BRFSS 2003 - Eastern North Carolina**: (Not counting carrots, potatoes, or salad, how many servings of vegetables do you usually eat?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

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	Total Respond.^	1 or more/day	1 or more/week	1 or more/month	1 or more/year	Never
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
-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
GENDER
Male	1,132	793	69.3	64.6-73.7	305	27.9	23.6-32.6	22	1.9	1.0- 3.7	5	0.2	0.1- 0.7	7	0.6	0.2- 1.5
Female	2,116	1,675	78.5	75.4-81.3	399	19.5	16.8-22.5	26	1.2	0.7- 2.3	5	0.3	0.1- 1.3	11	0.4	0.2- 1.1
RACE
White	2,031	1,607	79.9	76.9-82.6	383	18.7	16.0-21.7	22	0.8	0.5- 1.4	7	0.2	0.1- 0.5	12	0.4	0.2- 0.8
African American	953	691	67.2	61.7-72.2	235	28.7	23.8-34.1	20	3.0	1.5- 6.1	2	0.1	0.0- 0.6	5	1.0	0.3- 3.1
Other Minorities	245	155	51.5	39.8-63.1	82	43.9	32.5-56.1	6	3.1	0.9-10.7	1	1.3	0.2- 8.7	1	0.1	0.0- 0.8
AGE
18-24	199	153	72.7	61.1-81.9	44	26.8	17.6-38.4	1	0.2	0.0- 1.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6
25-34	491	377	70.7	63.3-77.1	104	27.1	20.8-34.4	10	2.3	0.8- 5.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
35-44	589	436	75.1	69.4-80.1	128	20.0	15.6-25.3	13	3.4	1.5- 7.5	4	0.4	0.1- 1.2	8	1.0	0.4- 2.3
45-54	635	459	69.9	63.6-75.6	163	27.8	22.3-34.0	8	0.9	0.4- 2.2	1	0.7	0.1- 4.6	4	0.7	0.1- 3.5
55-64	559	433	80.5	75.2-84.9	114	17.9	13.6-23.2	8	1.3	0.5- 3.0	2	0.2	0.0- 0.8	2	0.1	0.0- 0.6
65-74	446	345	75.7	68.8-81.5	93	23.5	17.7-30.5	4	0.4	0.1- 1.3	2	0.1	0.0- 0.5	2	0.2	0.1- 0.9
75+	308	250	81.5	74.4-86.9	53	15.5	10.7-21.9	3	0.9	0.3- 2.9	1	0.8	0.1- 5.2	1	1.3	0.2- 8.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	626	428	61.9	54.9-68.4	172	33.7	27.4-40.6	21	3.7	1.9- 7.0	2	0.1	0.0- 0.6	3	0.6	0.1- 3.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,094	825	72.7	67.6-77.4	239	24.6	20.1-29.7	16	1.8	0.7- 4.1	5	0.4	0.1- 1.1	9	0.6	0.2- 1.4
Some Post-H.S.	840	652	77.0	71.5-81.8	176	21.6	16.9-27.1	5	0.5	0.2- 1.8	3	0.5	0.1- 2.8	4	0.3	0.1- 1.1
College Graduate	683	560	82.6	78.1-86.4	116	16.0	12.3-20.4	6	0.9	0.3- 2.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.5	0.1- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	454	338	71.9	63.1-79.2	101	25.0	17.8-34.0	10	2.5	1.2- 5.0	2	0.3	0.1- 1.3	3	0.3	0.1- 0.9
$15,000- 24,999	643	458	67.2	60.1-73.6	166	31.1	24.7-38.2	14	1.2	0.7- 2.2	2	0.1	0.0- 0.4	3	0.4	0.1- 1.5
$25,000- 34,999	376	286	76.0	67.8-82.7	82	21.5	15.2-29.5	5	2.0	0.5- 8.3	0	0.0	. - .	3	0.5	0.1- 2.1
$35,000- 49,999	421	331	75.4	67.5-81.9	82	21.0	14.9-28.7	6	2.4	0.7- 7.6	1	0.8	0.1- 5.7	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6
$50,000-74,999	331	260	81.3	74.2-86.7	64	16.5	11.4-23.4	4	1.3	0.4- 4.0	1	0.3	0.0- 2.1	2	0.6	0.1- 2.9
$75,000+	291	233	76.9	68.4-83.7	55	21.1	14.6-29.5	1	0.8	0.1- 5.7	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	1	1.0	0.1- 6.8
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***
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

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

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

0.3

0.2- 0.6

0.7

0.5- 1.0

-Eastern NC

3,248

2,468

74.1

71.4-76.7

704

23.5

21.0-26.2

1.6

1.0- 2.5

0.3

0.1- 0.7

0.5

0.3- 1.0

GENDER

Male

1,132

793

69.3

64.6-73.7

305

27.9

23.6-32.6

1.9

1.0- 3.7

0.2

0.1- 0.7

0.6

0.2- 1.5

Female

2,116

1,675

78.5

75.4-81.3

399

19.5

16.8-22.5

1.2

0.7- 2.3

0.3

0.1- 1.3

0.4

0.2- 1.1

RACE

White

2,031

1,607

79.9

76.9-82.6

383

18.7

16.0-21.7

0.8

0.5- 1.4

0.2

0.1- 0.5

0.4

0.2- 0.8

African American

953

691

67.2

61.7-72.2

235

28.7

23.8-34.1

3.0

1.5- 6.1

0.1

0.0- 0.6

1.0

0.3- 3.1

Other Minorities

245

155

51.5

39.8-63.1

43.9

32.5-56.1

3.1

0.9-10.7

1.3

0.2- 8.7

0.1

0.0- 0.8

AGE

18-24

199

153

72.7

61.1-81.9

26.8

17.6-38.4

0.2

0.0- 1.1

0.0

. - .

0.4

0.1- 2.6

25-34

491

377

70.7

63.3-77.1

104

27.1

20.8-34.4

2.3

0.8- 5.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

35-44

589

436

75.1

69.4-80.1

128

20.0

15.6-25.3

3.4

1.5- 7.5

0.4

0.1- 1.2

1.0

0.4- 2.3

45-54

635

459

69.9

63.6-75.6

163

27.8

22.3-34.0

0.9

0.4- 2.2

0.7

0.1- 4.6

0.7

0.1- 3.5

55-64

559

433

80.5

75.2-84.9

114

17.9

13.6-23.2

1.3

0.5- 3.0

0.2

0.0- 0.8

0.1

0.0- 0.6

65-74

446

345

75.7

68.8-81.5

23.5

17.7-30.5

0.4

0.1- 1.3

0.1

0.0- 0.5

0.2

0.1- 0.9

75+

308

250

81.5

74.4-86.9

15.5

10.7-21.9

0.9

0.3- 2.9

0.8

0.1- 5.2

1.3

0.2- 8.8

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

626

428

61.9

54.9-68.4

172

33.7

27.4-40.6

3.7

1.9- 7.0

0.1

0.0- 0.6

0.6

0.1- 3.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,094

825

72.7

67.6-77.4

239

24.6

20.1-29.7

1.8

0.7- 4.1

0.4

0.1- 1.1

0.6

0.2- 1.4

Some Post-H.S.

840

652

77.0

71.5-81.8

176

21.6

16.9-27.1

0.5

0.2- 1.8

0.5

0.1- 2.8

0.3

0.1- 1.1

College Graduate

683

560

82.6

78.1-86.4

116

16.0

12.3-20.4

0.9

0.3- 2.5

0.0

. - .

0.5

0.1- 3.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

454

338

71.9

63.1-79.2

101

25.0

17.8-34.0

2.5

1.2- 5.0

0.3

0.1- 1.3

0.3

0.1- 0.9

$15,000- 24,999

643

458

67.2

60.1-73.6

166

31.1

24.7-38.2

1.2

0.7- 2.2

0.1

0.0- 0.4

0.4

0.1- 1.5

$25,000- 34,999

376

286

76.0

67.8-82.7

21.5

15.2-29.5

2.0

0.5- 8.3

0.0

. - .

0.5

0.1- 2.1

$35,000- 49,999

421

331

75.4

67.5-81.9

21.0

14.9-28.7

2.4

0.7- 7.6

0.8

0.1- 5.7

0.4

0.1- 2.6

$50,000-74,999

331

260

81.3

74.2-86.7

16.5

11.4-23.4

1.3

0.4- 4.0

0.3

0.0- 2.1

0.6

0.1- 2.9

$75,000+

291

233

76.9

68.4-83.7

21.1

14.6-29.5

0.8

0.1- 5.7

0.1

0.0- 0.9

1.0

0.1- 6.8

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

439

331

74.1

68.7-78.9

100

23.5

19.0-28.8

1.8

0.6- 5.4

0.2

0.0- 1.5

0.3

0.1- 1.4

Guilford

436

339

77.8

72.6-82.3

19.5

15.2-24.7

1.7

0.8- 3.5

0.2

0.0- 1.3

0.8

0.2- 3.1

Mecklenburg

440

328

70.2

63.9-75.8

104

28.4

22.8-34.6

0.5

0.2- 1.8

0.0

. - .

0.9

0.4- 2.3

Orange

446

346

73.1

65.4-79.7

23.9

17.6-31.7

1.9

0.7- 4.9

0.2

0.0- 1.3

0.9

0.3- 2.7

Wake

449

330

70.1

64.4-75.2

106

26.8

21.8-32.4

0.8

0.3- 2.3

0.7

0.2- 2.5

1.6

0.7- 3.9

Chatham/Lee

395

286

65.9

59.0-72.3

30.2

24.0-37.2

2.0

0.8- 4.9

0.0

. - .

1.9

0.6- 5.4

Nash/Wilson

371

278

73.1

67.5-78.1

23.9

19.2-29.3

2.1

0.9- 4.7

0.0

. - .

1.0

0.2- 4.4

Craven/Pamlico

447

349

77.5

72.3-82.0

20.6

16.2-25.8

0.6

0.2- 1.7

0.5

0.1- 2.6

0.8

0.3- 2.2

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

427

326

77.5

72.7-81.7

20.7

16.7-25.4

1.3

0.6- 2.8

0.1

0.0- 0.7

0.4

0.1- 1.6

Appalachian/Wilkes

443

338

76.2

70.8-80.9

21.6

17.2-26.7

1.4

0.5- 3.4

0.1

0.0- 0.6

0.8

0.1- 5.2

Franklin/Gran./Vance

470

377

80.0

73.8-85.0

17.0

12.6-22.6

2.2

0.6- 7.4

0.1

0.0- 0.5

0.8

0.3- 2.2

Graham/Swain/Jackson

413

320

63.5

49.3-75.7

27.7

18.2-39.6

8.8

1.6-37.4

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

467

340

70.9

65.6-75.7

114

25.7

21.2-30.8

3.0

1.4- 6.2

0.2

0.0- 1.4

0.2

0.1- 0.9

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

408

303

69.5

62.6-75.6

25.0

19.3-31.8

2.3

1.1- 4.8

1.2

0.2- 5.5

2.0

0.7- 6.2

Northeast NC I

457

351

76.2

71.0-80.7

21.6

17.2-26.6

1.3

0.6- 2.7

0.8

0.2- 2.9

0.2

0.0- 1.4

Northeast NC II

499

389

78.2

73.5-82.3

105

20.9

16.9-25.5

0.9

0.3- 2.3

0.1

0.0- 0.6

0.0

. - .

Northeastern Partnership

956

740

77.5

74.0-80.6

199

21.1

18.0-24.5

1.0

0.5- 1.9

0.3

0.1- 1.0

0.1

0.0- 0.5

Mountain AHEC

1,268

978

75.7

71.9-79.1

269

21.1

18.1-24.5

1.8

0.7- 4.7

0.4

0.1- 1.5

0.9

0.3- 2.5

NC REGIONS***

Piedmont

3,972

3,039

75.1

73.0-77.1

848

22.8

20.9-24.8

1.0

0.7- 1.6

0.3

0.1- 0.9

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

2.3

1.2- 4.5

0.4

0.2- 1.1

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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