BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (How Often Do You Eat Green Salad?)

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	1,232	184	14.5	11.9-17.5	714	57.5	53.1-61.7	227	19.8	16.1-24.0	15	0.8	0.4- 1.7	92	7.4	5.5- 9.9
GENDER
Female	1,232	184	14.5	11.9-17.5	714	57.5	53.1-61.7	227	19.8	16.1-24.0	15	0.8	0.4- 1.7	92	7.4	5.5- 9.9
RACE
African American	1,232	184	14.5	11.9-17.5	714	57.5	53.1-61.7	227	19.8	16.1-24.0	15	0.8	0.4- 1.7	92	7.4	5.5- 9.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic	13	3	14.8	3.7-44.1	8	77.2	45.6-93.2	1	2.2	0.3-16.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.8	0.7-34.7
-English Speaking	13	3	14.8	3.7-44.1	8	77.2	45.6-93.2	1	2.2	0.3-16.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.8	0.7-34.7
Non-Hispanic	1,219	181	14.5	11.9-17.6	706	57.4	53.0-61.6	226	19.9	16.2-24.1	15	0.8	0.4- 1.7	91	7.4	5.5- 9.9
AGE
18-24	92	8	7.1	2.7-17.3	43	48.0	32.8-63.7	27	30.8	17.3-48.6	2	1.1	0.3- 4.6	12	12.9	6.0-25.7
25-34	199	30	15.6	9.9-23.8	112	56.6	46.6-66.1	46	23.2	15.6-33.1	2	0.4	0.1- 1.7	9	4.2	1.8- 9.1
35-44	260	38	12.7	8.5-18.6	160	64.2	55.2-72.3	52	19.9	13.2-28.8	2	0.1	0.0- 0.5	8	3.1	1.0- 8.8
45-54	252	37	19.6	13.1-28.1	162	59.0	49.8-67.6	36	14.9	9.1-23.3	2	0.4	0.1- 2.0	15	6.2	3.0-12.4
55-64	179	36	15.9	10.2-23.8	101	63.4	53.3-72.4	25	9.5	5.7-15.5	5	4.2	1.4-11.8	12	7.0	3.3-14.5
65-74	137	20	19.3	9.8-34.4	85	59.8	46.7-71.6	20	14.5	8.2-24.4	2	0.4	0.1- 1.7	10	6.1	2.7-13.1
75+	100	12	13.1	6.2-25.8	45	41.9	29.0-56.0	18	22.5	11.1-40.4	0	0.0	. - .	25	22.5	13.4-35.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	276	33	13.5	8.3-21.2	137	42.6	34.1-51.5	59	23.5	16.5-32.5	6	2.7	0.9- 7.3	41	17.7	11.8-25.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	417	65	12.6	8.9-17.4	214	52.5	44.8-60.1	100	27.2	20.1-35.6	5	0.6	0.2- 1.6	33	7.2	4.2-12.1
Some Post-H.S.	301	44	14.7	9.7-21.6	194	65.9	57.0-73.9	48	14.9	9.1-23.5	2	0.4	0.1- 2.0	13	4.0	1.9- 8.3
College Graduate	235	42	18.8	12.9-26.5	166	69.5	61.0-76.9	20	8.7	4.9-15.1	2	0.3	0.1- 1.4	5	2.7	0.9- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	261	28	11.5	7.1-18.3	147	57.5	48.7-65.9	54	18.2	12.7-25.3	7	3.0	1.1- 8.0	25	9.8	5.6-16.4
$15,000- 24,999	280	34	12.0	7.2-19.2	159	55.3	45.7-64.5	68	27.2	19.1-37.2	5	1.0	0.4- 2.9	14	4.5	2.1- 9.2
$25,000- 34,999	161	32	17.7	10.9-27.5	107	65.5	53.4-75.8	15	12.5	5.4-26.1	0	0.0	. - .	7	4.3	1.7-10.5
$35,000- 49,999	111	17	13.8	7.2-24.6	72	67.2	53.8-78.4	20	18.4	9.8-31.8	1	0.2	0.0- 1.1	1	0.5	0.1- 3.4
$50,000-74,999	63	12	21.1	10.0-39.1	46	69.3	49.8-83.7	3	9.1	1.8-35.0	0	0.0	. - .	2	0.6	0.1- 2.6
$75,000+	53	14	21.9	11.2-38.4	33	67.8	50.4-81.4	5	8.9	2.7-25.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.3	0.2- 9.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	15	4	33.1	11.9-64.3	8	51.6	24.9-77.4	3	15.3	4.6-40.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Guilford	69	7	8.6	3.5-19.8	51	74.3	60.4-84.5	9	14.0	6.8-26.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.1	0.7-13.5
Mecklenburg	80	13	19.5	11.1-32.0	52	62.4	49.6-73.7	10	10.9	5.2-21.4	1	0.8	0.1- 5.8	4	6.4	2.2-17.5
Orange	30	6	23.5	10.4-44.9	18	51.9	33.2-70.0	5	20.9	8.9-41.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.8	0.5-22.6
Wake	55	13	21.4	11.7-35.9	28	48.4	34.0-63.1	9	22.2	11.0-39.6	0	0.0	. - .	5	8.1	3.3-18.6
Chatham/Lee	52	7	17.1	8.0-32.9	32	54.1	38.5-68.9	9	16.5	8.0-31.1	1	1.2	0.2- 7.9	3	11.0	3.6-29.1
Nash/Wilson	77	12	12.2	6.5-21.6	45	60.2	47.5-71.7	14	19.9	11.5-32.3	2	1.7	0.4- 7.1	4	6.0	2.0-16.3
Craven/Pamlico	56	11	17.3	8.8-31.2	28	52.2	34.7-69.2	14	22.7	11.8-39.2	0	0.0	. - .	3	7.8	1.8-28.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	9	0	0.0	. - .	9	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Appalachian/Wilkes	6	2	44.3	12.0-82.2	3	41.1	11.7-78.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.6	1.9-60.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	103	11	11.2	5.9-20.1	58	57.9	46.7-68.4	24	20.4	13.0-30.7	3	1.2	0.4- 3.8	7	9.2	4.3-18.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	9	0	0.0	. - .	7	80.9	45.4-95.5	1	7.3	1.0-39.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	11.8	1.6-52.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	92	18	20.7	12.6-32.2	48	50.0	38.4-61.5	19	19.5	12.0-30.2	0	0.0	. - .	7	9.8	4.0-22.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	98	11	12.1	6.6-21.2	60	60.8	49.5-71.1	16	17.0	9.8-27.9	2	1.9	0.4- 8.2	9	8.2	3.8-16.7
Northeast NC I	166	21	11.2	7.2-17.0	86	49.4	40.5-58.4	37	24.7	17.5-33.6	3	3.6	1.2-10.9	19	11.1	6.7-17.7
Northeast NC II	98	14	13.8	7.8-23.1	52	50.2	38.8-61.6	22	27.3	17.6-39.9	1	1.6	0.2-10.7	9	7.1	3.5-14.0
Northeastern Partnership	264	35	12.4	8.7-17.5	138	49.8	42.6-57.0	59	25.9	19.7-33.3	4	2.7	1.0- 7.1	28	9.2	6.1-13.6
Mountain AHEC	31	7	33.1	15.6-57.0	18	54.9	33.2-74.9	5	11.0	4.1-26.6	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.0	0.1- 7.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	648	93	11.8	8.8-15.7	351	51.5	45.1-57.9	136	25.0	19.0-32.1	10	1.7	0.8- 3.8	58	9.9	6.6-14.7
Piedmont	539	81	15.9	12.2-20.5	335	61.2	55.3-66.9	86	16.7	12.4-22.2	5	0.3	0.1- 0.9	32	5.9	3.8- 8.9
Western NC	45	10	25.9	11.5-48.4	28	66.6	43.3-83.8	5	6.2	2.1-16.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.4	0.3- 6.1

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,232

184

14.5

11.9-17.5

714

57.5

53.1-61.7

227

19.8

16.1-24.0

0.8

0.4- 1.7

7.4

5.5- 9.9

GENDER

Female

1,232

184

14.5

11.9-17.5

714

57.5

53.1-61.7

227

19.8

16.1-24.0

0.8

0.4- 1.7

7.4

5.5- 9.9

RACE

African American

1,232

184

14.5

11.9-17.5

714

57.5

53.1-61.7

227

19.8

16.1-24.0

0.8

0.4- 1.7

7.4

5.5- 9.9

HISPANIC

Hispanic

14.8

3.7-44.1

77.2

45.6-93.2

2.2

0.3-16.1

0.0

. - .

5.8

0.7-34.7

-English Speaking

14.8

3.7-44.1

77.2

45.6-93.2

2.2

0.3-16.1

0.0

. - .

5.8

0.7-34.7

Non-Hispanic

1,219

181

14.5

11.9-17.6

706

57.4

53.0-61.6

226

19.9

16.2-24.1

0.8

0.4- 1.7

7.4

5.5- 9.9

AGE

18-24

7.1

2.7-17.3

48.0

32.8-63.7

30.8

17.3-48.6

1.1

0.3- 4.6

12.9

6.0-25.7

25-34

199

15.6

9.9-23.8

112

56.6

46.6-66.1

23.2

15.6-33.1

0.4

0.1- 1.7

4.2

1.8- 9.1

35-44

260

12.7

8.5-18.6

160

64.2

55.2-72.3

19.9

13.2-28.8

0.1

0.0- 0.5

3.1

1.0- 8.8

45-54

252

19.6

13.1-28.1

162

59.0

49.8-67.6

14.9

9.1-23.3

0.4

0.1- 2.0

6.2

3.0-12.4

55-64

179

15.9

10.2-23.8

101

63.4

53.3-72.4

9.5

5.7-15.5

4.2

1.4-11.8

7.0

3.3-14.5

65-74

137

19.3

9.8-34.4

59.8

46.7-71.6

14.5

8.2-24.4

0.4

0.1- 1.7

6.1

2.7-13.1

75+

100

13.1

6.2-25.8

41.9

29.0-56.0

22.5

11.1-40.4

0.0

. - .

22.5

13.4-35.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

276

13.5

8.3-21.2

137

42.6

34.1-51.5

23.5

16.5-32.5

2.7

0.9- 7.3

17.7

11.8-25.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

417

12.6

8.9-17.4

214

52.5

44.8-60.1

100

27.2

20.1-35.6

0.6

0.2- 1.6

7.2

4.2-12.1

Some Post-H.S.

301

14.7

9.7-21.6

194

65.9

57.0-73.9

14.9

9.1-23.5

0.4

0.1- 2.0

4.0

1.9- 8.3

College Graduate

235

18.8

12.9-26.5

166

69.5

61.0-76.9

8.7

4.9-15.1

0.3

0.1- 1.4

2.7

0.9- 7.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

261

11.5

7.1-18.3

147

57.5

48.7-65.9

18.2

12.7-25.3

3.0

1.1- 8.0

9.8

5.6-16.4

$15,000- 24,999

280

12.0

7.2-19.2

159

55.3

45.7-64.5

27.2

19.1-37.2

1.0

0.4- 2.9

4.5

2.1- 9.2

$25,000- 34,999

161

17.7

10.9-27.5

107

65.5

53.4-75.8

12.5

5.4-26.1

0.0

. - .

4.3

1.7-10.5

$35,000- 49,999

111

13.8

7.2-24.6

67.2

53.8-78.4

18.4

9.8-31.8

0.2

0.0- 1.1

0.5

0.1- 3.4

$50,000-74,999

21.1

10.0-39.1

69.3

49.8-83.7

9.1

1.8-35.0

0.0

. - .

0.6

0.1- 2.6

$75,000+

21.9

11.2-38.4

67.8

50.4-81.4

8.9

2.7-25.5

0.0

. - .

1.3

0.2- 9.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

33.1

11.9-64.3

51.6

24.9-77.4

15.3

4.6-40.6

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Guilford

8.6

3.5-19.8

74.3

60.4-84.5

14.0

6.8-26.7

0.0

. - .

3.1

0.7-13.5

Mecklenburg

19.5

11.1-32.0

62.4

49.6-73.7

10.9

5.2-21.4

0.8

0.1- 5.8

6.4

2.2-17.5

Orange

23.5

10.4-44.9

51.9

33.2-70.0

20.9

8.9-41.7

0.0

. - .

3.8

0.5-22.6

Wake

21.4

11.7-35.9

48.4

34.0-63.1

22.2

11.0-39.6

0.0

. - .

8.1

3.3-18.6

Chatham/Lee

17.1

8.0-32.9

54.1

38.5-68.9

16.5

8.0-31.1

1.2

0.2- 7.9

11.0

3.6-29.1

Nash/Wilson

12.2

6.5-21.6

60.2

47.5-71.7

19.9

11.5-32.3

1.7

0.4- 7.1

6.0

2.0-16.3

Craven/Pamlico

17.3

8.8-31.2

52.2

34.7-69.2

22.7

11.8-39.2

0.0

. - .

7.8

1.8-28.0

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Appalachian/Wilkes

44.3

12.0-82.2

41.1

11.7-78.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

14.6

1.9-60.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

103

11.2

5.9-20.1

57.9

46.7-68.4

20.4

13.0-30.7

1.2

0.4- 3.8

9.2

4.3-18.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

0.0

. - .

80.9

45.4-95.5

7.3

1.0-39.2

0.0

. - .

11.8

1.6-52.0

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

20.7

12.6-32.2

50.0

38.4-61.5

19.5

12.0-30.2

0.0

. - .

9.8

4.0-22.1

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

12.1

6.6-21.2

60.8

49.5-71.1

17.0

9.8-27.9

1.9

0.4- 8.2

8.2

3.8-16.7

Northeast NC I

166

11.2

7.2-17.0

49.4

40.5-58.4

24.7

17.5-33.6

3.6

1.2-10.9

11.1

6.7-17.7

Northeast NC II

13.8

7.8-23.1

50.2

38.8-61.6

27.3

17.6-39.9

1.6

0.2-10.7

7.1

3.5-14.0

Northeastern Partnership

264

12.4

8.7-17.5

138

49.8

42.6-57.0

25.9

19.7-33.3

2.7

1.0- 7.1

9.2

6.1-13.6

Mountain AHEC

33.1

15.6-57.0

54.9

33.2-74.9

11.0

4.1-26.6

0.0

. - .

1.0

0.1- 7.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

648

11.8

8.8-15.7

351

51.5

45.1-57.9

136

25.0

19.0-32.1

1.7

0.8- 3.8

9.9

6.6-14.7

Piedmont

539

15.9

12.2-20.5

335

61.2

55.3-66.9

16.7

12.4-22.2

0.3

0.1- 0.9

5.9

3.8- 8.9

Western NC

25.9

11.5-48.4

66.6

43.3-83.8

6.2

2.1-16.7

0.0

. - .

1.4

0.3- 6.1

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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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