BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (How often do you eat carrots?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
TOTAL	1,178	75	5.5	3.9- 7.6	377	32.7	28.7-36.9	295	25.0	21.5-28.9	56	4.8	3.0- 7.5	375	32.1	27.9-36.5
GENDER
Female	1,178	75	5.5	3.9- 7.6	377	32.7	28.7-36.9	295	25.0	21.5-28.9	56	4.8	3.0- 7.5	375	32.1	27.9-36.5
RACE
African American	1,178	75	5.5	3.9- 7.6	377	32.7	28.7-36.9	295	25.0	21.5-28.9	56	4.8	3.0- 7.5	375	32.1	27.9-36.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic	13	2	11.2	2.3-39.9	4	36.8	9.0-77.4	5	48.2	15.0-83.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.8	0.7-19.0
-English Speaking	13	2	11.2	2.3-39.9	4	36.8	9.0-77.4	5	48.2	15.0-83.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.8	0.7-19.0
Non-Hispanic	1,165	73	5.4	3.9- 7.5	373	32.7	28.7-36.9	290	24.9	21.4-28.8	56	4.8	3.0- 7.5	373	32.2	28.1-36.7
AGE
18-24	92	3	1.2	0.4- 3.7	15	23.7	12.6-40.2	20	17.3	9.3-29.8	5	8.0	2.2-24.8	49	49.8	34.3-65.3
25-34	192	12	6.0	2.4-14.1	45	23.4	16.0-32.8	54	32.2	23.3-42.5	9	4.1	1.7- 9.5	72	34.4	25.7-44.2
35-44	241	11	2.2	1.1- 4.2	69	29.4	22.0-38.2	77	31.7	23.9-40.6	11	1.7	0.8- 3.5	73	35.0	26.3-44.8
45-54	236	17	9.2	4.9-16.4	79	37.9	29.5-47.1	56	23.5	16.6-32.2	15	9.0	4.0-18.9	69	20.4	14.7-27.5
55-64	177	18	6.7	3.9-11.4	68	41.6	31.5-52.4	39	22.5	15.0-32.3	9	5.2	2.1-12.3	43	24.1	16.4-33.9
65-74	134	8	10.0	3.5-25.1	52	40.5	28.8-53.5	29	20.0	12.0-31.5	6	1.8	0.7- 4.4	39	27.7	18.3-39.7
75+	95	5	7.2	2.7-17.6	45	52.1	37.4-66.5	18	13.3	7.0-23.9	0	0.0	. - .	27	27.3	16.4-42.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	260	15	4.3	2.3- 8.1	74	28.0	20.1-37.6	56	24.1	17.1-32.7	14	3.6	1.6- 7.6	101	40.0	31.3-49.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	404	26	5.1	2.9- 8.7	101	26.6	20.2-34.2	94	21.9	16.2-28.9	23	5.6	3.0-10.5	160	40.7	33.2-48.8
Some Post-H.S.	288	20	8.0	4.2-14.9	98	31.3	24.0-39.6	82	28.8	21.6-37.3	11	5.6	1.8-15.6	77	26.3	18.7-35.7
College Graduate	223	14	4.0	2.1- 7.4	102	49.9	41.2-58.7	63	26.9	20.1-35.0	8	3.1	1.1- 8.5	36	16.1	10.4-23.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	246	17	5.5	2.9-10.1	71	28.8	21.4-37.4	47	24.3	17.0-33.6	14	3.1	1.6- 6.1	97	38.3	30.2-47.0
$15,000- 24,999	269	17	8.3	4.1-16.0	79	26.6	19.3-35.5	73	23.1	16.4-31.6	18	9.0	4.0-19.1	82	33.0	24.6-42.6
$25,000- 34,999	152	15	6.5	3.2-12.7	51	38.1	27.6-49.9	34	15.8	10.0-24.1	11	9.5	3.7-22.4	41	30.1	19.9-42.8
$35,000- 49,999	107	4	2.0	0.6- 6.5	40	36.9	24.9-50.8	33	38.1	25.8-52.1	3	1.5	0.4- 5.6	27	21.5	12.9-33.7
$50,000-74,999	61	3	1.3	0.4- 4.4	21	34.3	20.6-51.3	24	40.0	24.3-58.0	1	0.7	0.1- 5.1	12	23.7	11.3-43.2
$75,000+	48	4	9.1	2.7-27.1	25	55.5	37.4-72.2	9	19.1	9.1-35.6	3	3.0	0.8-10.9	7	13.3	5.1-30.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	13	2	12.8	3.0-40.8	5	31.8	11.9-61.7	3	19.2	5.8-48.0	1	8.1	1.1-41.1	2	28.1	7.1-66.7
Guilford	69	5	5.0	2.0-11.8	30	38.5	26.1-52.6	15	26.2	14.7-42.3	4	5.2	1.7-14.9	15	25.1	14.6-39.6
Mecklenburg	77	0	0.0	. - .	33	36.9	26.2-49.1	18	25.7	15.8-38.9	2	2.5	0.5-10.8	24	35.0	23.8-48.0
Orange	26	2	5.8	1.4-21.3	12	39.8	22.3-60.3	6	24.8	11.3-46.1	1	2.8	0.4-17.7	5	26.9	11.7-50.6
Wake	53	5	7.1	2.9-16.5	22	46.2	31.7-61.4	14	26.3	15.3-41.4	2	4.5	1.0-18.7	10	15.9	8.1-28.7
Chatham/Lee	49	5	17.2	7.2-35.8	9	19.6	9.7-35.4	14	20.9	11.6-34.6	2	1.7	0.4- 6.6	19	40.7	26.1-57.2
Nash/Wilson	75	6	5.9	2.3-14.3	16	21.9	12.9-34.6	16	22.5	13.5-35.0	7	6.8	3.1-14.2	30	42.9	30.9-55.9
Craven/Pamlico	53	5	10.5	3.8-25.8	23	39.3	23.9-57.1	5	4.7	1.8-11.4	2	5.1	1.3-18.5	18	40.4	22.8-60.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	9	0	0.0	. - .	4	21.3	5.0-58.5	1	6.3	0.7-39.1	1	8.9	1.0-48.5	3	63.5	22.4-91.3
Appalachian/Wilkes	6	1	15.5	2.0-61.7	3	58.1	20.9-87.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	11.8	1.5-54.0	1	14.6	1.9-60.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	103	3	2.9	0.8-10.1	25	24.0	15.8-34.7	26	24.1	15.8-35.0	7	5.2	2.0-12.7	42	43.8	33.1-55.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson	9	0	0.0	. - .	4	51.0	20.9-80.4	3	25.3	7.4-58.9	1	9.0	1.2-44.7	1	14.7	2.1-58.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	85	7	8.0	3.7-16.3	27	31.8	21.7-44.0	22	22.3	14.2-33.2	3	2.3	0.7- 7.3	26	35.7	24.5-48.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	92	7	9.0	4.1-18.4	28	32.1	22.5-43.5	20	18.0	11.2-27.6	1	1.8	0.3-11.9	36	39.1	28.5-50.8
Northeast NC I	160	8	4.4	2.2- 8.7	39	21.6	15.5-29.3	53	34.2	25.9-43.5	7	3.1	1.3- 7.0	53	36.8	28.5-46.0
Northeast NC II	95	6	4.9	2.1-11.1	28	22.7	15.1-32.6	24	28.6	19.3-40.1	7	13.8	6.1-28.3	30	30.0	20.6-41.4
Northeastern Partnership	255	14	4.7	2.7- 8.0	67	22.1	17.1-28.1	77	31.5	25.1-38.7	14	8.2	4.1-15.8	83	33.5	27.0-40.7
Mountain AHEC	29	2	6.4	1.5-22.8	12	37.9	19.3-60.9	8	28.4	11.8-54.0	2	4.9	0.9-22.2	5	22.4	8.2-48.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	618	42	4.9	3.2- 7.4	181	28.5	23.1-34.6	158	25.6	20.6-31.3	29	5.2	2.8- 9.5	208	35.8	29.5-42.7
Piedmont	517	30	5.9	3.7- 9.3	177	35.6	30.0-41.5	127	24.8	20.0-30.3	24	4.5	2.3- 8.7	159	29.2	24.0-35.1
Western NC	43	3	4.3	1.2-14.3	19	32.4	15.2-56.1	10	21.4	8.5-44.4	3	3.3	0.8-13.1	8	38.6	13.7-71.3

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,178

5.5

3.9- 7.6

377

32.7

28.7-36.9

295

25.0

21.5-28.9

4.8

3.0- 7.5

375

32.1

27.9-36.5

GENDER

Female

1,178

5.5

3.9- 7.6

377

32.7

28.7-36.9

295

25.0

21.5-28.9

4.8

3.0- 7.5

375

32.1

27.9-36.5

RACE

African American

1,178

5.5

3.9- 7.6

377

32.7

28.7-36.9

295

25.0

21.5-28.9

4.8

3.0- 7.5

375

32.1

27.9-36.5

HISPANIC

Hispanic

11.2

2.3-39.9

36.8

9.0-77.4

48.2

15.0-83.1

0.0

. - .

3.8

0.7-19.0

-English Speaking

11.2

2.3-39.9

36.8

9.0-77.4

48.2

15.0-83.1

0.0

. - .

3.8

0.7-19.0

Non-Hispanic

1,165

5.4

3.9- 7.5

373

32.7

28.7-36.9

290

24.9

21.4-28.8

4.8

3.0- 7.5

373

32.2

28.1-36.7

AGE

18-24

1.2

0.4- 3.7

23.7

12.6-40.2

17.3

9.3-29.8

8.0

2.2-24.8

49.8

34.3-65.3

25-34

192

6.0

2.4-14.1

23.4

16.0-32.8

32.2

23.3-42.5

4.1

1.7- 9.5

34.4

25.7-44.2

35-44

241

2.2

1.1- 4.2

29.4

22.0-38.2

31.7

23.9-40.6

1.7

0.8- 3.5

35.0

26.3-44.8

45-54

236

9.2

4.9-16.4

37.9

29.5-47.1

23.5

16.6-32.2

9.0

4.0-18.9

20.4

14.7-27.5

55-64

177

6.7

3.9-11.4

41.6

31.5-52.4

22.5

15.0-32.3

5.2

2.1-12.3

24.1

16.4-33.9

65-74

134

10.0

3.5-25.1

40.5

28.8-53.5

20.0

12.0-31.5

1.8

0.7- 4.4

27.7

18.3-39.7

75+

7.2

2.7-17.6

52.1

37.4-66.5

13.3

7.0-23.9

0.0

. - .

27.3

16.4-42.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

260

4.3

2.3- 8.1

28.0

20.1-37.6

24.1

17.1-32.7

3.6

1.6- 7.6

101

40.0

31.3-49.5

H.S. or G.E.D.

404

5.1

2.9- 8.7

101

26.6

20.2-34.2

21.9

16.2-28.9

5.6

3.0-10.5

160

40.7

33.2-48.8

Some Post-H.S.

288

8.0

4.2-14.9

31.3

24.0-39.6

28.8

21.6-37.3

5.6

1.8-15.6

26.3

18.7-35.7

College Graduate

223

4.0

2.1- 7.4

102

49.9

41.2-58.7

26.9

20.1-35.0

3.1

1.1- 8.5

16.1

10.4-23.9

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

246

5.5

2.9-10.1

28.8

21.4-37.4

24.3

17.0-33.6

3.1

1.6- 6.1

38.3

30.2-47.0

$15,000- 24,999

269

8.3

4.1-16.0

26.6

19.3-35.5

23.1

16.4-31.6

9.0

4.0-19.1

33.0

24.6-42.6

$25,000- 34,999

152

6.5

3.2-12.7

38.1

27.6-49.9

15.8

10.0-24.1

9.5

3.7-22.4

30.1

19.9-42.8

$35,000- 49,999

107

2.0

0.6- 6.5

36.9

24.9-50.8

38.1

25.8-52.1

1.5

0.4- 5.6

21.5

12.9-33.7

$50,000-74,999

1.3

0.4- 4.4

34.3

20.6-51.3

40.0

24.3-58.0

0.7

0.1- 5.1

23.7

11.3-43.2

$75,000+

9.1

2.7-27.1

55.5

37.4-72.2

19.1

9.1-35.6

3.0

0.8-10.9

13.3

5.1-30.7

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

12.8

3.0-40.8

31.8

11.9-61.7

19.2

5.8-48.0

8.1

1.1-41.1

28.1

7.1-66.7

Guilford

5.0

2.0-11.8

38.5

26.1-52.6

26.2

14.7-42.3

5.2

1.7-14.9

25.1

14.6-39.6

Mecklenburg

0.0

. - .

36.9

26.2-49.1

25.7

15.8-38.9

2.5

0.5-10.8

35.0

23.8-48.0

Orange

5.8

1.4-21.3

39.8

22.3-60.3

24.8

11.3-46.1

2.8

0.4-17.7

26.9

11.7-50.6

Wake

7.1

2.9-16.5

46.2

31.7-61.4

26.3

15.3-41.4

4.5

1.0-18.7

15.9

8.1-28.7

Chatham/Lee

17.2

7.2-35.8

19.6

9.7-35.4

20.9

11.6-34.6

1.7

0.4- 6.6

40.7

26.1-57.2

Nash/Wilson

5.9

2.3-14.3

21.9

12.9-34.6

22.5

13.5-35.0

6.8

3.1-14.2

42.9

30.9-55.9

Craven/Pamlico

10.5

3.8-25.8

39.3

23.9-57.1

4.7

1.8-11.4

5.1

1.3-18.5

40.4

22.8-60.9

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

0.0

. - .

21.3

5.0-58.5

6.3

0.7-39.1

8.9

1.0-48.5

63.5

22.4-91.3

Appalachian/Wilkes

15.5

2.0-61.7

58.1

20.9-87.9

0.0

. - .

11.8

1.5-54.0

14.6

1.9-60.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

103

2.9

0.8-10.1

24.0

15.8-34.7

24.1

15.8-35.0

5.2

2.0-12.7

43.8

33.1-55.1

Graham/Swain/Jackson

0.0

. - .

51.0

20.9-80.4

25.3

7.4-58.9

9.0

1.2-44.7

14.7

2.1-58.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

8.0

3.7-16.3

31.8

21.7-44.0

22.3

14.2-33.2

2.3

0.7- 7.3

35.7

24.5-48.7

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

9.0

4.1-18.4

32.1

22.5-43.5

18.0

11.2-27.6

1.8

0.3-11.9

39.1

28.5-50.8

Northeast NC I

160

4.4

2.2- 8.7

21.6

15.5-29.3

34.2

25.9-43.5

3.1

1.3- 7.0

36.8

28.5-46.0

Northeast NC II

4.9

2.1-11.1

22.7

15.1-32.6

28.6

19.3-40.1

13.8

6.1-28.3

30.0

20.6-41.4

Northeastern Partnership

255

4.7

2.7- 8.0

22.1

17.1-28.1

31.5

25.1-38.7

8.2

4.1-15.8

33.5

27.0-40.7

Mountain AHEC

6.4

1.5-22.8

37.9

19.3-60.9

28.4

11.8-54.0

4.9

0.9-22.2

22.4

8.2-48.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

618

4.9

3.2- 7.4

181

28.5

23.1-34.6

158

25.6

20.6-31.3

5.2

2.8- 9.5

208

35.8

29.5-42.7

Piedmont

517

5.9

3.7- 9.3

177

35.6

30.0-41.5

127

24.8

20.0-30.3

4.5

2.3- 8.7

159

29.2

24.0-35.1

Western NC

4.3

1.2-14.3

32.4

15.2-56.1

21.4

8.5-44.4

3.3

0.8-13.1

38.6

13.7-71.3

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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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