BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Fruit (including fruit juice) Consumption per day*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruit (including fruit juice) Consumption per day*

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	Total Respond.^	Less than once or never	1 to less than 3 times	3 to less than 5 times	5 or more times
TOTAL	9,389	3,468	39.1	37.5-40.7	5,067	52.3	50.7-53.9	482	5.2	4.5- 6.1	372	3.5	3.0- 4.0
GENDER
Male	3,450	1,453	43.0	40.4-45.7	1,751	49.5	46.9-52.1	131	4.8	3.6- 6.4	115	2.6	2.0- 3.4
Female	5,939	2,015	35.4	33.5-37.3	3,316	54.9	52.9-56.8	351	5.5	4.7- 6.4	257	4.2	3.5- 5.1
RACE
White	6,889	2,533	39.8	38.0-41.7	3,746	52.2	50.4-54.1	363	4.9	4.1- 5.9	247	3.0	2.5- 3.6
African American	1,859	717	39.9	36.4-43.5	961	50.3	46.7-53.9	87	4.8	3.4- 6.6	94	5.1	3.8- 6.8
Asian	51	10	20.4	8.3-42.1	38	67.1	42.6-84.9	3	12.5	2.2-47.8	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	228	105	40.6	30.0-52.2	102	42.3	31.1-54.4	7	8.5	2.0-29.1	14	8.6	3.6-19.2
Other Minorities	325	96	31.3	23.9-39.8	195	58.0	49.5-66.1	21	7.6	4.1-13.7	13	3.0	1.3- 6.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic	337	94	33.7	26.0-42.4	211	58.1	49.4-66.2	18	6.6	3.3-12.8	14	1.6	0.8- 3.2
-English Speaking	136	38	34.5	22.2-49.3	76	50.8	36.6-65.0	9	8.6	3.2-21.2	13	6.1	2.8-12.4
-Spanish Speaking	201	56	33.4	24.3-44.0	135	60.5	49.9-70.1	9	6.0	2.4-14.1	1	0.1	0.0- 1.0
Non-Hispanic	9,042	3,371	39.4	37.8-41.1	4,851	51.9	50.2-53.5	463	5.1	4.4- 6.0	357	3.6	3.0- 4.2
AGE
18-24	579	223	39.6	33.5-46.0	293	48.5	42.3-54.9	46	9.1	5.8-14.0	17	2.8	1.5- 5.2
25-34	1,407	594	40.0	36.1-43.9	670	49.4	45.4-53.5	85	6.7	4.8- 9.3	58	3.9	2.7- 5.6
35-44	1,780	795	46.5	43.1-50.0	854	47.6	44.2-51.1	64	2.7	1.9- 3.8	67	3.2	2.2- 4.6
45-54	1,839	762	42.8	39.3-46.4	948	51.3	47.7-54.8	61	2.8	2.0- 3.9	68	3.2	2.2- 4.5
55-64	1,527	540	37.0	33.4-40.7	845	54.5	50.7-58.2	82	5.1	3.7- 7.1	60	3.4	2.3- 4.9
65-74	1,261	352	28.5	24.9-32.4	772	60.6	56.5-64.5	77	6.5	4.7- 8.8	60	4.5	3.1- 6.4
75+	926	178	22.8	19.0-27.3	647	67.5	62.9-71.8	62	5.9	4.1- 8.5	39	3.7	2.4- 5.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	1,580	630	42.8	38.7-47.0	836	51.0	46.8-55.2	70	4.1	2.8- 6.0	44	2.1	1.3- 3.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	2,815	1,184	45.2	42.1-48.2	1,424	48.0	45.0-51.1	119	4.0	2.9- 5.6	88	2.8	2.0- 3.8
Some Post-H.S.	2,333	875	38.4	35.2-41.7	1,253	52.1	48.8-55.5	115	5.9	4.3- 8.0	90	3.5	2.6- 4.9
College Graduate	2,633	767	30.9	28.3-33.5	1,541	57.7	54.9-60.5	175	6.4	5.0- 8.2	150	4.9	3.9- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	1,092	425	43.2	38.2-48.4	573	50.4	45.4-55.4	49	3.3	2.2- 5.0	45	3.1	2.0- 4.8
$15,000- 24,999	1,719	683	43.8	39.9-47.9	901	49.2	45.3-53.2	83	4.6	3.2- 6.6	52	2.3	1.5- 3.4
$25,000- 34,999	1,037	423	39.1	34.5-43.9	525	50.4	45.5-55.4	52	6.5	4.2- 9.7	37	4.0	2.4- 6.7
$35,000- 49,999	1,240	495	40.5	36.4-44.6	638	50.9	46.7-55.1	55	3.7	2.6- 5.4	52	4.9	3.3- 7.1
$50,000-74,999	1,009	382	38.9	34.4-43.6	544	53.4	48.6-58.1	44	5.3	2.9- 9.4	39	2.4	1.6- 3.7
$75,000+	1,155	363	35.9	31.7-40.2	677	55.4	51.1-59.6	68	5.8	4.1- 8.3	47	2.9	1.9- 4.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	452	148	35.1	29.9-40.7	255	54.4	48.8-59.8	32	6.9	4.7-10.0	17	3.6	2.2- 5.9
Guilford	445	151	34.1	29.1-39.5	248	55.3	49.7-60.8	28	6.0	3.8- 9.2	18	4.6	2.5- 8.3
Mecklenburg	446	148	33.7	28.3-39.5	253	54.9	48.8-60.8	24	7.3	4.0-12.8	21	4.2	2.6- 6.7
Orange	449	109	28.9	22.1-36.8	281	60.2	52.2-67.6	29	3.7	2.5- 5.5	30	7.2	3.5-14.6
Wake	453	155	35.3	30.1-40.8	263	57.7	52.1-63.2	29	5.9	3.6- 9.5	6	1.1	0.5- 2.5
Chatham/Lee	396	141	35.5	29.8-41.7	224	57.5	51.2-63.5	22	4.6	2.7- 7.8	9	2.4	1.1- 4.9
Nash/Wilson	375	150	43.4	37.5-49.4	188	47.0	41.2-53.0	13	3.6	1.8- 7.3	24	5.9	3.7- 9.4
Craven/Pamlico	453	167	38.3	32.9-43.9	246	54.4	48.8-59.9	24	4.3	2.8- 6.7	16	3.0	1.8- 5.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	435	175	41.2	35.6-46.9	228	49.7	43.9-55.6	18	4.1	2.4- 7.0	14	5.0	1.8-13.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	455	164	38.2	31.9-44.9	255	54.6	47.9-61.1	19	4.1	2.4- 6.7	17	3.1	1.9- 5.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance	473	182	43.1	34.6-52.1	249	48.7	40.6-56.8	20	4.3	2.3- 7.9	22	3.9	2.4- 6.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson	423	160	49.3	38.4-60.2	221	42.1	33.0-51.8	26	5.4	3.1- 9.3	16	3.2	1.8- 5.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	471	209	42.3	37.2-47.6	211	46.0	40.7-51.4	23	5.4	3.5- 8.4	28	6.3	4.0- 9.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	418	180	43.5	37.6-49.6	200	47.1	40.9-53.4	19	4.8	2.3- 9.6	19	4.6	2.7- 7.7
Northeast NC I	459	157	38.6	32.2-45.5	260	52.9	46.4-59.2	25	5.1	3.3- 7.9	17	3.3	1.8- 6.1
Northeast NC II	511	210	44.3	39.0-49.7	264	48.6	43.4-53.9	22	4.2	2.6- 6.8	15	2.9	1.7- 5.0
Northeastern Partnership	970	367	42.3	38.2-46.5	524	50.1	46.0-54.2	47	4.5	3.2- 6.3	32	3.1	2.0- 4.6
Mountain AHEC	1,299	440	33.0	29.3-37.0	723	57.5	53.4-61.6	83	5.7	4.4- 7.5	53	3.7	2.6- 5.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,295	1,295	39.5	36.7-42.4	1,704	51.4	48.4-54.3	154	5.0	3.8- 6.7	142	4.1	3.2- 5.2
Piedmont	4,028	1,450	39.6	37.4-41.9	2,217	51.8	49.5-54.1	214	5.4	4.3- 6.7	147	3.2	2.5- 4.0
Western NC	2,066	723	35.9	32.6-39.3	1,146	56.1	52.6-59.5	114	4.8	3.7- 6.2	83	3.2	2.4- 4.2

Total
Respond.^

Less than once or never

1 to less than 3 times

3 to less than 5 times

5 or more times

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

9,389

3,468

39.1

37.5-40.7

5,067

52.3

50.7-53.9

482

5.2

4.5- 6.1

372

3.5

3.0- 4.0

GENDER

Male

3,450

1,453

43.0

40.4-45.7

1,751

49.5

46.9-52.1

131

4.8

3.6- 6.4

115

2.6

2.0- 3.4

Female

5,939

2,015

35.4

33.5-37.3

3,316

54.9

52.9-56.8

351

5.5

4.7- 6.4

257

4.2

3.5- 5.1

RACE

White

6,889

2,533

39.8

38.0-41.7

3,746

52.2

50.4-54.1

363

4.9

4.1- 5.9

247

3.0

2.5- 3.6

African American

1,859

717

39.9

36.4-43.5

961

50.3

46.7-53.9

4.8

3.4- 6.6

5.1

3.8- 6.8

Asian

20.4

8.3-42.1

67.1

42.6-84.9

12.5

2.2-47.8

0.0

. - .

Native American

228

105

40.6

30.0-52.2

102

42.3

31.1-54.4

8.5

2.0-29.1

8.6

3.6-19.2

Other Minorities

325

31.3

23.9-39.8

195

58.0

49.5-66.1

7.6

4.1-13.7

3.0

1.3- 6.8

HISPANIC

Hispanic

337

33.7

26.0-42.4

211

58.1

49.4-66.2

6.6

3.3-12.8

1.6

0.8- 3.2

-English Speaking

136

34.5

22.2-49.3

50.8

36.6-65.0

8.6

3.2-21.2

6.1

2.8-12.4

-Spanish Speaking

201

33.4

24.3-44.0

135

60.5

49.9-70.1

6.0

2.4-14.1

0.1

0.0- 1.0

Non-Hispanic

9,042

3,371

39.4

37.8-41.1

4,851

51.9

50.2-53.5

463

5.1

4.4- 6.0

357

3.6

3.0- 4.2

AGE

18-24

579

223

39.6

33.5-46.0

293

48.5

42.3-54.9

9.1

5.8-14.0

2.8

1.5- 5.2

25-34

1,407

594

40.0

36.1-43.9

670

49.4

45.4-53.5

6.7

4.8- 9.3

3.9

2.7- 5.6

35-44

1,780

795

46.5

43.1-50.0

854

47.6

44.2-51.1

2.7

1.9- 3.8

3.2

2.2- 4.6

45-54

1,839

762

42.8

39.3-46.4

948

51.3

47.7-54.8

2.8

2.0- 3.9

3.2

2.2- 4.5

55-64

1,527

540

37.0

33.4-40.7

845

54.5

50.7-58.2

5.1

3.7- 7.1

3.4

2.3- 4.9

65-74

1,261

352

28.5

24.9-32.4

772

60.6

56.5-64.5

6.5

4.7- 8.8

4.5

3.1- 6.4

75+

926

178

22.8

19.0-27.3

647

67.5

62.9-71.8

5.9

4.1- 8.5

3.7

2.4- 5.7

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

1,580

630

42.8

38.7-47.0

836

51.0

46.8-55.2

4.1

2.8- 6.0

2.1

1.3- 3.4

H.S. or G.E.D.

2,815

1,184

45.2

42.1-48.2

1,424

48.0

45.0-51.1

119

4.0

2.9- 5.6

2.8

2.0- 3.8

Some Post-H.S.

2,333

875

38.4

35.2-41.7

1,253

52.1

48.8-55.5

115

5.9

4.3- 8.0

3.5

2.6- 4.9

College Graduate

2,633

767

30.9

28.3-33.5

1,541

57.7

54.9-60.5

175

6.4

5.0- 8.2

150

4.9

3.9- 6.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

1,092

425

43.2

38.2-48.4

573

50.4

45.4-55.4

3.3

2.2- 5.0

3.1

2.0- 4.8

$15,000- 24,999

1,719

683

43.8

39.9-47.9

901

49.2

45.3-53.2

4.6

3.2- 6.6

2.3

1.5- 3.4

$25,000- 34,999

1,037

423

39.1

34.5-43.9

525

50.4

45.5-55.4

6.5

4.2- 9.7

4.0

2.4- 6.7

$35,000- 49,999

1,240

495

40.5

36.4-44.6

638

50.9

46.7-55.1

3.7

2.6- 5.4

4.9

3.3- 7.1

$50,000-74,999

1,009

382

38.9

34.4-43.6

544

53.4

48.6-58.1

5.3

2.9- 9.4

2.4

1.6- 3.7

$75,000+

1,155

363

35.9

31.7-40.2

677

55.4

51.1-59.6

5.8

4.1- 8.3

2.9

1.9- 4.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

452

148

35.1

29.9-40.7

255

54.4

48.8-59.8

6.9

4.7-10.0

3.6

2.2- 5.9

Guilford

445

151

34.1

29.1-39.5

248

55.3

49.7-60.8

6.0

3.8- 9.2

4.6

2.5- 8.3

Mecklenburg

446

148

33.7

28.3-39.5

253

54.9

48.8-60.8

7.3

4.0-12.8

4.2

2.6- 6.7

Orange

449

109

28.9

22.1-36.8

281

60.2

52.2-67.6

3.7

2.5- 5.5

7.2

3.5-14.6

Wake

453

155

35.3

30.1-40.8

263

57.7

52.1-63.2

5.9

3.6- 9.5

1.1

0.5- 2.5

Chatham/Lee

396

141

35.5

29.8-41.7

224

57.5

51.2-63.5

4.6

2.7- 7.8

2.4

1.1- 4.9

Nash/Wilson

375

150

43.4

37.5-49.4

188

47.0

41.2-53.0

3.6

1.8- 7.3

5.9

3.7- 9.4

Craven/Pamlico

453

167

38.3

32.9-43.9

246

54.4

48.8-59.9

4.3

2.8- 6.7

3.0

1.8- 5.0

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

435

175

41.2

35.6-46.9

228

49.7

43.9-55.6

4.1

2.4- 7.0

5.0

1.8-13.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

455

164

38.2

31.9-44.9

255

54.6

47.9-61.1

4.1

2.4- 6.7

3.1

1.9- 5.2

Franklin/Gran./Vance

473

182

43.1

34.6-52.1

249

48.7

40.6-56.8

4.3

2.3- 7.9

3.9

2.4- 6.2

Graham/Swain/Jackson

423

160

49.3

38.4-60.2

221

42.1

33.0-51.8

5.4

3.1- 9.3

3.2

1.8- 5.7

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

471

209

42.3

37.2-47.6

211

46.0

40.7-51.4

5.4

3.5- 8.4

6.3

4.0- 9.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

418

180

43.5

37.6-49.6

200

47.1

40.9-53.4

4.8

2.3- 9.6

4.6

2.7- 7.7

Northeast NC I

459

157

38.6

32.2-45.5

260

52.9

46.4-59.2

5.1

3.3- 7.9

3.3

1.8- 6.1

Northeast NC II

511

210

44.3

39.0-49.7

264

48.6

43.4-53.9

4.2

2.6- 6.8

2.9

1.7- 5.0

Northeastern Partnership

970

367

42.3

38.2-46.5

524

50.1

46.0-54.2

4.5

3.2- 6.3

3.1

2.0- 4.6

Mountain AHEC

1,299

440

33.0

29.3-37.0

723

57.5

53.4-61.6

5.7

4.4- 7.5

3.7

2.6- 5.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,295

1,295

39.5

36.7-42.4

1,704

51.4

48.4-54.3

154

5.0

3.8- 6.7

142

4.1

3.2- 5.2

Piedmont

4,028

1,450

39.6

37.4-41.9

2,217

51.8

49.5-54.1

214

5.4

4.3- 6.7

147

3.2

2.5- 4.0

Western NC

2,066

723

35.9

32.6-39.3

1,146

56.1

52.6-59.5

114

4.8

3.7- 6.2

3.2

2.4- 4.2

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* Data in this table were derived from the fruits questions.

^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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