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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Buncombe County

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 9,238 7,058 74.7 73.2-76.1 1,980 22.9 21.5-24.4 118 1.4 1.0- 1.8 25 0.3 0.2- 0.6 57 0.7 0.5- 1.0
-Buncombe County 439 331 74.1 68.7-78.9 100 23.5 19.0-28.8 5 1.8 0.6- 5.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
GENDER
Male 172 119 69.1 60.1-76.8 49 27.5 20.3-36.2 3 2.9 0.8-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
Female 267 212 79.3 73.3-84.3 51 19.4 14.6-25.5 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
RACE
White 388 293 75.1 69.7-79.9 89 23.5 18.8-28.9 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
Other 50 37 67.4 47.4-82.6 11 24.3 11.5-44.3 2 8.2 1.6-33.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 150 116 75.7 65.8-83.5 29 20.9 13.8-30.5 3 2.7 0.6-11.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
45+ 284 212 73.3 67.2-78.7 69 25.2 19.9-31.2 2 1.1 0.2- 4.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 126 68.5 59.4-76.4 47 30.5 22.6-39.6 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8
Some College + 263 205 78.5 71.9-84.0 52 18.2 13.4-24.2 4 2.7 0.8- 9.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 247 178 70.7 63.1-77.3 64 27.9 21.4-35.5 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
$50,000+ 92 75 80.7 68.9-88.8 16 15.6 9.2-25.1 1 3.7 0.5-21.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 439 331 74.1 68.7-78.9 100 23.5 19.0-28.8 5 1.8 0.6- 5.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
Guilford 436 339 77.8 72.6-82.3 84 19.5 15.2-24.7 9 1.7 0.8- 3.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 3 0.8 0.2- 3.1
Mecklenburg 440 328 70.2 63.9-75.8 104 28.4 22.8-34.6 3 0.5 0.2- 1.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 0.9 0.4- 2.3
Orange 446 346 73.1 65.4-79.7 90 23.9 17.6-31.7 5 1.9 0.7- 4.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7
Wake 449 330 70.1 64.4-75.2 106 26.8 21.8-32.4 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 6 1.6 0.7- 3.9
Chatham/Lee 395 286 65.9 59.0-72.3 99 30.2 24.0-37.2 5 2.0 0.8- 4.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.9 0.6- 5.4
Nash/Wilson 371 278 73.1 67.5-78.1 85 23.9 19.2-29.3 6 2.1 0.9- 4.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4
Craven/Pamlico 447 349 77.5 72.3-82.0 89 20.6 16.2-25.8 3 0.6 0.2- 1.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.6 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 326 77.5 72.7-81.7 91 20.7 16.7-25.4 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 443 338 76.2 70.8-80.9 97 21.6 17.2-26.7 6 1.4 0.5- 3.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 470 377 80.0 73.8-85.0 82 17.0 12.6-22.6 5 2.2 0.6- 7.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 413 320 63.5 49.3-75.7 89 27.7 18.2-39.6 4 8.8 1.6-37.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 467 340 70.9 65.6-75.7 114 25.7 21.2-30.8 10 3.0 1.4- 6.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 303 69.5 62.6-75.6 90 25.0 19.3-31.8 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8 2 1.2 0.2- 5.5 5 2.0 0.7- 6.2
Northeast NC I 457 351 76.2 71.0-80.7 94 21.6 17.2-26.6 8 1.3 0.6- 2.7 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
Northeast NC II 499 389 78.2 73.5-82.3 105 20.9 16.9-25.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 0 0.0 . - .
Northeastern Partnership 956 740 77.5 74.0-80.6 199 21.1 18.0-24.5 12 1.0 0.5- 1.9 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
Mountain AHEC 1,268 978 75.7 71.9-79.1 269 21.1 18.1-24.5 13 1.8 0.7- 4.7 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5 5 0.9 0.3- 2.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,248 2,468 74.1 71.4-76.7 704 23.5 21.0-26.2 48 1.6 1.0- 2.5 10 0.3 0.1- 0.7 18 0.5 0.3- 1.0
Piedmont 3,972 3,039 75.1 73.0-77.1 848 22.8 20.9-24.8 45 1.0 0.7- 1.6 9 0.3 0.1- 0.9 31 0.7 0.4- 1.3
Western NC 2,018 1,551 74.1 70.8-77.2 428 22.4 19.6-25.5 25 2.3 1.2- 4.5 6 0.4 0.2- 1.1 8 0.7 0.3- 1.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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