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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-FEMALES

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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 5,782 2,117 36.2 34.3-38.1 1,987 34.7 32.8-36.6 769 13.6 12.3-15.1 139 2.8 2.1- 3.6 770 12.7 11.5-14.1
RACE
White 4,204 1,501 35.4 33.2-37.6 1,406 33.6 31.5-35.8 583 14.8 13.2-16.5 115 2.9 2.2- 3.8 599 13.4 12.0-15.0
African American 1,233 504 40.3 36.2-44.6 431 33.4 29.5-37.5 162 12.9 10.0-16.3 18 3.0 1.4- 5.9 118 10.5 7.9-13.7
Asian 23 11 63.7 36.0-84.6 5 14.3 4.6-36.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 22.0 7.0-51.4
Native American 143 44 28.2 17.0-42.8 57 38.8 26.7-52.5 16 10.3 5.1-19.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 22 21.6 11.6-36.7
Other Minorities 161 47 29.9 19.9-42.2 83 57.5 45.4-68.7 8 4.0 1.3-11.8 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 22 8.6 5.1-14.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 51 27.4 17.8-39.8 93 63.3 50.8-74.2 7 4.7 1.5-13.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 13 3.2 1.6- 6.1
-English Speaking 81 35 46.7 29.4-64.8 33 34.3 20.1-52.0 7 15.2 5.1-37.3 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.8 1.6- 8.8
-Spanish Speaking 84 16 18.9 9.1-35.4 60 76.1 60.1-87.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.1 0.3-13.4 7 2.9 1.2- 7.1
Non-Hispanic 5,610 2,064 36.6 34.7-38.6 1,891 33.3 31.5-35.2 762 14.1 12.7-15.6 138 2.8 2.2- 3.7 755 13.2 11.9-14.5
AGE
18-24 358 149 42.3 34.7-50.2 129 33.0 26.3-40.5 50 14.7 10.0-21.3 5 3.4 1.1- 9.7 25 6.6 3.5-12.1
25-34 863 282 34.3 29.9-39.1 351 40.0 35.4-44.8 129 14.4 11.5-18.0 14 1.7 0.8- 3.6 87 9.5 7.1-12.6
35-44 1,078 303 28.0 24.2-32.1 436 41.4 37.0-45.9 173 13.0 10.6-15.8 37 3.9 2.4- 6.4 129 13.7 10.9-17.0
45-54 1,127 326 27.1 23.4-31.1 416 35.9 31.9-40.1 172 16.3 13.2-20.0 33 3.6 2.1- 5.9 180 17.1 14.1-20.6
55-64 916 348 40.3 35.7-45.1 271 28.5 24.4-32.9 130 16.6 13.0-21.1 28 3.2 1.9- 5.3 139 11.4 9.0-14.4
65-74 770 338 43.0 37.9-48.2 237 32.1 27.4-37.2 68 9.5 6.8-13.0 18 1.5 0.7- 3.0 109 14.0 10.8-18.0
75+ 622 353 53.0 47.1-58.8 134 23.0 18.5-28.2 37 6.5 4.1-10.4 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5 95 16.7 12.7-21.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 937 351 33.5 28.8-38.5 280 33.2 28.2-38.6 112 13.4 10.0-17.5 20 2.5 1.3- 4.9 174 17.5 14.2-21.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,740 620 35.6 32.2-39.2 603 33.6 30.2-37.1 244 15.4 12.7-18.5 30 1.7 1.0- 3.0 243 13.7 11.4-16.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,496 549 38.5 34.7-42.5 530 34.3 30.8-38.0 208 12.7 10.5-15.4 46 3.6 2.2- 5.8 163 10.9 8.6-13.7
College Graduate 1,594 590 36.0 32.7-39.5 568 37.0 33.6-40.5 204 13.0 10.8-15.5 43 3.2 2.0- 5.2 189 10.8 8.9-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 770 334 40.2 35.0-45.6 214 30.2 25.3-35.6 92 14.5 10.5-19.7 21 2.5 1.2- 4.8 109 12.6 9.7-16.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,075 368 34.7 30.3-39.4 384 34.5 30.1-39.1 150 15.2 12.0-19.1 18 2.0 0.8- 4.9 155 13.6 10.9-16.9
$25,000- 34,999 650 219 37.3 31.4-43.6 242 36.5 30.8-42.7 87 11.6 8.6-15.6 16 3.6 1.7- 7.7 86 10.9 7.8-15.0
$35,000- 49,999 702 241 38.6 33.1-44.4 262 34.2 29.2-39.6 100 12.8 9.8-16.7 16 1.8 0.9- 3.6 83 12.5 9.1-17.0
$50,000-74,999 564 182 30.1 25.1-35.6 215 38.6 33.2-44.5 84 17.8 13.7-22.8 24 4.0 2.2- 7.0 59 9.4 6.7-13.2
$75,000+ 641 198 31.0 26.3-36.2 254 40.5 35.4-45.8 88 12.1 9.2-15.8 26 5.1 3.0- 8.6 75 11.3 8.4-14.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 268 103 37.9 31.6-44.6 76 30.1 23.9-37.1 35 13.4 9.3-19.0 7 1.8 0.8- 3.8 47 16.9 12.6-22.4
Guilford 276 98 34.9 28.5-41.9 102 35.9 29.6-42.8 34 13.1 9.1-18.6 6 3.3 1.3- 8.1 36 12.8 8.9-18.1
Mecklenburg 276 90 33.8 27.7-40.4 98 35.3 29.2-41.8 39 14.4 10.2-19.8 9 3.3 1.5- 7.2 40 13.3 9.6-18.1
Orange 278 109 38.2 28.5-49.0 103 39.8 30.7-49.7 25 10.3 5.2-19.4 5 1.2 0.4- 3.3 36 10.5 6.9-15.7
Wake 268 100 39.5 32.6-46.9 100 36.6 30.2-43.6 27 10.1 6.7-14.9 6 1.9 0.8- 4.2 35 11.9 8.4-16.6
Chatham/Lee 239 97 38.7 31.7-46.2 78 35.8 28.8-43.4 29 11.9 8.1-17.2 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9 31 12.2 8.0-18.1
Nash/Wilson 232 79 31.7 25.6-38.6 76 31.9 25.6-38.9 31 17.2 11.9-24.3 4 1.8 0.6- 4.9 42 17.4 12.6-23.4
Craven/Pamlico 281 114 43.7 37.0-50.7 95 34.4 27.9-41.7 33 10.1 7.0-14.3 7 1.8 0.8- 3.9 32 9.9 6.8-14.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 268 106 37.9 31.3-44.9 81 28.4 22.8-34.7 43 17.0 12.1-23.4 6 2.5 1.0- 6.2 32 14.2 9.3-21.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 284 94 37.9 28.9-47.9 101 34.9 27.7-42.9 40 14.0 9.7-19.9 10 2.7 1.3- 5.4 39 10.5 7.3-14.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 291 100 33.3 26.7-40.6 103 36.4 29.3-44.1 41 14.2 9.9-20.0 8 3.7 1.6- 8.2 39 12.4 8.7-17.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 254 84 30.7 24.8-37.4 95 43.0 35.7-50.5 32 12.2 8.3-17.6 6 1.8 0.7- 4.2 37 12.3 8.7-17.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 287 99 35.3 29.2-41.9 99 34.7 28.7-41.2 47 15.6 11.6-20.8 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 38 13.4 9.5-18.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 282 103 34.8 28.8-41.4 95 36.7 30.4-43.4 42 14.5 10.6-19.6 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2 38 12.1 8.7-16.6
Northeast NC I 305 126 42.0 35.8-48.5 106 35.0 29.1-41.4 40 12.7 9.2-17.4 7 1.4 0.6- 3.2 26 8.8 5.7-13.4
Northeast NC II 315 129 41.6 35.5-48.0 105 32.7 27.1-38.8 36 12.2 8.7-17.0 9 2.2 1.0- 4.7 36 11.2 7.9-15.7
Northeastern Partnership 620 255 41.8 37.3-46.4 211 33.6 29.4-38.0 76 12.4 9.7-15.7 16 1.9 1.1- 3.5 62 10.3 7.8-13.5
Mountain AHEC 786 287 37.1 32.6-41.7 263 35.3 30.8-40.0 102 12.3 9.6-15.7 18 2.4 1.2- 4.7 116 12.9 10.3-16.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,078 779 37.0 33.7-40.4 704 34.3 31.0-37.8 284 14.8 12.2-17.7 47 2.4 1.5- 3.8 264 11.6 9.7-13.9
Piedmont 2,442 885 35.4 32.8-38.2 854 35.0 32.3-37.7 318 13.3 11.5-15.3 56 2.9 2.0- 4.3 329 13.4 11.6-15.4
Western NC 1,262 453 37.4 33.3-41.6 429 34.6 30.8-38.5 167 12.7 10.3-15.5 36 3.0 1.8- 4.7 177 12.4 10.3-15.0

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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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