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	8,966	616	6.2	5.4- 7.0	4,144	46.0	44.4-47.7	2,241	25.7	24.2-27.2	245	2.7	2.2- 3.3	1,720	19.4	18.1-20.8
GENDER
Male	3,294	170	4.6	3.5- 6.0	1,473	44.2	41.5-46.8	875	27.6	25.2-30.1	102	2.8	2.1- 3.8	674	20.8	18.7-23.1
Female	5,672	446	7.6	6.7- 8.7	2,671	47.8	45.8-49.8	1,366	23.9	22.3-25.7	143	2.5	1.9- 3.4	1,046	18.1	16.6-19.7
RACE
White	6,594	476	6.7	5.8- 7.8	3,301	48.9	46.9-50.8	1,653	26.3	24.6-28.1	139	2.2	1.7- 2.8	1,025	15.9	14.5-17.4
African American	1,754	91	4.4	3.1- 6.1	545	30.6	27.4-34.0	442	25.8	22.7-29.2	90	5.6	4.0- 8.0	586	33.6	30.1-37.2
Asian	47	4	6.1	1.7-19.8	24	57.4	35.2-76.9	16	32.6	15.5-56.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.9	0.7-19.4
Native American	216	24	9.9	4.6-20.1	72	30.0	21.0-40.8	59	25.0	16.3-36.2	11	3.2	1.6- 6.2	50	32.0	20.2-46.7
Other Minorities	318	19	4.4	2.2- 8.7	186	60.8	52.3-68.7	61	16.3	11.1-23.4	3	0.3	0.1- 0.9	49	18.2	12.4-25.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic	332	15	3.7	1.6- 8.2	198	60.8	52.2-68.7	62	15.6	10.5-22.5	5	0.5	0.2- 1.2	52	19.5	13.5-27.3
-English Speaking	131	10	10.8	4.0-26.1	68	52.4	37.7-66.6	28	13.6	7.7-22.7	3	1.5	0.4- 5.0	22	21.7	12.0-36.1
-Spanish Speaking	201	5	1.5	0.4- 5.8	130	63.4	53.1-72.6	34	16.2	10.0-25.0	2	0.1	0.0- 0.6	30	18.8	11.9-28.4
Non-Hispanic	8,624	600	6.3	5.6- 7.2	3,940	45.0	43.4-46.7	2,178	26.4	24.9-27.9	240	2.8	2.3- 3.5	1,666	19.4	18.1-20.8
AGE
18-24	565	30	6.2	3.5-10.8	192	36.7	30.7-43.2	155	26.3	21.2-32.3	10	2.9	1.3- 6.5	178	27.7	22.5-33.7
25-34	1,365	83	5.5	3.9- 7.7	560	42.4	38.4-46.5	370	27.7	24.1-31.6	37	1.6	1.0- 2.5	315	22.8	19.6-26.3
35-44	1,727	98	4.6	3.5- 6.0	766	47.2	43.7-50.8	488	28.9	25.7-32.2	52	2.3	1.5- 3.4	323	17.1	14.7-19.8
45-54	1,762	140	6.8	5.4- 8.6	862	49.8	46.1-53.4	411	23.2	20.2-26.5	60	4.2	2.8- 6.3	289	16.0	13.3-19.1
55-64	1,455	105	7.1	5.4- 9.4	714	47.8	44.0-51.7	358	25.6	22.4-29.1	47	3.7	2.3- 5.9	231	15.7	13.1-18.7
65-74	1,190	80	6.9	5.0- 9.3	602	51.4	47.2-55.5	279	24.5	21.0-28.3	26	2.1	1.2- 3.6	203	15.2	12.5-18.4
75+	835	74	8.6	6.2-11.9	414	49.6	44.7-54.6	162	18.4	14.8-22.6	12	1.4	0.6- 3.2	173	22.0	18.1-26.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	1,462	83	5.0	3.6- 7.0	543	39.0	34.8-43.4	321	23.4	19.7-27.5	47	2.7	1.6- 4.4	468	29.9	26.2-33.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	2,675	147	4.8	3.7- 6.2	1,067	37.9	35.0-40.9	742	27.8	25.0-30.7	90	3.5	2.5- 4.9	629	26.0	23.3-28.9
Some Post-H.S.	2,240	160	7.6	5.8- 9.9	1,086	46.9	43.5-50.3	583	27.3	24.3-30.5	52	2.4	1.4- 4.0	359	15.9	13.6-18.5
College Graduate	2,562	221	6.9	5.7- 8.3	1,436	57.9	55.0-60.6	593	23.6	21.3-26.1	56	2.1	1.4- 3.0	256	9.6	8.0-11.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	1,010	70	5.3	3.8- 7.3	384	39.4	34.2-44.9	220	20.9	17.3-25.0	38	3.3	1.7- 6.4	298	31.1	26.5-36.1
$15,000- 24,999	1,642	104	6.6	4.9- 8.8	687	40.0	36.1-44.1	424	26.4	22.9-30.3	60	3.8	2.4- 6.0	367	23.2	19.9-26.8
$25,000- 34,999	993	82	9.5	6.7-13.1	433	43.5	38.5-48.6	254	23.4	19.5-27.8	38	3.5	2.1- 5.8	186	20.1	16.1-24.8
$35,000- 49,999	1,189	64	4.0	2.7- 5.7	570	46.8	42.6-51.1	312	26.7	23.1-30.7	33	3.2	1.8- 5.5	210	19.3	16.1-23.0
$50,000-74,999	977	67	5.5	4.0- 7.6	462	49.7	44.9-54.5	307	30.5	26.2-35.0	15	0.8	0.4- 1.6	126	13.5	10.6-17.1
$75,000+	1,131	84	6.1	4.5- 8.1	643	55.1	50.8-59.4	275	27.2	23.4-31.3	26	2.1	1.2- 3.6	103	9.5	7.0-12.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	432	30	6.6	4.4-10.0	251	53.7	47.9-59.3	89	25.4	20.3-31.3	9	1.3	0.7- 2.5	53	13.0	9.6-17.3
Guilford	429	31	6.9	4.5-10.4	216	47.4	41.8-53.0	103	25.8	21.0-31.2	10	2.2	1.1- 4.4	69	17.8	13.8-22.8
Mecklenburg	428	23	4.5	2.9- 7.0	217	52.5	46.5-58.4	109	25.4	20.5-31.1	9	1.7	0.8- 3.4	70	15.9	12.2-20.5
Orange	434	44	8.0	5.5-11.5	243	55.3	47.7-62.7	89	20.9	15.9-27.0	11	2.2	1.1- 4.2	47	13.5	7.9-22.2
Wake	441	30	6.6	4.3-10.2	221	50.7	45.0-56.3	110	23.5	19.2-28.6	9	1.6	0.8- 3.2	71	17.5	13.5-22.5
Chatham/Lee	384	27	6.1	4.0- 9.2	182	47.0	40.6-53.4	94	22.7	18.1-28.1	10	2.3	1.1- 4.4	71	22.0	16.1-29.2
Nash/Wilson	357	23	5.5	3.5- 8.7	128	34.9	29.4-41.0	101	29.3	23.7-35.5	17	3.8	2.2- 6.3	88	26.5	21.4-32.3
Craven/Pamlico	435	30	6.4	4.4- 9.4	223	52.3	46.6-58.0	97	20.7	16.6-25.4	9	1.9	0.9- 4.0	76	18.6	14.1-24.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	421	27	6.1	4.1- 9.0	177	39.8	33.9-45.9	115	27.9	22.9-33.4	11	2.6	1.3- 5.0	91	23.7	19.0-29.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	429	29	7.1	4.6-10.7	203	44.9	38.1-51.9	121	28.4	23.1-34.4	6	1.0	0.4- 2.4	70	18.5	13.1-25.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	460	28	4.3	2.8- 6.7	179	34.5	28.0-41.7	123	28.2	21.9-35.4	13	2.2	1.1- 4.1	117	30.8	21.9-41.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	403	31	5.5	3.6- 8.5	224	60.7	50.9-69.7	81	18.6	13.4-25.2	9	2.3	1.0- 5.1	58	12.9	9.0-18.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	444	29	6.1	4.1- 9.0	150	34.2	29.2-39.5	127	28.1	23.5-33.2	15	3.4	1.7- 6.6	123	28.2	23.7-33.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	388	21	4.2	2.6- 6.8	143	40.0	33.5-46.9	94	23.3	18.7-28.7	17	4.4	2.6- 7.2	113	28.0	22.8-33.9
Northeast NC I	432	17	3.2	1.9- 5.2	149	33.7	28.2-39.6	137	34.6	27.9-42.0	16	2.4	1.4- 4.2	113	26.1	21.3-31.5
Northeast NC II	487	43	7.4	5.3-10.1	208	41.0	35.7-46.4	107	21.1	17.2-25.5	19	6.4	3.8-10.8	110	24.2	19.9-29.0
Northeastern Partnership	919	60	5.9	4.5- 7.8	357	38.4	34.4-42.6	244	25.8	22.2-29.8	35	5.0	3.2- 7.9	223	24.8	21.5-28.5
Mountain AHEC	1,241	97	8.8	6.6-11.5	687	52.1	47.7-56.5	264	24.3	20.0-29.1	26	1.9	1.1- 3.2	167	13.0	10.6-15.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,126	204	6.0	4.6- 7.9	1,280	42.3	39.4-45.3	813	26.0	23.4-28.8	112	4.4	3.2- 6.1	717	21.2	18.9-23.6
Piedmont	3,867	260	5.7	4.8- 6.8	1,842	47.1	44.8-49.4	965	25.8	23.8-28.0	98	2.1	1.5- 2.8	702	19.3	17.5-21.3
Western NC	1,973	152	8.6	6.7-10.8	1,022	49.7	46.0-53.3	463	24.4	21.1-28.0	35	1.5	0.9- 2.3	301	15.9	13.6-18.7

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

8,966

616

6.2

5.4- 7.0

4,144

46.0

44.4-47.7

2,241

25.7

24.2-27.2

245

2.7

2.2- 3.3

1,720

19.4

18.1-20.8

GENDER

Male

3,294

170

4.6

3.5- 6.0

1,473

44.2

41.5-46.8

875

27.6

25.2-30.1

102

2.8

2.1- 3.8

674

20.8

18.7-23.1

Female

5,672

446

7.6

6.7- 8.7

2,671

47.8

45.8-49.8

1,366

23.9

22.3-25.7

143

2.5

1.9- 3.4

1,046

18.1

16.6-19.7

RACE

White

6,594

476

6.7

5.8- 7.8

3,301

48.9

46.9-50.8

1,653

26.3

24.6-28.1

139

2.2

1.7- 2.8

1,025

15.9

14.5-17.4

African American

1,754

4.4

3.1- 6.1

545

30.6

27.4-34.0

442

25.8

22.7-29.2

5.6

4.0- 8.0

586

33.6

30.1-37.2

Asian

6.1

1.7-19.8

57.4

35.2-76.9

32.6

15.5-56.1

0.0

. - .

3.9

0.7-19.4

Native American

216

9.9

4.6-20.1

30.0

21.0-40.8

25.0

16.3-36.2

3.2

1.6- 6.2

32.0

20.2-46.7

Other Minorities

318

4.4

2.2- 8.7

186

60.8

52.3-68.7

16.3

11.1-23.4

0.3

0.1- 0.9

18.2

12.4-25.9

HISPANIC

Hispanic

332

3.7

1.6- 8.2

198

60.8

52.2-68.7

15.6

10.5-22.5

0.5

0.2- 1.2

19.5

13.5-27.3

-English Speaking

131

10.8

4.0-26.1

52.4

37.7-66.6

13.6

7.7-22.7

1.5

0.4- 5.0

21.7

12.0-36.1

-Spanish Speaking

201

1.5

0.4- 5.8

130

63.4

53.1-72.6

16.2

10.0-25.0

0.1

0.0- 0.6

18.8

11.9-28.4

Non-Hispanic

8,624

600

6.3

5.6- 7.2

3,940

45.0

43.4-46.7

2,178

26.4

24.9-27.9

240

2.8

2.3- 3.5

1,666

19.4

18.1-20.8

AGE

18-24

565

6.2

3.5-10.8

192

36.7

30.7-43.2

155

26.3

21.2-32.3

2.9

1.3- 6.5

178

27.7

22.5-33.7

25-34

1,365

5.5

3.9- 7.7

560

42.4

38.4-46.5

370

27.7

24.1-31.6

1.6

1.0- 2.5

315

22.8

19.6-26.3

35-44

1,727

4.6

3.5- 6.0

766

47.2

43.7-50.8

488

28.9

25.7-32.2

2.3

1.5- 3.4

323

17.1

14.7-19.8

45-54

1,762

140

6.8

5.4- 8.6

862

49.8

46.1-53.4

411

23.2

20.2-26.5

4.2

2.8- 6.3

289

16.0

13.3-19.1

55-64

1,455

105

7.1

5.4- 9.4

714

47.8

44.0-51.7

358

25.6

22.4-29.1

3.7

2.3- 5.9

231

15.7

13.1-18.7

65-74

1,190

6.9

5.0- 9.3

602

51.4

47.2-55.5

279

24.5

21.0-28.3

2.1

1.2- 3.6

203

15.2

12.5-18.4

75+

835

8.6

6.2-11.9

414

49.6

44.7-54.6

162

18.4

14.8-22.6

1.4

0.6- 3.2

173

22.0

18.1-26.5

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

1,462

5.0

3.6- 7.0

543

39.0

34.8-43.4

321

23.4

19.7-27.5

2.7

1.6- 4.4

468

29.9

26.2-33.8

H.S. or G.E.D.

2,675

147

4.8

3.7- 6.2

1,067

37.9

35.0-40.9

742

27.8

25.0-30.7

3.5

2.5- 4.9

629

26.0

23.3-28.9

Some Post-H.S.

2,240

160

7.6

5.8- 9.9

1,086

46.9

43.5-50.3

583

27.3

24.3-30.5

2.4

1.4- 4.0

359

15.9

13.6-18.5

College Graduate

2,562

221

6.9

5.7- 8.3

1,436

57.9

55.0-60.6

593

23.6

21.3-26.1

2.1

1.4- 3.0

256

9.6

8.0-11.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

1,010

5.3

3.8- 7.3

384

39.4

34.2-44.9

220

20.9

17.3-25.0

3.3

1.7- 6.4

298

31.1

26.5-36.1

$15,000- 24,999

1,642

104

6.6

4.9- 8.8

687

40.0

36.1-44.1

424

26.4

22.9-30.3

3.8

2.4- 6.0

367

23.2

19.9-26.8

$25,000- 34,999

993

9.5

6.7-13.1

433

43.5

38.5-48.6

254

23.4

19.5-27.8

3.5

2.1- 5.8

186

20.1

16.1-24.8

$35,000- 49,999

1,189

4.0

2.7- 5.7

570

46.8

42.6-51.1

312

26.7

23.1-30.7

3.2

1.8- 5.5

210

19.3

16.1-23.0

$50,000-74,999

977

5.5

4.0- 7.6

462

49.7

44.9-54.5

307

30.5

26.2-35.0

0.8

0.4- 1.6

126

13.5

10.6-17.1

$75,000+

1,131

6.1

4.5- 8.1

643

55.1

50.8-59.4

275

27.2

23.4-31.3

2.1

1.2- 3.6

103

9.5

7.0-12.7

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

432

6.6

4.4-10.0

251

53.7

47.9-59.3

25.4

20.3-31.3

1.3

0.7- 2.5

13.0

9.6-17.3

Guilford

429

6.9

4.5-10.4

216

47.4

41.8-53.0

103

25.8

21.0-31.2

2.2

1.1- 4.4

17.8

13.8-22.8

Mecklenburg

428

4.5

2.9- 7.0

217

52.5

46.5-58.4

109

25.4

20.5-31.1

1.7

0.8- 3.4

15.9

12.2-20.5

Orange

434

8.0

5.5-11.5

243

55.3

47.7-62.7

20.9

15.9-27.0

2.2

1.1- 4.2

13.5

7.9-22.2

Wake

441

6.6

4.3-10.2

221

50.7

45.0-56.3

110

23.5

19.2-28.6

1.6

0.8- 3.2

17.5

13.5-22.5

Chatham/Lee

384

6.1

4.0- 9.2

182

47.0

40.6-53.4

22.7

18.1-28.1

2.3

1.1- 4.4

22.0

16.1-29.2

Nash/Wilson

357

5.5

3.5- 8.7

128

34.9

29.4-41.0

101

29.3

23.7-35.5

3.8

2.2- 6.3

26.5

21.4-32.3

Craven/Pamlico

435

6.4

4.4- 9.4

223

52.3

46.6-58.0

20.7

16.6-25.4

1.9

0.9- 4.0

18.6

14.1-24.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

421

6.1

4.1- 9.0

177

39.8

33.9-45.9

115

27.9

22.9-33.4

2.6

1.3- 5.0

23.7

19.0-29.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

429

7.1

4.6-10.7

203

44.9

38.1-51.9

121

28.4

23.1-34.4

1.0

0.4- 2.4

18.5

13.1-25.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

460

4.3

2.8- 6.7

179

34.5

28.0-41.7

123

28.2

21.9-35.4

2.2

1.1- 4.1

117

30.8

21.9-41.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

403

5.5

3.6- 8.5

224

60.7

50.9-69.7

18.6

13.4-25.2

2.3

1.0- 5.1

12.9

9.0-18.0

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

444

6.1

4.1- 9.0

150

34.2

29.2-39.5

127

28.1

23.5-33.2

3.4

1.7- 6.6

123

28.2

23.7-33.3

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

388

4.2

2.6- 6.8

143

40.0

33.5-46.9

23.3

18.7-28.7

4.4

2.6- 7.2

113

28.0

22.8-33.9

Northeast NC I

432

3.2

1.9- 5.2

149

33.7

28.2-39.6

137

34.6

27.9-42.0

2.4

1.4- 4.2

113

26.1

21.3-31.5

Northeast NC II

487

7.4

5.3-10.1

208

41.0

35.7-46.4

107

21.1

17.2-25.5

6.4

3.8-10.8

110

24.2

19.9-29.0

Northeastern Partnership

919

5.9

4.5- 7.8

357

38.4

34.4-42.6

244

25.8

22.2-29.8

5.0

3.2- 7.9

223

24.8

21.5-28.5

Mountain AHEC

1,241

8.8

6.6-11.5

687

52.1

47.7-56.5

264

24.3

20.0-29.1

1.9

1.1- 3.2

167

13.0

10.6-15.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,126

204

6.0

4.6- 7.9

1,280

42.3

39.4-45.3

813

26.0

23.4-28.8

112

4.4

3.2- 6.1

717

21.2

18.9-23.6

Piedmont

3,867

260

5.7

4.8- 6.8

1,842

47.1

44.8-49.4

965

25.8

23.8-28.0

2.1

1.5- 2.8

702

19.3

17.5-21.3

Western NC

1,973

152

8.6

6.7-10.8

1,022

49.7

46.0-53.3

463

24.4

21.1-28.0

1.5

0.9- 2.3

301

15.9

13.6-18.7

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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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