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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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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%)
TOTAL 1,818 718 40.1 36.6-43.7 661 36.7 33.3-40.3 243 12.1 9.9-14.6 26 2.5 1.3- 4.5 170 8.7 6.9-10.8
GENDER
Male 585 214 39.7 33.7-46.0 230 41.0 35.0-47.2 81 11.1 8.0-15.2 8 1.9 0.6- 5.9 52 6.4 4.4- 9.1
Female 1,233 504 40.3 36.2-44.6 431 33.4 29.5-37.5 162 12.9 10.0-16.3 18 3.0 1.4- 5.9 118 10.5 7.9-13.7
AGE
18-24 146 74 49.5 37.6-61.4 47 29.9 20.1-42.0 16 11.0 5.1-22.1 2 3.5 0.8-14.4 7 6.1 2.2-16.1
25-34 278 115 45.9 37.3-54.7 110 36.0 28.3-44.4 34 11.6 7.0-18.5 1 2.4 0.3-15.0 18 4.2 2.2- 7.7
35-44 364 109 28.2 22.0-35.4 156 42.1 34.7-49.8 59 16.7 11.5-23.5 7 2.3 0.7- 7.3 33 10.8 6.7-16.8
45-54 403 134 34.1 27.5-41.3 163 42.6 35.3-50.2 56 9.4 6.7-13.2 6 3.0 1.0- 8.7 44 10.9 7.2-16.2
55-64 274 111 35.4 27.9-43.8 89 38.2 29.9-47.4 42 13.7 9.1-20.1 4 2.2 0.7- 6.8 28 10.5 6.3-16.9
65-74 202 86 40.9 30.8-51.8 60 32.5 23.4-43.2 26 13.9 8.1-22.8 4 1.0 0.3- 3.0 26 11.6 6.8-19.1
75+ 137 84 60.2 47.8-71.4 31 24.9 15.9-36.8 7 3.5 1.2-10.3 1 1.3 0.2- 8.4 14 10.1 4.9-19.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 427 182 37.1 30.3-44.4 119 33.3 26.4-41.0 58 13.6 9.0-20.1 7 3.2 1.1- 8.7 61 12.8 9.1-17.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 633 237 38.9 33.1-45.0 241 36.5 30.6-42.8 88 12.8 8.9-18.0 8 2.9 1.0- 8.0 59 8.9 6.1-12.7
Some Post-H.S. 423 160 41.9 34.4-49.9 170 36.9 30.2-44.3 60 11.7 8.1-16.6 6 2.2 0.5- 8.6 27 7.2 3.9-13.0
College Graduate 329 138 43.0 35.6-50.7 128 40.1 32.8-47.8 37 9.6 6.5-14.2 5 1.3 0.5- 3.4 21 6.0 3.4-10.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 333 148 42.8 34.5-51.4 100 30.2 23.3-38.1 43 13.1 8.3-20.1 6 5.6 1.6-17.8 36 8.3 5.2-13.2
$15,000- 24,999 424 155 41.6 33.8-49.8 159 37.1 29.6-45.2 62 9.5 6.2-14.2 7 3.1 1.0- 9.5 41 8.8 5.6-13.5
$25,000- 34,999 222 84 35.9 27.4-45.5 87 38.0 29.3-47.5 33 13.9 8.6-21.8 2 4.8 1.2-17.1 16 7.3 3.4-15.2
$35,000- 49,999 194 69 38.0 28.7-48.2 80 36.8 27.6-47.0 27 15.6 9.5-24.6 3 0.8 0.2- 3.0 15 8.9 4.6-16.4
$50,000-74,999 118 51 33.2 23.3-45.0 49 47.4 35.2-59.9 11 12.1 5.4-24.8 3 1.8 0.5- 5.9 4 5.5 1.7-16.2
$75,000+ 91 34 35.7 24.0-49.4 40 52.0 38.6-65.2 13 9.3 4.7-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.9 0.9- 8.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 10 36.0 19.2-57.1 14 45.5 26.4-66.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 16.4 5.8-38.6
Guilford 116 53 50.2 39.1-61.2 39 28.5 20.1-38.7 14 10.4 5.7-18.2 2 2.2 0.5- 8.5 8 8.8 3.9-18.3
Mecklenburg 119 48 43.0 33.2-53.2 49 38.1 29.0-48.1 12 10.4 5.5-18.6 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 9 8.2 4.1-15.7
Orange 47 16 27.7 16.5-42.5 18 45.6 30.4-61.6 5 12.4 5.0-27.5 0 0.0 . - . 8 14.3 6.7-28.0
Wake 84 29 36.0 24.6-49.3 36 41.9 30.1-54.6 9 12.8 6.4-23.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 9 8.6 4.1-17.3
Chatham/Lee 67 27 52.6 35.5-69.1 21 28.7 17.1-44.0 11 11.7 5.6-22.6 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 7 6.0 2.6-13.5
Nash/Wilson 120 34 28.2 19.8-38.5 42 34.7 25.5-45.2 23 18.3 11.7-27.5 3 2.4 0.7- 8.2 18 16.4 9.6-26.6
Craven/Pamlico 89 37 44.0 31.8-57.0 33 37.1 24.7-51.4 12 10.2 5.6-18.1 2 3.8 0.9-14.1 5 4.8 1.8-12.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 7 26.6 9.8-54.7 6 35.4 12.4-67.9 1 4.8 0.6-29.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 33.2 7.2-76.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 2 18.5 4.3-53.1 1 16.6 2.4-61.9 2 34.8 9.7-72.5 1 6.5 0.8-36.0 3 23.7 7.0-56.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 158 66 35.9 22.9-51.4 51 43.9 25.3-64.5 26 13.2 7.5-22.3 0 0.0 . - . 15 6.9 3.5-13.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 4 39.1 14.6-70.6 5 50.2 21.7-78.6 1 10.7 1.5-48.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 141 55 43.5 34.1-53.4 55 38.0 29.3-47.6 18 9.3 5.4-15.4 0 0.0 . - . 13 9.2 4.7-17.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 46 30.9 21.6-42.1 44 44.5 31.4-58.4 16 12.6 7.0-21.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 16 11.4 6.2-20.1
Northeast NC I 232 96 38.5 31.5-46.0 85 40.9 33.4-48.9 33 14.2 9.8-20.1 3 0.9 0.2- 3.3 15 5.5 3.1- 9.6
Northeast NC II 143 63 43.9 34.1-54.2 51 33.3 24.2-43.8 16 12.0 6.5-21.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 11 9.8 4.7-19.3
Northeastern Partnership 375 159 41.3 35.1-47.8 136 37.0 30.8-43.6 49 13.1 9.2-18.2 5 0.9 0.3- 2.4 26 7.7 4.6-12.7
Mountain AHEC 51 20 42.5 25.9-60.9 22 38.1 22.9-56.0 4 5.3 1.8-14.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 14.1 5.5-31.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 950 370 38.7 33.6-44.1 343 36.1 31.2-41.3 131 13.5 9.9-18.1 15 2.1 0.9- 4.7 91 9.6 7.0-12.9
Piedmont 794 320 41.0 36.1-46.0 288 36.8 32.1-41.9 105 11.3 8.7-14.6 10 2.9 1.2- 6.5 71 8.0 5.7-11.1
Western NC 74 28 42.4 24.3-62.7 30 41.8 23.5-62.6 7 6.6 2.7-15.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 8 8.9 3.6-20.3

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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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