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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-FEMALES

Fruit and Vegetable 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 5,974 204 3.6 2.9- 4.5 1,740 30.6 28.8-32.4 2,397 39.2 37.3-41.1 1,633 26.6 24.9-28.3
RACE
White 4,355 116 2.6 2.0- 3.4 1,170 28.9 26.8-31.1 1,783 39.7 37.5-41.9 1,286 28.8 26.8-30.8
African American 1,266 74 7.9 5.3-11.7 467 36.9 32.9-41.1 455 35.8 31.9-39.9 270 19.4 16.5-22.7
Asian 25 1 0.6 0.1- 4.8 6 25.7 8.9-54.8 10 40.9 16.8-70.3 8 32.8 12.8-61.9
Native American 147 9 3.6 1.7- 7.3 47 38.2 25.5-52.8 64 34.9 24.4-47.0 27 23.3 12.7-39.0
Other Minorities 162 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 44 27.0 17.9-38.5 76 47.2 35.4-59.2 38 24.8 16.0-36.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 51 31.4 21.4-43.6 83 51.5 39.2-63.6 31 16.2 9.1-27.3
-English Speaking 83 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 20 26.5 13.6-45.3 38 46.9 30.2-64.4 24 25.9 13.7-43.5
-Spanish Speaking 85 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2 31 33.6 20.8-49.4 45 53.5 37.7-68.7 7 11.8 4.4-27.9
Non-Hispanic 5,799 201 3.7 3.0- 4.7 1,684 30.4 28.6-32.3 2,313 38.7 36.8-40.6 1,601 27.1 25.4-28.9
AGE
18-24 364 17 5.7 2.5-12.2 135 37.3 30.1-45.1 124 35.2 28.2-42.9 88 21.9 16.3-28.7
25-34 882 30 3.2 2.0- 5.2 276 32.0 27.7-36.6 361 38.6 34.1-43.4 215 26.1 22.1-30.6
35-44 1,099 32 3.2 1.9- 5.3 352 32.6 28.6-36.7 441 39.5 35.3-43.9 274 24.7 21.0-28.7
45-54 1,160 47 4.3 2.8- 6.6 352 31.0 27.1-35.3 446 38.2 34.1-42.4 315 26.5 23.0-30.2
55-64 950 33 3.6 2.2- 5.8 259 26.5 22.3-31.2 372 39.9 35.3-44.6 286 30.0 25.9-34.5
65-74 811 21 2.0 1.0- 3.8 185 21.1 17.4-25.3 360 47.0 42.0-52.1 245 30.0 25.6-34.8
75+ 659 21 3.0 1.6- 5.7 164 28.3 23.4-33.8 276 38.3 33.1-43.9 198 30.3 25.3-35.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 994 73 7.1 5.1- 9.7 354 36.6 31.9-41.7 384 37.9 33.0-43.1 183 18.4 14.8-22.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,805 72 4.5 2.9- 7.0 633 36.4 33.0-40.0 712 38.5 35.1-42.1 388 20.5 17.8-23.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,540 31 2.2 1.2- 4.1 434 29.5 26.0-33.3 649 40.4 36.7-44.2 426 27.9 24.5-31.5
College Graduate 1,618 27 1.8 1.1- 2.9 313 21.3 18.5-24.5 647 39.8 36.4-43.3 631 37.1 33.8-40.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 807 42 5.2 3.5- 7.6 281 39.5 34.2-45.1 298 34.6 29.8-39.8 186 20.7 17.0-25.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,117 54 5.4 3.7- 7.8 375 35.4 31.0-40.1 428 35.7 31.4-40.3 260 23.5 19.8-27.7
$25,000- 34,999 673 26 4.4 2.3- 8.3 202 30.5 25.0-36.5 284 39.6 33.9-45.6 161 25.5 20.6-31.1
$35,000- 49,999 716 13 1.0 0.5- 2.0 213 31.4 26.5-36.7 275 39.0 33.6-44.6 215 28.7 23.9-33.9
$50,000-74,999 575 9 1.8 0.8- 4.0 148 27.6 22.7-33.1 249 44.7 39.0-50.5 169 26.0 21.4-31.1
$75,000+ 654 6 0.8 0.3- 2.2 138 21.9 17.9-26.6 276 43.1 37.9-48.3 234 34.2 29.5-39.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 275 5 1.7 0.7- 4.3 65 22.5 17.5-28.3 107 41.5 34.8-48.4 98 34.4 28.4-40.9
Guilford 281 12 4.5 2.4- 8.5 71 28.0 21.9-35.1 110 40.8 34.1-47.8 88 26.7 21.5-32.6
Mecklenburg 280 6 2.5 1.0- 6.0 81 30.1 24.4-36.5 116 40.8 34.5-47.3 77 26.7 21.2-32.9
Orange 282 4 1.5 0.5- 4.6 51 22.7 15.5-31.9 104 32.8 24.9-41.8 123 43.1 33.2-53.5
Wake 277 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4 71 26.6 20.9-33.2 120 45.0 38.1-52.1 83 27.0 21.5-33.2
Chatham/Lee 248 6 3.1 1.0- 9.4 76 29.3 23.2-36.3 108 45.9 38.6-53.3 58 21.7 16.5-27.9
Nash/Wilson 240 8 3.0 1.5- 6.2 85 39.4 32.6-46.7 99 41.5 34.7-48.6 48 16.0 12.0-21.1
Craven/Pamlico 286 9 2.3 1.2- 4.6 72 26.7 20.6-33.9 113 40.0 33.6-46.8 92 30.9 25.2-37.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 276 4 1.7 0.5- 4.9 87 30.5 24.7-37.0 114 41.7 35.0-48.7 71 26.1 20.2-33.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 11 4.4 2.2- 8.8 78 26.2 20.3-33.0 127 44.9 36.1-54.0 71 24.5 18.4-32.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 11 3.1 1.5- 6.4 96 32.7 26.3-39.8 122 42.4 35.2-50.0 72 21.7 16.8-27.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 263 9 2.3 1.2- 4.5 70 28.8 22.8-35.6 109 41.6 34.6-48.9 75 27.3 21.7-33.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 299 22 6.3 4.0- 9.7 101 34.4 28.5-40.8 116 38.2 32.1-44.7 60 21.2 16.5-26.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 293 14 4.7 2.7- 8.2 107 32.5 27.0-38.4 106 38.6 32.4-45.2 66 24.3 18.8-30.6
Northeast NC I 317 13 4.0 2.2- 7.3 102 32.8 27.1-39.0 133 41.4 35.3-47.7 69 21.8 16.9-27.5
Northeast NC II 328 13 2.9 1.6- 5.2 98 29.3 24.0-35.3 135 41.1 35.1-47.3 82 26.7 21.5-32.6
Northeastern Partnership 645 26 3.3 2.2- 5.1 200 30.6 26.6-35.0 268 41.2 36.8-45.7 151 24.8 21.1-29.0
Mountain AHEC 814 22 2.4 1.4- 4.3 199 23.0 19.4-27.1 328 40.9 36.5-45.5 265 33.6 29.4-38.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,152 96 4.8 3.2- 7.0 683 32.1 29.0-35.4 848 37.1 33.9-40.4 525 26.0 23.0-29.2
Piedmont 2,522 71 3.1 2.2- 4.2 718 31.0 28.4-33.7 1,014 40.0 37.3-42.8 719 25.9 23.6-28.3
Western NC 1,300 37 3.2 2.1- 4.9 339 25.5 22.2-29.2 535 40.7 36.8-44.7 389 30.6 27.0-34.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the fruits and 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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