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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Vegetable (including potato) 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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,434 923 10.3 9.4-11.4 5,461 58.7 57.1-60.3 2,413 25.1 23.7-26.5 637 5.9 5.2- 6.7
GENDER
Male 3,467 427 11.9 10.3-13.7 2,088 61.1 58.5-63.6 760 22.1 20.0-24.4 192 4.9 3.8- 6.2
Female 5,967 496 8.9 7.7-10.1 3,373 56.5 54.5-58.4 1,653 27.8 26.1-29.6 445 6.9 6.0- 7.9
RACE
White 6,923 546 8.2 7.2- 9.3 3,885 57.6 55.7-59.4 1,970 27.8 26.2-29.4 522 6.5 5.6- 7.5
African American 1,869 278 16.1 13.5-19.1 1,182 61.7 58.1-65.2 322 17.4 14.9-20.3 87 4.8 3.5- 6.6
Asian 51 6 6.1 1.8-18.1 30 61.3 38.5-80.0 15 32.7 15.0-57.1 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 229 30 9.3 5.8-14.4 139 62.0 49.0-73.6 46 21.4 11.5-36.4 14 7.3 2.7-18.2
Other Minorities 325 57 18.9 13.3-26.2 201 61.1 52.6-68.9 53 16.6 11.0-24.3 14 3.4 1.6- 7.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 337 57 19.3 13.6-26.8 211 62.5 53.9-70.3 59 17.3 11.6-25.1 10 0.9 0.4- 2.2
-English Speaking 136 16 11.2 5.2-22.6 77 68.6 55.6-79.2 35 18.3 10.9-29.0 8 1.8 0.8- 4.0
-Spanish Speaking 201 41 22.0 14.8-31.4 134 60.4 50.0-70.0 24 17.0 10.1-27.1 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9
Non-Hispanic 9,087 864 9.7 8.8-10.8 5,244 58.4 56.8-60.0 2,353 25.6 24.2-27.0 626 6.2 5.5- 7.1
AGE
18-24 582 87 14.0 10.1-19.0 353 63.9 57.7-69.7 122 18.7 14.5-23.9 20 3.4 1.8- 6.4
25-34 1,414 143 10.9 8.7-13.6 848 59.1 55.0-63.0 332 23.8 20.5-27.4 91 6.2 4.3- 9.0
35-44 1,785 176 11.0 8.9-13.5 1,061 59.1 55.6-62.5 443 24.9 21.9-28.1 105 5.0 3.7- 6.7
45-54 1,846 189 10.0 8.1-12.3 1,028 55.5 52.0-59.1 483 27.6 24.5-30.9 146 6.8 5.4- 8.7
55-64 1,535 114 7.0 5.4- 9.1 899 59.7 56.0-63.3 394 25.9 22.8-29.3 128 7.3 5.7- 9.4
65-74 1,272 120 8.9 6.8-11.6 691 54.0 49.9-58.0 375 30.3 26.7-34.2 86 6.8 5.0- 9.0
75+ 930 85 9.5 7.0-12.9 537 57.1 52.4-61.7 251 27.0 23.0-31.4 57 6.3 4.3- 9.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,594 280 17.6 14.8-20.8 953 59.2 55.0-63.2 305 18.6 15.7-22.1 56 4.5 2.6- 7.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,829 321 12.4 10.4-14.7 1,728 61.3 58.3-64.2 639 22.2 19.8-24.7 141 4.2 3.2- 5.5
Some Post-H.S. 2,349 182 8.7 6.8-10.9 1,392 60.8 57.6-64.0 614 24.2 21.5-27.0 161 6.3 5.0- 8.0
College Graduate 2,634 135 5.3 4.2- 6.8 1,373 53.5 50.7-56.3 848 33.0 30.3-35.8 278 8.2 6.9- 9.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,103 162 15.2 12.0-19.0 669 63.6 58.8-68.1 220 17.6 14.3-21.5 52 3.6 2.5- 5.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,732 227 13.6 11.2-16.4 1,039 60.8 56.9-64.5 384 21.3 18.3-24.5 82 4.4 3.1- 6.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,039 105 10.7 7.8-14.5 608 57.2 52.2-62.1 258 23.9 20.0-28.4 68 8.2 5.7-11.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,242 100 9.3 6.8-12.5 745 60.7 56.5-64.8 313 25.2 21.7-29.2 84 4.8 3.4- 6.6
$50,000-74,999 1,010 66 6.8 4.9- 9.5 566 55.7 50.9-60.3 296 31.4 27.0-36.1 82 6.1 4.5- 8.3
$75,000+ 1,158 53 5.1 3.3- 7.8 617 56.1 51.9-60.3 386 32.7 28.8-36.9 102 6.0 4.7- 7.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 41 8.6 6.0-12.1 223 50.7 45.2-56.2 142 31.6 26.6-37.0 48 9.2 6.7-12.4
Guilford 445 30 6.1 4.0- 9.2 240 56.0 50.5-61.4 129 28.7 24.0-34.0 46 9.1 6.5-12.7
Mecklenburg 448 41 11.9 7.8-17.9 270 59.3 53.2-65.1 113 25.1 20.4-30.4 24 3.7 2.4- 5.8
Orange 452 33 11.2 6.0-19.9 229 46.2 39.1-53.4 136 31.7 25.1-39.1 54 11.0 6.6-17.6
Wake 453 38 9.2 6.4-13.0 273 64.7 59.3-69.8 114 20.7 16.7-25.2 28 5.4 3.4- 8.4
Chatham/Lee 400 38 13.4 8.5-20.5 238 59.4 52.8-65.6 102 23.2 18.7-28.4 22 4.0 2.5- 6.4
Nash/Wilson 379 45 11.9 8.7-16.1 234 63.1 57.0-68.7 79 20.2 15.5-25.9 21 4.8 2.9- 7.8
Craven/Pamlico 456 38 9.7 6.5-14.3 274 60.5 54.9-65.9 125 26.1 21.5-31.3 19 3.7 2.2- 6.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 32 6.7 4.6- 9.7 260 58.8 52.7-64.6 113 24.4 20.0-29.3 32 10.1 5.8-17.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 454 45 10.2 7.2-14.2 256 58.8 52.4-64.9 130 25.7 20.8-31.2 23 5.3 3.3- 8.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 478 40 8.9 5.7-13.7 303 66.5 59.4-73.0 102 19.3 14.4-25.2 33 5.3 3.5- 7.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 425 39 17.7 7.9-35.1 228 53.6 42.5-64.3 124 22.3 17.0-28.7 34 6.4 4.2- 9.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 475 76 15.8 12.3-20.0 281 59.1 53.9-64.2 88 18.3 14.7-22.6 30 6.8 4.5-10.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 419 54 13.5 9.8-18.3 255 59.6 53.4-65.6 85 20.3 15.7-25.9 25 6.5 4.2- 9.9
Northeast NC I 460 52 11.1 8.2-14.9 298 68.0 62.5-73.0 85 17.0 13.4-21.4 25 3.9 2.6- 6.0
Northeast NC II 511 48 9.1 6.4-12.7 302 61.1 55.9-66.0 129 23.8 19.8-28.4 32 5.9 4.1- 8.5
Northeastern Partnership 971 100 9.8 7.7-12.4 600 63.5 59.6-67.2 214 21.4 18.5-24.8 57 5.2 3.9- 7.0
Mountain AHEC 1,306 119 9.7 7.4-12.6 679 52.4 48.1-56.7 391 27.9 24.6-31.5 117 9.9 6.5-14.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,312 376 11.1 9.4-13.1 1,999 61.3 58.4-64.0 742 22.0 19.7-24.4 195 5.7 4.6- 7.1
Piedmont 4,046 355 10.0 8.6-11.5 2,347 58.5 56.2-60.7 1,060 25.9 24.0-28.0 284 5.6 4.7- 6.7
Western NC 2,076 192 10.2 8.3-12.5 1,115 54.1 50.5-57.6 611 28.2 25.2-31.3 158 7.5 5.3-10.6

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* Data in this table were derived from vegetables 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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