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	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	4,155	338	8.0	6.9- 9.3	2,133	51.1	48.8-53.4	991	24.2	22.3-26.2	81	2.1	1.4- 3.1	612	14.5	13.0-16.2
African American	1,178	75	5.5	3.9- 7.6	377	32.7	28.7-36.9	295	25.0	21.5-28.9	56	4.8	3.0- 7.5	375	32.1	27.9-36.5
Asian	24	2	11.4	1.9-46.2	13	62.5	33.8-84.5	7	24.7	8.3-54.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.5	0.3- 6.3
Native American	136	20	17.4	7.7-34.9	45	31.5	20.0-45.7	38	22.1	14.0-33.0	4	2.2	0.7- 6.9	29	26.8	16.0-41.3
Other Minorities	160	10	7.2	2.9-16.4	95	62.3	50.3-72.9	31	15.4	9.2-24.6	1	0.3	0.0- 2.0	23	14.8	8.1-25.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic	166	8	6.1	2.1-16.5	94	60.3	47.9-71.4	36	17.4	10.9-26.7	3	0.8	0.2- 2.8	25	15.5	8.4-27.0
-English Speaking	81	7	19.6	7.1-43.7	39	40.0	24.7-57.6	20	19.4	10.0-34.3	2	2.2	0.5- 9.1	13	18.8	8.0-38.1
-Spanish Speaking	85	1	0.1	0.0- 0.8	55	69.2	53.7-81.3	16	16.5	8.7-28.9	1	0.2	0.0- 1.2	12	14.0	6.0-29.6
Non-Hispanic	5,499	437	7.7	6.7- 8.8	2,574	47.2	45.2-49.2	1,329	24.2	22.5-26.0	140	2.6	2.0- 3.5	1,019	18.2	16.7-19.8
AGE
18-24	359	21	6.0	3.2-10.9	122	37.0	29.6-45.1	88	23.1	17.3-30.1	7	4.0	1.6- 9.9	121	29.9	23.4-37.3
25-34	852	60	6.6	4.5- 9.5	352	44.1	39.3-48.9	222	25.3	21.5-29.6	25	2.1	1.2- 3.7	193	21.9	18.1-26.3
35-44	1,061	73	6.2	4.5- 8.4	484	49.8	45.3-54.3	285	26.7	23.0-30.7	27	1.1	0.7- 1.8	192	16.2	13.3-19.6
45-54	1,110	101	8.6	6.6-11.2	550	50.8	46.4-55.2	250	24.0	20.3-28.2	32	3.0	1.8- 5.2	177	13.5	10.9-16.7
55-64	901	74	9.1	6.6-12.4	454	50.9	46.0-55.8	215	23.1	19.4-27.3	28	4.5	2.3- 8.5	130	12.5	9.9-15.7
65-74	755	55	8.5	5.8-12.3	389	53.4	48.1-58.5	181	23.0	19.0-27.5	19	2.8	1.5- 5.3	111	12.3	9.5-15.9
75+	587	57	10.8	7.5-15.2	297	48.8	42.8-54.9	112	18.1	13.8-23.3	4	0.5	0.1- 2.1	117	21.8	17.2-27.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	895	67	7.4	5.1-10.7	350	40.4	35.1-46.0	195	21.8	17.8-26.3	29	3.0	1.4- 6.1	254	27.4	23.1-32.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,713	103	5.4	4.1- 7.0	690	39.9	36.3-43.6	473	27.1	24.0-30.5	57	3.8	2.5- 5.6	390	23.8	20.7-27.2
Some Post-H.S.	1,475	115	8.2	6.3-10.6	735	50.5	46.6-54.5	354	22.5	19.5-25.9	30	2.3	1.1- 4.5	241	16.5	13.7-19.7
College Graduate	1,572	158	9.5	7.6-11.8	886	57.6	54.0-61.1	343	23.5	20.5-26.7	27	1.3	0.7- 2.2	158	8.2	6.6-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	735	56	6.5	4.6- 9.2	288	39.4	33.9-45.0	159	22.3	18.1-27.2	31	4.5	2.1- 9.4	201	27.3	22.8-32.4
$15,000- 24,999	1,065	75	8.0	5.6-11.4	468	43.7	39.0-48.5	267	22.2	18.7-26.1	38	4.5	2.6- 7.8	217	21.6	17.9-25.8
$25,000- 34,999	646	67	11.2	7.9-15.5	291	46.2	40.0-52.5	150	20.5	16.0-25.9	25	4.0	2.1- 7.4	113	18.0	13.5-23.7
$35,000- 49,999	686	51	6.8	4.6-10.2	342	51.9	46.2-57.6	173	26.6	22.1-31.7	6	0.3	0.1- 0.9	114	14.3	10.7-18.7
$50,000-74,999	560	48	8.8	6.0-12.8	258	46.0	40.3-51.9	181	32.8	27.5-38.7	10	1.0	0.4- 2.1	63	11.3	8.0-15.7
$75,000+	637	47	6.5	4.5- 9.4	377	59.0	53.7-64.1	138	23.5	19.2-28.5	13	1.5	0.7- 3.2	62	9.4	6.8-12.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	266	19	6.9	4.3-10.8	163	61.7	55.0-68.1	50	19.3	14.5-25.2	7	2.0	1.0- 4.3	27	10.1	6.6-15.1
Guilford	273	20	6.5	3.8-10.7	145	51.5	44.5-58.5	58	21.3	16.0-27.9	7	2.3	1.0- 5.2	43	18.4	13.3-25.0
Mecklenburg	268	14	5.5	3.1- 9.7	137	49.2	42.6-55.9	67	25.9	20.3-32.4	4	1.3	0.4- 3.7	46	18.1	13.4-24.0
Orange	269	30	8.6	5.2-13.9	152	58.1	48.3-67.2	50	20.7	13.9-29.8	7	1.8	0.8- 3.9	30	10.8	7.0-16.4
Wake	271	24	9.9	6.1-15.8	144	54.8	47.7-61.7	67	22.5	17.4-28.6	6	2.0	0.8- 4.8	30	10.8	7.2-15.8
Chatham/Lee	237	21	9.8	6.1-15.3	113	49.4	41.9-56.9	53	19.6	14.7-25.5	6	1.9	0.8- 4.6	44	19.3	13.9-26.2
Nash/Wilson	222	16	6.2	3.6-10.4	80	34.1	27.5-41.3	57	26.6	20.6-33.6	12	4.1	2.2- 7.3	57	29.1	22.6-36.6
Craven/Pamlico	276	24	9.2	6.0-13.9	137	48.6	41.7-55.5	63	22.3	17.2-28.4	5	1.8	0.7- 4.6	47	18.2	12.6-25.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	264	16	5.5	3.3- 9.2	117	38.9	32.5-45.7	69	27.3	21.5-34.1	6	1.7	0.7- 3.8	56	26.6	20.1-34.3
Appalachian/Wilkes	272	21	8.3	4.9-13.5	137	51.7	42.9-60.5	69	23.7	17.9-30.7	4	1.2	0.4- 3.3	41	15.1	10.5-21.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance	292	16	4.3	2.5- 7.4	121	41.1	33.9-48.6	76	29.1	22.4-36.8	9	2.4	1.1- 5.2	70	23.1	17.9-29.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson	253	22	8.1	5.2-12.4	139	53.8	46.4-61.0	51	22.1	16.0-29.7	4	1.2	0.4- 3.2	37	14.8	10.6-20.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	277	23	8.0	5.2-12.1	92	32.2	26.2-38.7	82	27.9	22.5-34.0	8	2.7	1.2- 5.9	72	29.3	23.4-36.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	270	19	6.5	4.0-10.5	98	37.7	31.3-44.6	65	23.9	18.6-30.0	10	3.9	2.1- 7.3	78	28.0	22.3-34.5
Northeast NC I	299	14	4.1	2.4- 6.9	102	33.6	27.9-39.8	97	32.5	26.7-39.0	9	2.0	1.0- 4.2	77	27.7	22.2-34.0
Northeast NC II	311	35	10.8	7.6-15.0	134	39.4	33.6-45.6	64	20.7	15.9-26.4	10	4.9	2.4-10.0	68	24.2	19.0-30.2
Northeastern Partnership	610	49	8.2	6.1-11.0	236	37.2	33.0-41.7	161	25.1	21.3-29.4	19	3.9	2.1- 6.9	145	25.5	21.6-29.9
Mountain AHEC	782	66	9.7	7.1-13.1	442	55.8	51.1-60.5	163	21.7	18.0-25.8	17	2.3	1.2- 4.1	94	10.5	8.1-13.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	2,018	160	7.4	5.8- 9.4	826	44.1	40.5-47.7	515	24.2	21.4-27.3	63	3.8	2.4- 6.0	454	20.5	17.9-23.4
Piedmont	2,411	182	7.3	6.0- 8.9	1,180	48.6	45.8-51.5	573	24.2	21.9-26.7	58	2.1	1.4- 3.2	418	17.8	15.6-20.1
Western NC	1,243	104	9.4	7.3-12.0	665	52.4	48.3-56.5	278	22.3	19.1-25.8	22	1.7	1.0- 2.8	174	14.2	11.5-17.4

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

4,155

338

8.0

6.9- 9.3

2,133

51.1

48.8-53.4

991

24.2

22.3-26.2

2.1

1.4- 3.1

612

14.5

13.0-16.2

African American

1,178

5.5

3.9- 7.6

377

32.7

28.7-36.9

295

25.0

21.5-28.9

4.8

3.0- 7.5

375

32.1

27.9-36.5

Asian

11.4

1.9-46.2

62.5

33.8-84.5

24.7

8.3-54.2

0.0

. - .

1.5

0.3- 6.3

Native American

136

17.4

7.7-34.9

31.5

20.0-45.7

22.1

14.0-33.0

2.2

0.7- 6.9

26.8

16.0-41.3

Other Minorities

160

7.2

2.9-16.4

62.3

50.3-72.9

15.4

9.2-24.6

0.3

0.0- 2.0

14.8

8.1-25.7

HISPANIC

Hispanic

166

6.1

2.1-16.5

60.3

47.9-71.4

17.4

10.9-26.7

0.8

0.2- 2.8

15.5

8.4-27.0

-English Speaking

19.6

7.1-43.7

40.0

24.7-57.6

19.4

10.0-34.3

2.2

0.5- 9.1

18.8

8.0-38.1

-Spanish Speaking

0.1

0.0- 0.8

69.2

53.7-81.3

16.5

8.7-28.9

0.2

0.0- 1.2

14.0

6.0-29.6

Non-Hispanic

5,499

437

7.7

6.7- 8.8

2,574

47.2

45.2-49.2

1,329

24.2

22.5-26.0

140

2.6

2.0- 3.5

1,019

18.2

16.7-19.8

AGE

18-24

359

6.0

3.2-10.9

122

37.0

29.6-45.1

23.1

17.3-30.1

4.0

1.6- 9.9

121

29.9

23.4-37.3

25-34

852

6.6

4.5- 9.5

352

44.1

39.3-48.9

222

25.3

21.5-29.6

2.1

1.2- 3.7

193

21.9

18.1-26.3

35-44

1,061

6.2

4.5- 8.4

484

49.8

45.3-54.3

285

26.7

23.0-30.7

1.1

0.7- 1.8

192

16.2

13.3-19.6

45-54

1,110

101

8.6

6.6-11.2

550

50.8

46.4-55.2

250

24.0

20.3-28.2

3.0

1.8- 5.2

177

13.5

10.9-16.7

55-64

901

9.1

6.6-12.4

454

50.9

46.0-55.8

215

23.1

19.4-27.3

4.5

2.3- 8.5

130

12.5

9.9-15.7

65-74

755

8.5

5.8-12.3

389

53.4

48.1-58.5

181

23.0

19.0-27.5

2.8

1.5- 5.3

111

12.3

9.5-15.9

75+

587

10.8

7.5-15.2

297

48.8

42.8-54.9

112

18.1

13.8-23.3

0.5

0.1- 2.1

117

21.8

17.2-27.3

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

895

7.4

5.1-10.7

350

40.4

35.1-46.0

195

21.8

17.8-26.3

3.0

1.4- 6.1

254

27.4

23.1-32.3

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,713

103

5.4

4.1- 7.0

690

39.9

36.3-43.6

473

27.1

24.0-30.5

3.8

2.5- 5.6

390

23.8

20.7-27.2

Some Post-H.S.

1,475

115

8.2

6.3-10.6

735

50.5

46.6-54.5

354

22.5

19.5-25.9

2.3

1.1- 4.5

241

16.5

13.7-19.7

College Graduate

1,572

158

9.5

7.6-11.8

886

57.6

54.0-61.1

343

23.5

20.5-26.7

1.3

0.7- 2.2

158

8.2

6.6-10.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

735

6.5

4.6- 9.2

288

39.4

33.9-45.0

159

22.3

18.1-27.2

4.5

2.1- 9.4

201

27.3

22.8-32.4

$15,000- 24,999

1,065

8.0

5.6-11.4

468

43.7

39.0-48.5

267

22.2

18.7-26.1

4.5

2.6- 7.8

217

21.6

17.9-25.8

$25,000- 34,999

646

11.2

7.9-15.5

291

46.2

40.0-52.5

150

20.5

16.0-25.9

4.0

2.1- 7.4

113

18.0

13.5-23.7

$35,000- 49,999

686

6.8

4.6-10.2

342

51.9

46.2-57.6

173

26.6

22.1-31.7

0.3

0.1- 0.9

114

14.3

10.7-18.7

$50,000-74,999

560

8.8

6.0-12.8

258

46.0

40.3-51.9

181

32.8

27.5-38.7

1.0

0.4- 2.1

11.3

8.0-15.7

$75,000+

637

6.5

4.5- 9.4

377

59.0

53.7-64.1

138

23.5

19.2-28.5

1.5

0.7- 3.2

9.4

6.8-12.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

266

6.9

4.3-10.8

163

61.7

55.0-68.1

19.3

14.5-25.2

2.0

1.0- 4.3

10.1

6.6-15.1

Guilford

273

6.5

3.8-10.7

145

51.5

44.5-58.5

21.3

16.0-27.9

2.3

1.0- 5.2

18.4

13.3-25.0

Mecklenburg

268

5.5

3.1- 9.7

137

49.2

42.6-55.9

25.9

20.3-32.4

1.3

0.4- 3.7

18.1

13.4-24.0

Orange

269

8.6

5.2-13.9

152

58.1

48.3-67.2

20.7

13.9-29.8

1.8

0.8- 3.9

10.8

7.0-16.4

Wake

271

9.9

6.1-15.8

144

54.8

47.7-61.7

22.5

17.4-28.6

2.0

0.8- 4.8

10.8

7.2-15.8

Chatham/Lee

237

9.8

6.1-15.3

113

49.4

41.9-56.9

19.6

14.7-25.5

1.9

0.8- 4.6

19.3

13.9-26.2

Nash/Wilson

222

6.2

3.6-10.4

34.1

27.5-41.3

26.6

20.6-33.6

4.1

2.2- 7.3

29.1

22.6-36.6

Craven/Pamlico

276

9.2

6.0-13.9

137

48.6

41.7-55.5

22.3

17.2-28.4

1.8

0.7- 4.6

18.2

12.6-25.6

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

264

5.5

3.3- 9.2

117

38.9

32.5-45.7

27.3

21.5-34.1

1.7

0.7- 3.8

26.6

20.1-34.3

Appalachian/Wilkes

272

8.3

4.9-13.5

137

51.7

42.9-60.5

23.7

17.9-30.7

1.2

0.4- 3.3

15.1

10.5-21.3

Franklin/Gran./Vance

292

4.3

2.5- 7.4

121

41.1

33.9-48.6

29.1

22.4-36.8

2.4

1.1- 5.2

23.1

17.9-29.3

Graham/Swain/Jackson

253

8.1

5.2-12.4

139

53.8

46.4-61.0

22.1

16.0-29.7

1.2

0.4- 3.2

14.8

10.6-20.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

277

8.0

5.2-12.1

32.2

26.2-38.7

27.9

22.5-34.0

2.7

1.2- 5.9

29.3

23.4-36.0

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

270

6.5

4.0-10.5

37.7

31.3-44.6

23.9

18.6-30.0

3.9

2.1- 7.3

28.0

22.3-34.5

Northeast NC I

299

4.1

2.4- 6.9

102

33.6

27.9-39.8

32.5

26.7-39.0

2.0

1.0- 4.2

27.7

22.2-34.0

Northeast NC II

311

10.8

7.6-15.0

134

39.4

33.6-45.6

20.7

15.9-26.4

4.9

2.4-10.0

24.2

19.0-30.2

Northeastern Partnership

610

8.2

6.1-11.0

236

37.2

33.0-41.7

161

25.1

21.3-29.4

3.9

2.1- 6.9

145

25.5

21.6-29.9

Mountain AHEC

782

9.7

7.1-13.1

442

55.8

51.1-60.5

163

21.7

18.0-25.8

2.3

1.2- 4.1

10.5

8.1-13.5

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

2,018

160

7.4

5.8- 9.4

826

44.1

40.5-47.7

515

24.2

21.4-27.3

3.8

2.4- 6.0

454

20.5

17.9-23.4

Piedmont

2,411

182

7.3

6.0- 8.9

1,180

48.6

45.8-51.5

573

24.2

21.9-26.7

2.1

1.4- 3.2

418

17.8

15.6-20.1

Western NC

1,243

104

9.4

7.3-12.0

665

52.4

48.3-56.5

278

22.3

19.1-25.8

1.7

1.0- 2.8

174

14.2

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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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