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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Hoke/Robeson/Scotland Counties

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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
-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
GENDER
Male 176 89 46.1 37.8-54.5 70 43.1 34.8-51.8 7 4.6 2.0-10.0 10 6.2 2.9-12.9
Female 295 120 38.9 32.9-45.3 141 48.6 42.2-55.1 16 6.2 3.7-10.2 18 6.3 3.9-10.1
RACE
White 200 88 41.1 33.7-49.1 97 49.6 41.6-57.6 7 4.1 1.8- 8.9 8 5.2 2.2-11.6
Other 271 121 43.2 36.5-50.2 114 43.2 36.3-50.4 16 6.5 3.7-11.0 20 7.1 4.3-11.6
AGE
18-44 199 94 41.8 34.2-49.8 80 44.3 36.4-52.5 13 7.4 4.1-13.0 12 6.5 3.3-12.2
45+ 270 115 43.0 36.4-49.9 130 47.8 41.0-54.7 9 3.1 1.6- 6.0 16 6.0 3.4-10.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 274 122 43.5 36.8-50.5 117 42.3 35.5-49.4 17 6.7 4.0-11.1 18 7.5 4.3-12.7
Some College + 196 87 40.5 33.0-48.4 94 52.2 44.2-60.1 5 3.0 1.1- 7.9 10 4.3 2.2- 8.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 302 141 44.9 38.4-51.6 130 43.4 36.8-50.2 13 5.4 3.0- 9.6 18 6.3 3.6-10.8
$50,000+ 66 30 44.0 31.2-57.7 30 48.8 35.2-62.5 3 3.4 1.1-10.3 3 3.8 1.1-12.6
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
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***
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
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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