BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Not counting juice, how often do you eat fruit?)

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	1,230	462	34.8	31.0-38.8	560	45.7	41.4-50.0	148	13.2	10.4-16.5	9	0.9	0.4- 2.0	51	5.4	3.5- 8.3
GENDER
Female	1,230	462	34.8	31.0-38.8	560	45.7	41.4-50.0	148	13.2	10.4-16.5	9	0.9	0.4- 2.0	51	5.4	3.5- 8.3
RACE
African American	1,230	462	34.8	31.0-38.8	560	45.7	41.4-50.0	148	13.2	10.4-16.5	9	0.9	0.4- 2.0	51	5.4	3.5- 8.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	13	5	25.2	7.6-57.9	7	73.8	41.1-91.9	1	0.9	0.1- 7.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
-English Speaking	13	5	25.2	7.6-57.9	7	73.8	41.1-91.9	1	0.9	0.1- 7.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	1,217	457	34.9	31.0-38.9	553	45.5	41.2-49.9	147	13.3	10.5-16.6	9	0.9	0.4- 2.0	51	5.4	3.5- 8.4
AGE
18-24	89	29	20.6	12.1-33.0	37	47.4	31.9-63.4	15	18.0	9.0-32.6	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4	7	13.8	5.4-31.3
25-34	197	59	28.2	20.5-37.5	99	52.0	42.0-61.7	30	14.5	8.8-22.9	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0	8	4.9	1.8-12.6
35-44	256	81	29.0	21.8-37.4	118	47.7	38.8-56.7	44	16.2	10.3-24.4	2	1.0	0.2- 4.7	11	6.2	2.8-13.2
45-54	256	93	40.8	32.4-49.7	123	41.4	33.3-50.1	30	13.9	8.1-22.7	2	1.3	0.2- 6.6	8	2.6	1.0- 6.7
55-64	180	75	42.8	32.8-53.5	89	45.8	35.9-56.1	10	7.4	3.5-15.2	2	2.4	0.5-11.3	4	1.5	0.5- 4.4
65-74	138	76	55.8	43.4-67.5	49	34.6	24.1-46.9	11	9.0	4.3-17.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	0.6	0.1- 2.3
75+	102	45	48.4	34.4-62.6	39	39.9	27.1-54.2	8	5.1	2.1-12.0	0	0.0	. - .	10	6.6	3.0-14.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	282	121	41.4	32.9-50.4	109	38.0	29.9-46.9	36	13.0	8.3-19.7	3	2.4	0.7- 8.1	13	5.2	2.4-10.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	415	138	30.6	24.4-37.6	197	50.2	42.5-57.9	60	14.6	10.0-20.7	1	0.1	0.0- 0.7	19	4.5	2.1- 9.3
Some Post-H.S.	295	107	29.2	22.3-37.2	143	48.3	39.5-57.2	28	13.7	7.9-22.7	4	1.3	0.4- 4.2	13	7.5	2.9-17.9
College Graduate	235	96	43.0	34.8-51.6	109	41.6	33.5-50.1	24	10.3	5.9-17.3	1	0.4	0.1- 2.9	5	4.7	1.9-11.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	254	112	36.8	29.2-45.0	104	45.1	36.6-54.0	29	12.1	7.6-18.8	1	1.4	0.2- 9.2	8	4.6	1.6-12.5
$15,000- 24,999	282	82	24.8	17.9-33.1	139	49.7	40.3-59.1	43	19.1	12.2-28.6	3	0.7	0.2- 2.4	15	5.8	2.7-12.0
$25,000- 34,999	163	62	37.9	27.9-49.2	71	41.2	30.6-52.6	23	17.3	9.3-29.8	1	1.2	0.2- 7.8	6	2.4	0.9- 6.1
$35,000- 49,999	111	40	33.2	22.2-46.5	57	52.3	39.2-65.2	11	13.3	6.6-25.0	0	0.0	. - .	3	1.1	0.3- 4.2
$50,000-74,999	64	21	34.6	20.5-51.9	35	50.5	34.1-66.9	5	9.5	2.1-33.4	1	0.7	0.1- 4.8	2	4.7	1.0-18.9
$75,000+	53	26	49.1	32.2-66.1	25	41.8	25.7-59.8	2	9.2	2.3-29.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	15	6	30.2	12.1-57.5	7	49.4	23.2-75.8	2	20.5	4.6-58.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Guilford	70	25	36.0	23.4-50.9	35	45.3	32.1-59.3	7	9.1	4.2-18.7	0	0.0	. - .	3	9.5	3.0-26.7
Mecklenburg	81	32	38.3	27.3-50.6	34	40.5	29.1-53.0	9	11.0	5.5-20.8	2	2.5	0.6-10.6	4	7.7	2.7-20.0
Orange	30	12	36.2	20.3-55.7	15	51.3	32.6-69.6	1	2.6	0.4-16.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.0	2.3-34.1
Wake	53	18	32.7	20.2-48.2	25	48.3	33.5-63.4	6	13.9	6.1-28.5	0	0.0	. - .	4	5.1	1.8-13.4
Chatham/Lee	53	22	49.5	34.5-64.7	24	41.0	27.1-56.5	6	7.9	3.2-18.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.6	0.2-10.5
Nash/Wilson	77	32	36.3	25.5-48.8	33	44.2	32.2-56.8	10	14.5	7.3-26.7	1	2.7	0.4-16.9	1	2.3	0.3-14.4
Craven/Pamlico	56	21	32.6	19.6-49.0	24	50.0	32.6-67.4	7	10.5	4.6-22.4	1	2.4	0.3-15.4	3	4.5	1.3-14.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	9	5	27.6	6.7-67.1	2	59.1	18.2-90.4	1	8.9	1.0-48.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.4	0.5-30.5
Appalachian/Wilkes	6	1	11.6	1.5-53.4	3	62.0	24.1-89.3	1	11.8	1.5-54.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.6	1.9-60.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	103	34	34.1	24.1-45.7	45	43.2	32.8-54.2	17	15.0	8.6-24.8	1	1.8	0.3-11.6	6	6.0	2.2-15.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson	8	6	77.3	39.8-94.6	2	22.7	5.4-60.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	92	39	41.3	30.5-53.1	37	37.8	27.3-49.6	13	17.2	9.5-29.0	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.7	1.0-12.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	99	36	41.6	31.3-52.8	47	43.2	32.9-54.0	13	11.9	6.6-20.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.3	1.0-10.4
Northeast NC I	164	61	38.0	29.5-47.3	76	44.4	35.7-53.4	17	12.1	7.0-20.2	1	0.5	0.1- 3.2	9	5.1	2.4-10.4
Northeast NC II	95	28	27.2	18.4-38.2	56	57.9	45.9-69.0	9	12.7	5.9-25.3	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	1	1.5	0.2- 9.7
Northeastern Partnership	259	89	33.0	26.6-40.1	132	50.6	43.3-57.9	26	12.4	7.8-19.1	2	0.6	0.1- 2.5	10	3.4	1.7- 6.8
Mountain AHEC	30	14	36.5	19.0-58.5	11	35.4	18.1-57.6	5	28.2	11.3-54.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	647	244	34.5	29.0-40.4	294	45.2	38.9-51.6	80	15.5	11.1-21.3	4	1.0	0.3- 3.2	25	3.9	2.2- 6.8
Piedmont	539	198	35.2	29.9-40.9	251	46.0	40.2-52.0	61	11.2	7.9-15.7	5	0.9	0.3- 2.5	24	6.6	3.7-11.6
Western NC	44	20	30.4	14.6-52.7	15	46.7	22.0-73.1	7	21.2	8.3-44.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.7	0.4- 7.1

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,230

462

34.8

31.0-38.8

560

45.7

41.4-50.0

148

13.2

10.4-16.5

0.9

0.4- 2.0

5.4

3.5- 8.3

GENDER

Female

1,230

462

34.8

31.0-38.8

560

45.7

41.4-50.0

148

13.2

10.4-16.5

0.9

0.4- 2.0

5.4

3.5- 8.3

RACE

African American

1,230

462

34.8

31.0-38.8

560

45.7

41.4-50.0

148

13.2

10.4-16.5

0.9

0.4- 2.0

5.4

3.5- 8.3

HISPANIC

Hispanic

25.2

7.6-57.9

73.8

41.1-91.9

0.9

0.1- 7.4

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

-English Speaking

25.2

7.6-57.9

73.8

41.1-91.9

0.9

0.1- 7.4

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Non-Hispanic

1,217

457

34.9

31.0-38.9

553

45.5

41.2-49.9

147

13.3

10.5-16.6

0.9

0.4- 2.0

5.4

3.5- 8.4

AGE

18-24

20.6

12.1-33.0

47.4

31.9-63.4

18.0

9.0-32.6

0.2

0.0- 1.4

13.8

5.4-31.3

25-34

197

28.2

20.5-37.5

52.0

42.0-61.7

14.5

8.8-22.9

0.4

0.1- 3.0

4.9

1.8-12.6

35-44

256

29.0

21.8-37.4

118

47.7

38.8-56.7

16.2

10.3-24.4

1.0

0.2- 4.7

6.2

2.8-13.2

45-54

256

40.8

32.4-49.7

123

41.4

33.3-50.1

13.9

8.1-22.7

1.3

0.2- 6.6

2.6

1.0- 6.7

55-64

180

42.8

32.8-53.5

45.8

35.9-56.1

7.4

3.5-15.2

2.4

0.5-11.3

1.5

0.5- 4.4

65-74

138

55.8

43.4-67.5

34.6

24.1-46.9

9.0

4.3-17.9

0.0

. - .

0.6

0.1- 2.3

75+

102

48.4

34.4-62.6

39.9

27.1-54.2

5.1

2.1-12.0

0.0

. - .

6.6

3.0-14.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

282

121

41.4

32.9-50.4

109

38.0

29.9-46.9

13.0

8.3-19.7

2.4

0.7- 8.1

5.2

2.4-10.8

H.S. or G.E.D.

415

138

30.6

24.4-37.6

197

50.2

42.5-57.9

14.6

10.0-20.7

0.1

0.0- 0.7

4.5

2.1- 9.3

Some Post-H.S.

295

107

29.2

22.3-37.2

143

48.3

39.5-57.2

13.7

7.9-22.7

1.3

0.4- 4.2

7.5

2.9-17.9

College Graduate

235

43.0

34.8-51.6

109

41.6

33.5-50.1

10.3

5.9-17.3

0.4

0.1- 2.9

4.7

1.9-11.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

254

112

36.8

29.2-45.0

104

45.1

36.6-54.0

12.1

7.6-18.8

1.4

0.2- 9.2

4.6

1.6-12.5

$15,000- 24,999

282

24.8

17.9-33.1

139

49.7

40.3-59.1

19.1

12.2-28.6

0.7

0.2- 2.4

5.8

2.7-12.0

$25,000- 34,999

163

37.9

27.9-49.2

41.2

30.6-52.6

17.3

9.3-29.8

1.2

0.2- 7.8

2.4

0.9- 6.1

$35,000- 49,999

111

33.2

22.2-46.5

52.3

39.2-65.2

13.3

6.6-25.0

0.0

. - .

1.1

0.3- 4.2

$50,000-74,999

34.6

20.5-51.9

50.5

34.1-66.9

9.5

2.1-33.4

0.7

0.1- 4.8

4.7

1.0-18.9

$75,000+

49.1

32.2-66.1

41.8

25.7-59.8

9.2

2.3-29.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

30.2

12.1-57.5

49.4

23.2-75.8

20.5

4.6-58.1

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Guilford

36.0

23.4-50.9

45.3

32.1-59.3

9.1

4.2-18.7

0.0

. - .

9.5

3.0-26.7

Mecklenburg

38.3

27.3-50.6

40.5

29.1-53.0

11.0

5.5-20.8

2.5

0.6-10.6

7.7

2.7-20.0

Orange

36.2

20.3-55.7

51.3

32.6-69.6

2.6

0.4-16.2

0.0

. - .

10.0

2.3-34.1

Wake

32.7

20.2-48.2

48.3

33.5-63.4

13.9

6.1-28.5

0.0

. - .

5.1

1.8-13.4

Chatham/Lee

49.5

34.5-64.7

41.0

27.1-56.5

7.9

3.2-18.3

0.0

. - .

1.6

0.2-10.5

Nash/Wilson

36.3

25.5-48.8

44.2

32.2-56.8

14.5

7.3-26.7

2.7

0.4-16.9

2.3

0.3-14.4

Craven/Pamlico

32.6

19.6-49.0

50.0

32.6-67.4

10.5

4.6-22.4

2.4

0.3-15.4

4.5

1.3-14.3

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

27.6

6.7-67.1

59.1

18.2-90.4

8.9

1.0-48.5

0.0

. - .

4.4

0.5-30.5

Appalachian/Wilkes

11.6

1.5-53.4

62.0

24.1-89.3

11.8

1.5-54.0

0.0

. - .

14.6

1.9-60.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

103

34.1

24.1-45.7

43.2

32.8-54.2

15.0

8.6-24.8

1.8

0.3-11.6

6.0

2.2-15.5

Graham/Swain/Jackson

77.3

39.8-94.6

22.7

5.4-60.2

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

41.3

30.5-53.1

37.8

27.3-49.6

17.2

9.5-29.0

0.0

. - .

3.7

1.0-12.4

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

41.6

31.3-52.8

43.2

32.9-54.0

11.9

6.6-20.5

0.0

. - .

3.3

1.0-10.4

Northeast NC I

164

38.0

29.5-47.3

44.4

35.7-53.4

12.1

7.0-20.2

0.5

0.1- 3.2

5.1

2.4-10.4

Northeast NC II

27.2

18.4-38.2

57.9

45.9-69.0

12.7

5.9-25.3

0.8

0.1- 5.4

1.5

0.2- 9.7

Northeastern Partnership

259

33.0

26.6-40.1

132

50.6

43.3-57.9

12.4

7.8-19.1

0.6

0.1- 2.5

3.4

1.7- 6.8

Mountain AHEC

36.5

19.0-58.5

35.4

18.1-57.6

28.2

11.3-54.6

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

647

244

34.5

29.0-40.4

294

45.2

38.9-51.6

15.5

11.1-21.3

1.0

0.3- 3.2

3.9

2.2- 6.8

Piedmont

539

198

35.2

29.9-40.9

251

46.0

40.2-52.0

11.2

7.9-15.7

0.9

0.3- 2.5

6.6

3.7-11.6

Western NC

30.4

14.6-52.7

46.7

22.0-73.1

21.2

8.3-44.4

0.0

. - .

1.7

0.4- 7.1

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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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