6 2.9- 4.3 2,201 35.7 33.9-37.6 2,591 37.1 35.3-38.9 1,719 23.6 22.1-25.2
Orange County 441 10 2.4 1.2- 4.8 118 27.7 22.3-33.7 180 38.0 31.9-44.4 133 32.0 24.4-40.6
GENDER
Male 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
Female 257 4 1.5 0.5- 4.7 62 28.0 20.1-37.5 99 31.9 24.0-41.1 92 38.5 26.7-51.9
RACE
White 358 10 3.0 1.5- 6.0 84 23.8 18.2-30.3 148 37.0 30.2-44.3 116 36.3 27.4-46.2
Other 80 0 0.0 . - . 34 44.7 32.2-57.8 30 39.4 27.6-52.6 16 15.9 9.0-26.5
AGE
18-44 223 7 3.1 1.3- 7.1 71 30.3 22.7-39.2 89 36.6 28.2-46.0 56 29.9 18.9-43.9
45+ 216 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 46 23.0 16.2-31.4 90 40.2 32.7-48.3 77 35.5 27.8-44.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 86 6 5.9 2.2-14.8 34 34.4 19.9-52.7 32 28.4 16.4-44.7 14 31.2 11.5-61.1
Some College + 354 4 1.1 0.4- 3.5 83 24.8 19.8-30.7 148 41.6 35.7-47.7 119 32.4 26.8-38.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 8 4.7 2.1-10.1 70 39.6 31.2-48.6 68 36.3 28.3-45.1 36 19.4 12.7-28.6
$50,000+ 161 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 27 16.9 11.5-24.2 74 46.8 38.5-55.4 59 35.3 27.6-43.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 415 9 2.2 1.1- 4.3 117 31.0 25.8-36.7 153 35.8 30.6-41.2 136 31.0 26.0-36.6
Forsyth 465 14 3.7 2.1- 6.5 135 30.0 25.4-35.2 181 36.5 31.6-41.8 135 29.7 24.9-34.9
Guilford 425 12 3.7 1.8- 7.2 127 33.5 27.9-39.5 170 37.3 32.0-43.0 116 25.5 20.9-30.8
Henderson/Transylvania 475 6 1.3 0.5- 3.5 125 32.8 26.9-39.2 167 32.1 27.2-37.5 177 33.8 28.7-39.3
Mecklenburg 448 9 2.5 1.2- 5.0 143 35.9 30.1-42.2 181 37.9 32.2-44.0 115 23.7 19.2-29.0
Pitt 418 19 4.6 2.8- 7.5 138 32.9 27.7-38.5 174 39.8 33.9-45.9 87 22.8 17.9-28.5
Randolph 433 30 7.6 5.0-11.4 145 32.5 27.5-38.0 158 34.8 29.0-41.1 100 25.1 18.7-32.9
Robeson 443 26 5.1 3.3- 7.7 211 50.7 44.7-56.7 146 33.6 28.2-39.4 60 10.7 8.0-14.0
Wake 432 13 3.4 1.9- 6.1 135 34.4 29.0-40.3 174 37.0 31.8-42.5 110 25.2 20.7-30.4
Western NC 659 28 5.7 3.6- 8.7 201 31.8 27.6-36.2 272 38.3 34.1-42.7 158 24.3 20.5-28.5
Piedmont NC 888 24 2.9 1.7- 4.8 319 38.4 34.3-42.7 337 37.7 33.7-41.7 208 21.1 18.0-24.5
Eastern NC 802 33 3.8 2.6- 5.6 287 36.4 32.4-40.6 298 36.5 32.6-40.6 184 23.3 19.9-27.1

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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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