BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Not counting carrots, potatoes, or salad, how many servings of vegetables do you usually eat?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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	Total Respond.^	1 or more/day	1 or more/week	1 or more/month	1 or more/year	Never
TOTAL	1,244	950	73.1	68.7-77.0	263	23.1	19.5-27.1	20	2.0	1.1- 3.8	3	0.5	0.1- 2.2	8	1.3	0.4- 4.5
GENDER
Female	1,244	950	73.1	68.7-77.0	263	23.1	19.5-27.1	20	2.0	1.1- 3.8	3	0.5	0.1- 2.2	8	1.3	0.4- 4.5
RACE
African American	1,244	950	73.1	68.7-77.0	263	23.1	19.5-27.1	20	2.0	1.1- 3.8	3	0.5	0.1- 2.2	8	1.3	0.4- 4.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic	13	11	94.9	78.2-99.0	2	5.1	1.0-21.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
-English Speaking	13	11	94.9	78.2-99.0	2	5.1	1.0-21.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	1,231	939	72.9	68.6-76.9	261	23.2	19.5-27.3	20	2.0	1.1- 3.9	3	0.5	0.1- 2.2	8	1.3	0.4- 4.5
AGE
18-24	90	59	58.6	41.7-73.8	26	30.7	17.3-48.4	2	2.0	0.4- 8.9	1	2.5	0.3-15.7	2	6.1	1.0-29.5
25-34	199	157	77.2	67.6-84.6	40	22.3	14.9-31.9	2	0.5	0.1- 2.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
35-44	259	187	69.2	60.2-77.0	60	24.5	17.7-32.8	7	5.4	1.9-14.1	1	0.1	0.0- 0.5	4	0.9	0.2- 3.4
45-54	254	199	76.3	67.3-83.4	49	21.5	14.6-30.5	5	1.3	0.5- 3.4	1	0.9	0.1- 6.4	0	0.0	. - .
55-64	181	142	78.7	69.2-85.8	37	20.4	13.4-29.8	2	0.9	0.2- 4.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
65-74	146	113	78.1	66.2-86.7	32	21.3	12.8-33.3	1	0.6	0.1- 3.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
75+	102	84	78.1	64.0-87.8	16	18.2	9.8-31.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.7	0.6-20.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	287	215	70.5	61.7-78.0	65	25.9	18.8-34.6	5	2.0	0.8- 5.0	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.6	0.3- 8.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	421	317	72.0	63.7-78.9	91	24.1	17.4-32.2	10	3.5	1.4- 8.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	0.5	0.1- 2.1
Some Post-H.S.	299	222	69.5	60.1-77.5	69	23.9	17.2-32.1	4	1.3	0.4- 4.7	2	2.1	0.5- 8.4	2	3.2	0.5-18.7
College Graduate	234	195	82.3	74.8-88.0	37	17.4	11.8-24.9	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4	1	0.1	0.0- 0.6	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	268	207	75.7	67.7-82.2	54	20.6	14.6-28.3	5	2.5	1.0- 6.1	1	1.0	0.1- 7.0	1	0.1	0.0- 1.0
$15,000- 24,999	285	201	65.8	56.4-74.1	77	31.7	23.7-41.0	7	2.5	0.7- 8.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
$25,000- 34,999	161	121	69.3	56.6-79.6	34	23.1	14.3-35.0	2	3.7	0.6-19.9	2	2.6	0.4-15.0	2	1.3	0.3- 5.6
$35,000- 49,999	110	89	83.2	71.9-90.6	20	15.9	8.7-27.3	1	0.8	0.1- 5.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
$50,000-74,999	62	54	83.8	63.1-94.0	8	16.2	6.0-36.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
$75,000+	53	44	80.2	62.7-90.7	9	19.8	9.3-37.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	15	14	95.1	71.2-99.3	1	4.9	0.7-28.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Guilford	70	53	81.1	69.5-88.9	16	18.3	10.6-29.8	1	0.6	0.1- 4.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Mecklenburg	80	60	75.7	63.9-84.6	18	21.3	13.1-32.8	1	1.9	0.3-12.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.2	0.2- 7.8
Orange	31	24	78.6	60.2-89.9	6	19.1	8.5-37.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.3	0.3-14.9
Wake	55	45	79.0	63.9-88.9	9	16.9	8.6-30.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.1	0.6-24.0	0	0.0	. - .
Chatham/Lee	52	46	92.2	82.0-96.8	6	7.8	3.2-18.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Nash/Wilson	79	56	72.2	60.0-81.7	19	20.4	12.6-31.2	4	7.5	2.7-19.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Craven/Pamlico	55	43	69.0	46.4-85.2	11	29.8	13.8-53.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.1	0.2- 7.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	9	6	81.5	43.8-96.2	2	9.6	1.7-39.4	1	8.9	1.0-48.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Appalachian/Wilkes	6	4	59.4	19.4-89.9	1	28.8	4.5-77.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	11.8	1.5-54.0	0	0.0	. - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance	104	83	81.2	71.2-88.4	17	12.4	7.4-20.1	2	3.9	0.9-15.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	2.5	0.5-11.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	8	4	48.1	17.9-79.7	4	51.9	20.3-82.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	92	73	79.9	68.4-87.9	17	17.2	10.0-28.0	2	2.9	0.6-13.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	100	80	77.1	66.4-85.2	18	21.1	13.3-31.8	1	1.0	0.1- 6.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.8	0.1- 5.2
Northeast NC I	171	135	75.8	66.7-83.1	34	23.5	16.3-32.7	2	0.7	0.2- 2.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Northeast NC II	97	69	73.1	62.1-81.9	27	25.2	16.8-36.0	1	1.7	0.2-10.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Northeastern Partnership	268	204	74.6	67.7-80.4	61	24.3	18.6-31.1	3	1.1	0.3- 4.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Mountain AHEC	30	23	84.6	66.5-93.8	6	11.0	4.0-26.7	1	4.4	0.6-25.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	657	492	68.2	61.3-74.4	149	28.0	22.0-34.8	13	3.1	1.3- 7.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	0.8	0.1- 4.1
Piedmont	543	425	76.8	71.2-81.6	105	19.3	15.1-24.3	6	1.3	0.4- 3.6	2	0.9	0.2- 3.8	5	1.8	0.4- 7.9
Western NC	44	33	64.8	31.3-88.1	9	32.1	9.5-68.1	1	2.4	0.3-16.1	1	0.7	0.1- 5.0	0	0.0	. - .

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,244

950

73.1

68.7-77.0

263

23.1

19.5-27.1

2.0

1.1- 3.8

0.5

0.1- 2.2

1.3

0.4- 4.5

GENDER

Female

1,244

950

73.1

68.7-77.0

263

23.1

19.5-27.1

2.0

1.1- 3.8

0.5

0.1- 2.2

1.3

0.4- 4.5

RACE

African American

1,244

950

73.1

68.7-77.0

263

23.1

19.5-27.1

2.0

1.1- 3.8

0.5

0.1- 2.2

1.3

0.4- 4.5

HISPANIC

Hispanic

94.9

78.2-99.0

5.1

1.0-21.8

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

-English Speaking

94.9

78.2-99.0

5.1

1.0-21.8

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Non-Hispanic

1,231

939

72.9

68.6-76.9

261

23.2

19.5-27.3

2.0

1.1- 3.9

0.5

0.1- 2.2

1.3

0.4- 4.5

AGE

18-24

58.6

41.7-73.8

30.7

17.3-48.4

2.0

0.4- 8.9

2.5

0.3-15.7

6.1

1.0-29.5

25-34

199

157

77.2

67.6-84.6

22.3

14.9-31.9

0.5

0.1- 2.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

35-44

259

187

69.2

60.2-77.0

24.5

17.7-32.8

5.4

1.9-14.1

0.1

0.0- 0.5

0.9

0.2- 3.4

45-54

254

199

76.3

67.3-83.4

21.5

14.6-30.5

1.3

0.5- 3.4

0.9

0.1- 6.4

0.0

. - .

55-64

181

142

78.7

69.2-85.8

20.4

13.4-29.8

0.9

0.2- 4.4

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

65-74

146

113

78.1

66.2-86.7

21.3

12.8-33.3

0.6

0.1- 3.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

75+

102

78.1

64.0-87.8

18.2

9.8-31.3

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

3.7

0.6-20.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

287

215

70.5

61.7-78.0

25.9

18.8-34.6

2.0

0.8- 5.0

0.0

. - .

1.6

0.3- 8.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

421

317

72.0

63.7-78.9

24.1

17.4-32.2

3.5

1.4- 8.5

0.0

. - .

0.5

0.1- 2.1

Some Post-H.S.

299

222

69.5

60.1-77.5

23.9

17.2-32.1

1.3

0.4- 4.7

2.1

0.5- 8.4

3.2

0.5-18.7

College Graduate

234

195

82.3

74.8-88.0

17.4

11.8-24.9

0.2

0.0- 1.4

0.1

0.0- 0.6

0.0

. - .

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

268

207

75.7

67.7-82.2

20.6

14.6-28.3

2.5

1.0- 6.1

1.0

0.1- 7.0

0.1

0.0- 1.0

$15,000- 24,999

285

201

65.8

56.4-74.1

31.7

23.7-41.0

2.5

0.7- 8.2

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

$25,000- 34,999

161

121

69.3

56.6-79.6

23.1

14.3-35.0

3.7

0.6-19.9

2.6

0.4-15.0

1.3

0.3- 5.6

$35,000- 49,999

110

83.2

71.9-90.6

15.9

8.7-27.3

0.8

0.1- 5.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

$50,000-74,999

83.8

63.1-94.0

16.2

6.0-36.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

$75,000+

80.2

62.7-90.7

19.8

9.3-37.3

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

95.1

71.2-99.3

4.9

0.7-28.8

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Guilford

81.1

69.5-88.9

18.3

10.6-29.8

0.6

0.1- 4.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Mecklenburg

75.7

63.9-84.6

21.3

13.1-32.8

1.9

0.3-12.2

0.0

. - .

1.2

0.2- 7.8

Orange

78.6

60.2-89.9

19.1

8.5-37.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

2.3

0.3-14.9

Wake

79.0

63.9-88.9

16.9

8.6-30.4

0.0

. - .

4.1

0.6-24.0

0.0

. - .

Chatham/Lee

92.2

82.0-96.8

7.8

3.2-18.0

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Nash/Wilson

72.2

60.0-81.7

20.4

12.6-31.2

7.5

2.7-19.1

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Craven/Pamlico

69.0

46.4-85.2

29.8

13.8-53.0

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

1.1

0.2- 7.9

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

81.5

43.8-96.2

9.6

1.7-39.4

8.9

1.0-48.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Appalachian/Wilkes

59.4

19.4-89.9

28.8

4.5-77.7

0.0

. - .

11.8

1.5-54.0

0.0

. - .

Franklin/Gran./Vance

104

81.2

71.2-88.4

12.4

7.4-20.1

3.9

0.9-15.2

0.0

. - .

2.5

0.5-11.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

48.1

17.9-79.7

51.9

20.3-82.1

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

79.9

68.4-87.9

17.2

10.0-28.0

2.9

0.6-13.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

100

77.1

66.4-85.2

21.1

13.3-31.8

1.0

0.1- 6.9

0.0

. - .

0.8

0.1- 5.2

Northeast NC I

171

135

75.8

66.7-83.1

23.5

16.3-32.7

0.7

0.2- 2.8

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Northeast NC II

73.1

62.1-81.9

25.2

16.8-36.0

1.7

0.2-10.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Northeastern Partnership

268

204

74.6

67.7-80.4

24.3

18.6-31.1

1.1

0.3- 4.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Mountain AHEC

84.6

66.5-93.8

11.0

4.0-26.7

4.4

0.6-25.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

657

492

68.2

61.3-74.4

149

28.0

22.0-34.8

3.1

1.3- 7.1

0.0

. - .

0.8

0.1- 4.1

Piedmont

543

425

76.8

71.2-81.6

105

19.3

15.1-24.3

1.3

0.4- 3.6

0.9

0.2- 3.8

1.8

0.4- 7.9

Western NC

64.8

31.3-88.1

32.1

9.5-68.1

2.4

0.3-16.1

0.7

0.1- 5.0

0.0

. - .

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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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