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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruit (including fruit juice) 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 9,389 3,468 39.1 37.5-40.7 5,067 52.3 50.7-53.9 482 5.2 4.5- 6.1 372 3.5 3.0- 4.0
-Eastern NC 3,295 1,295 39.5 36.7-42.4 1,704 51.4 48.4-54.3 154 5.0 3.8- 6.7 142 4.1 3.2- 5.2
GENDER
Male 1,161 523 42.8 38.2-47.5 560 50.0 45.2-54.8 40 4.9 2.8- 8.2 38 2.3 1.5- 3.6
Female 2,134 772 36.6 33.2-40.0 1,144 52.6 49.1-56.0 114 5.2 3.9- 6.8 104 5.7 4.2- 7.7
RACE
White 2,055 809 40.7 37.2-44.3 1,081 51.1 47.4-54.7 91 4.8 3.2- 7.1 74 3.4 2.4- 4.9
African American 975 382 40.4 35.3-45.7 492 49.2 43.9-54.5 49 5.6 3.4- 9.0 52 4.8 3.3- 7.0
Other Minorities 246 99 28.7 19.7-39.8 118 58.5 47.1-69.1 13 5.6 2.8-11.0 16 7.1 3.4-14.4
AGE
18-24 202 70 32.8 23.5-43.6 105 54.3 43.1-65.0 17 7.8 3.2-17.9 10 5.2 2.2-11.5
25-34 492 211 38.1 31.7-44.9 233 49.5 42.6-56.5 29 8.1 4.6-13.9 19 4.3 2.3- 7.8
35-44 594 292 52.1 45.6-58.5 257 43.1 36.8-49.7 20 1.6 1.0- 2.7 25 3.1 1.8- 5.4
45-54 642 283 44.5 38.1-51.0 311 49.4 43.0-55.8 23 2.5 1.5- 4.3 25 3.6 2.1- 6.1
55-64 565 218 38.1 32.1-44.5 301 53.0 46.6-59.3 24 4.5 2.5- 8.2 22 4.3 2.4- 7.6
65-74 455 142 28.4 22.7-34.8 265 59.8 52.8-66.5 23 7.5 4.1-13.4 25 4.3 2.4- 7.4
75+ 324 71 28.2 20.8-37.0 220 61.7 53.1-69.7 17 5.1 2.7- 9.4 16 4.9 2.3-10.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 649 267 43.6 37.1-50.3 327 49.2 42.5-55.8 35 4.8 3.0- 7.7 20 2.4 1.3- 4.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,105 459 44.1 39.1-49.2 562 48.0 43.1-53.0 43 3.8 2.4- 5.8 41 4.1 2.5- 6.5
Some Post-H.S. 847 343 38.7 33.1-44.6 435 52.3 46.1-58.4 35 5.9 2.9-11.6 34 3.1 1.8- 5.4
College Graduate 689 222 30.2 25.3-35.6 380 57.3 51.5-62.9 40 5.9 3.7- 9.5 47 6.6 4.4- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 464 188 42.1 34.4-50.2 229 48.8 40.8-56.8 24 4.0 2.3- 6.9 23 5.1 2.8- 9.4
$15,000- 24,999 654 259 37.0 30.8-43.7 341 54.9 48.2-61.5 30 5.3 3.2- 8.8 24 2.7 1.6- 4.6
$25,000- 34,999 381 163 45.5 37.5-53.8 189 45.3 37.3-53.5 14 3.1 1.6- 6.0 15 6.1 2.7-13.3
$35,000- 49,999 424 174 42.4 35.2-50.0 216 49.4 41.9-56.9 15 3.7 1.8- 7.5 19 4.5 2.3- 8.6
$50,000-74,999 333 140 36.7 28.9-45.2 165 51.8 42.8-60.8 15 8.2 2.8-22.1 13 3.3 1.5- 6.9
$75,000+ 290 97 38.3 29.9-47.5 168 55.4 46.3-64.2 11 1.4 0.7- 2.8 14 4.9 2.4- 9.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 452 148 35.1 29.9-40.7 255 54.4 48.8-59.8 32 6.9 4.7-10.0 17 3.6 2.2- 5.9
Guilford 445 151 34.1 29.1-39.5 248 55.3 49.7-60.8 28 6.0 3.8- 9.2 18 4.6 2.5- 8.3
Mecklenburg 446 148 33.7 28.3-39.5 253 54.9 48.8-60.8 24 7.3 4.0-12.8 21 4.2 2.6- 6.7
Orange 449 109 28.9 22.1-36.8 281 60.2 52.2-67.6 29 3.7 2.5- 5.5 30 7.2 3.5-14.6
Wake 453 155 35.3 30.1-40.8 263 57.7 52.1-63.2 29 5.9 3.6- 9.5 6 1.1 0.5- 2.5
Chatham/Lee 396 141 35.5 29.8-41.7 224 57.5 51.2-63.5 22 4.6 2.7- 7.8 9 2.4 1.1- 4.9
Nash/Wilson 375 150 43.4 37.5-49.4 188 47.0 41.2-53.0 13 3.6 1.8- 7.3 24 5.9 3.7- 9.4
Craven/Pamlico 453 167 38.3 32.9-43.9 246 54.4 48.8-59.9 24 4.3 2.8- 6.7 16 3.0 1.8- 5.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 435 175 41.2 35.6-46.9 228 49.7 43.9-55.6 18 4.1 2.4- 7.0 14 5.0 1.8-13.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 455 164 38.2 31.9-44.9 255 54.6 47.9-61.1 19 4.1 2.4- 6.7 17 3.1 1.9- 5.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 473 182 43.1 34.6-52.1 249 48.7 40.6-56.8 20 4.3 2.3- 7.9 22 3.9 2.4- 6.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 423 160 49.3 38.4-60.2 221 42.1 33.0-51.8 26 5.4 3.1- 9.3 16 3.2 1.8- 5.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 471 209 42.3 37.2-47.6 211 46.0 40.7-51.4 23 5.4 3.5- 8.4 28 6.3 4.0- 9.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 180 43.5 37.6-49.6 200 47.1 40.9-53.4 19 4.8 2.3- 9.6 19 4.6 2.7- 7.7
Northeast NC I 459 157 38.6 32.2-45.5 260 52.9 46.4-59.2 25 5.1 3.3- 7.9 17 3.3 1.8- 6.1
Northeast NC II 511 210 44.3 39.0-49.7 264 48.6 43.4-53.9 22 4.2 2.6- 6.8 15 2.9 1.7- 5.0
Northeastern Partnership 970 367 42.3 38.2-46.5 524 50.1 46.0-54.2 47 4.5 3.2- 6.3 32 3.1 2.0- 4.6
Mountain AHEC 1,299 440 33.0 29.3-37.0 723 57.5 53.4-61.6 83 5.7 4.4- 7.5 53 3.7 2.6- 5.2
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,028 1,450 39.6 37.4-41.9 2,217 51.8 49.5-54.1 214 5.4 4.3- 6.7 147 3.2 2.5- 4.0
Western NC 2,066 723 35.9 32.6-39.3 1,146 56.1 52.6-59.5 114 4.8 3.7- 6.2 83 3.2 2.4- 4.2

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

^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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