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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,238 7,058 74.7 73.2-76.1 1,980 22.9 21.5-24.4 118 1.4 1.0- 1.8 25 0.3 0.2- 0.6 57 0.7 0.5- 1.0
GENDER
Male 3,377 2,428 71.5 69.1-73.9 860 25.7 23.4-28.1 52 1.7 1.1- 2.6 9 0.3 0.1- 1.0 28 0.8 0.5- 1.2
Female 5,861 4,630 77.6 75.8-79.2 1,120 20.4 18.8-22.1 66 1.1 0.8- 1.5 16 0.4 0.2- 0.7 29 0.6 0.3- 1.1
RACE
White 6,786 5,325 78.7 77.2-80.2 1,336 19.7 18.2-21.2 68 0.8 0.6- 1.1 18 0.2 0.1- 0.4 39 0.5 0.4- 0.8
African American 1,826 1,369 72.4 69.0-75.7 404 23.0 20.1-26.2 34 2.4 1.4- 4.0 6 0.8 0.2- 2.8 13 1.3 0.6- 3.0
Asian 48 39 92.1 82.5-96.7 8 7.7 3.2-17.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6
Native American 226 174 79.6 70.8-86.3 44 16.1 10.7-23.4 4 1.3 0.4- 3.9 1 2.3 0.3-14.3 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5
Other Minorities 317 129 32.4 25.3-40.4 176 62.6 54.3-70.2 11 4.7 2.1-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 328 135 30.9 23.9-39.0 180 64.0 55.7-71.6 12 5.0 2.3-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
-English Speaking 129 97 67.2 50.4-80.5 31 32.2 18.9-49.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 199 38 19.1 12.2-28.7 149 74.3 64.3-82.3 11 6.4 2.9-13.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8
Non-Hispanic 8,901 6,918 77.6 76.2-79.0 1,796 20.1 18.9-21.5 106 1.1 0.9- 1.5 25 0.4 0.2- 0.7 56 0.7 0.5- 1.1
AGE
18-24 568 411 71.6 65.5-77.0 137 25.8 20.5-31.8 11 1.0 0.5- 1.9 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 8 1.4 0.5- 3.8
25-34 1,403 1,041 71.5 67.7-75.0 315 24.6 21.2-28.3 26 2.0 1.2- 3.4 5 0.6 0.1- 2.6 16 1.3 0.7- 2.3
35-44 1,755 1,284 72.2 68.9-75.3 422 24.9 21.9-28.0 27 2.1 1.2- 3.9 7 0.3 0.1- 0.7 15 0.5 0.3- 1.0
45-54 1,816 1,369 74.0 70.5-77.2 411 23.9 20.8-27.3 25 1.4 0.7- 2.7 5 0.5 0.2- 1.3 6 0.3 0.1- 1.0
55-64 1,509 1,196 80.7 77.6-83.4 291 18.2 15.5-21.2 15 0.7 0.4- 1.3 3 0.1 0.0- 0.4 4 0.3 0.1- 1.2
65-74 1,234 971 78.6 75.1-81.8 249 20.5 17.4-24.1 7 0.4 0.1- 1.1 3 0.3 0.0- 1.5 4 0.2 0.1- 0.5
75+ 884 738 81.8 77.7-85.3 135 17.0 13.6-21.0 6 0.5 0.2- 1.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 4 0.5 0.1- 2.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,519 1,058 62.6 58.3-66.8 418 33.8 29.7-38.1 35 3.0 1.8- 5.1 2 0.0 0.0- 0.2 6 0.5 0.2- 1.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,769 2,076 73.6 70.7-76.2 627 23.8 21.2-26.6 37 1.4 0.9- 2.3 9 0.5 0.2- 1.6 20 0.7 0.4- 1.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,317 1,784 76.9 73.9-79.6 484 20.6 18.0-23.4 26 1.2 0.7- 2.2 7 0.5 0.2- 1.2 16 0.8 0.4- 1.9
College Graduate 2,607 2,120 80.7 78.4-82.8 448 18.0 16.0-20.3 20 0.5 0.3- 1.0 7 0.2 0.1- 0.4 12 0.5 0.2- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,067 800 70.7 65.4-75.5 234 25.2 20.6-30.4 21 2.1 1.2- 3.5 6 1.3 0.3- 5.6 6 0.7 0.2- 2.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,691 1,213 68.6 64.7-72.3 430 28.0 24.5-31.8 34 2.3 1.3- 4.1 4 0.2 0.1- 0.9 10 0.8 0.4- 1.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,022 779 74.7 69.8-79.0 222 23.6 19.4-28.5 11 0.8 0.3- 2.6 2 0.3 0.1- 2.2 8 0.5 0.2- 1.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,223 940 76.7 72.8-80.2 262 21.0 17.6-24.7 13 1.5 0.6- 3.7 3 0.3 0.1- 1.6 5 0.6 0.2- 1.5
$50,000-74,999 1,000 788 80.1 76.4-83.4 189 17.5 14.4-21.2 14 1.5 0.8- 2.6 4 0.4 0.1- 1.1 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4
$75,000+ 1,153 907 77.9 74.2-81.3 232 21.0 17.6-24.7 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 6 0.4 0.1- 1.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 439 331 74.1 68.7-78.9 100 23.5 19.0-28.8 5 1.8 0.6- 5.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
Guilford 436 339 77.8 72.6-82.3 84 19.5 15.2-24.7 9 1.7 0.8- 3.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 3 0.8 0.2- 3.1
Mecklenburg 440 328 70.2 63.9-75.8 104 28.4 22.8-34.6 3 0.5 0.2- 1.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 0.9 0.4- 2.3
Orange 446 346 73.1 65.4-79.7 90 23.9 17.6-31.7 5 1.9 0.7- 4.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7
Wake 449 330 70.1 64.4-75.2 106 26.8 21.8-32.4 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 6 1.6 0.7- 3.9
Chatham/Lee 395 286 65.9 59.0-72.3 99 30.2 24.0-37.2 5 2.0 0.8- 4.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.9 0.6- 5.4
Nash/Wilson 371 278 73.1 67.5-78.1 85 23.9 19.2-29.3 6 2.1 0.9- 4.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4
Craven/Pamlico 447 349 77.5 72.3-82.0 89 20.6 16.2-25.8 3 0.6 0.2- 1.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.6 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 326 77.5 72.7-81.7 91 20.7 16.7-25.4 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 443 338 76.2 70.8-80.9 97 21.6 17.2-26.7 6 1.4 0.5- 3.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 470 377 80.0 73.8-85.0 82 17.0 12.6-22.6 5 2.2 0.6- 7.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 413 320 63.5 49.3-75.7 89 27.7 18.2-39.6 4 8.8 1.6-37.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 467 340 70.9 65.6-75.7 114 25.7 21.2-30.8 10 3.0 1.4- 6.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 303 69.5 62.6-75.6 90 25.0 19.3-31.8 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8 2 1.2 0.2- 5.5 5 2.0 0.7- 6.2
Northeast NC I 457 351 76.2 71.0-80.7 94 21.6 17.2-26.6 8 1.3 0.6- 2.7 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
Northeast NC II 499 389 78.2 73.5-82.3 105 20.9 16.9-25.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 0 0.0 . - .
Northeastern Partnership 956 740 77.5 74.0-80.6 199 21.1 18.0-24.5 12 1.0 0.5- 1.9 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
Mountain AHEC 1,268 978 75.7 71.9-79.1 269 21.1 18.1-24.5 13 1.8 0.7- 4.7 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5 5 0.9 0.3- 2.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,248 2,468 74.1 71.4-76.7 704 23.5 21.0-26.2 48 1.6 1.0- 2.5 10 0.3 0.1- 0.7 18 0.5 0.3- 1.0
Piedmont 3,972 3,039 75.1 73.0-77.1 848 22.8 20.9-24.8 45 1.0 0.7- 1.6 9 0.3 0.1- 0.9 31 0.7 0.4- 1.3
Western NC 2,018 1,551 74.1 70.8-77.2 428 22.4 19.6-25.5 25 2.3 1.2- 4.5 6 0.4 0.2- 1.1 8 0.7 0.3- 1.7

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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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