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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables

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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 6,614 4,797 70.4 68.6-72.1 1,609 25.7 24.0-27.4 91 1.5 1.1- 2.0 63 1.0 0.7- 1.5 54 1.5 1.0- 2.3
Western NC 641 458 67.1 62.4-71.4 167 29.0 24.9-33.6 5 0.9 0.3- 2.2 5 1.0 0.3- 2.8 6 2.1 0.9- 5.0
GENDER
Male 275 168 58.5 51.5-65.2 96 36.0 29.7-42.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 4 1.4 0.4- 4.8 5 3.5 1.4- 8.8
Female 366 290 77.2 71.4-82.1 71 20.7 16.0-26.4 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
RACE
White 597 430 67.7 62.8-72.2 154 28.9 24.6-33.6 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2 5 1.1 0.4- 3.0 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7
Other 42 26 56.0 37.9-72.7 13 33.0 18.4-51.8 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 9.0 2.1-31.4
AGE
18-44 239 160 62.0 54.1-69.4 68 31.2 24.4-38.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 4 2.0 0.6- 6.1 5 4.2 1.6-10.5
45+ 398 294 70.9 65.4-76.0 99 27.4 22.5-33.0 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 365 256 66.1 59.8-71.9 102 29.9 24.5-35.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.1 3 2.2 0.7- 7.3
Some College + 275 201 68.3 61.0-74.7 65 27.9 21.8-35.1 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 4 1.3 0.4- 3.8 3 1.9 0.6- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 391 270 63.4 57.2-69.1 108 30.9 25.5-37.0 4 1.2 0.4- 3.5 4 1.3 0.4- 4.4 5 3.2 1.2- 8.1
$50,000+ 107 74 63.5 52.5-73.3 31 34.4 24.8-45.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.1 0.2- 7.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 406 308 73.5 68.0-78.4 87 23.7 19.0-29.1 6 1.3 0.5- 2.9 5 1.5 0.5- 4.4 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 461 338 72.3 67.3-76.8 104 23.2 19.0-28.0 10 2.3 1.2- 4.4 6 1.1 0.5- 2.4 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6
Guilford 417 306 70.2 64.4-75.5 98 26.8 21.7-32.6 7 1.5 0.7- 3.4 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0 4 1.0 0.3- 3.2
Henderson/Transylvania 466 356 72.8 67.1-77.8 103 25.6 20.7-31.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3
Mecklenburg 445 316 65.2 58.9-71.0 119 32.0 26.3-38.3 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 5 1.2 0.4- 3.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9
Orange 436 308 70.7 64.7-76.0 118 26.4 21.4-32.1 2 0.8 0.1- 4.1 6 1.3 0.5- 3.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.8
Pitt 408 308 77.4 72.4-81.7 87 19.7 15.7-24.5 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8 5 1.0 0.4- 3.1
Randolph 413 287 68.7 62.8-74.0 113 27.8 22.7-33.5 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3 9 2.4 1.2- 4.9 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 429 283 63.3 57.3-69.0 131 34.0 28.4-40.0 11 1.9 1.0- 3.6 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
Wake 428 314 71.0 65.7-75.8 94 23.1 18.8-28.1 11 3.2 1.7- 6.3 5 1.2 0.5- 2.9 4 1.4 0.5- 4.2
Piedmont NC 876 638 70.5 66.3-74.4 211 25.1 21.5-29.0 13 1.5 0.8- 3.0 6 0.9 0.3- 2.5 8 2.0 0.8- 5.0
Eastern NC 788 577 72.3 68.3-76.0 177 23.9 20.4-27.8 12 1.3 0.6- 2.4 8 1.1 0.5- 2.3 14 1.5 0.8- 2.7

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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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