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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-FEMALES

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 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 4,349 284 6.8 5.7- 8.0 2,369 54.6 52.4-56.9 1,344 31.4 29.3-33.5 352 7.3 6.2- 8.5
African American 1,265 171 15.5 12.2-19.4 792 61.5 57.2-65.7 229 17.6 14.7-21.0 73 5.3 3.9- 7.3
Asian 25 1 0.6 0.1- 4.8 14 65.8 37.1-86.2 10 33.6 13.3-62.4 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 147 14 6.5 3.5-11.6 90 61.8 47.8-74.1 34 19.3 12.2-29.2 9 12.4 4.1-32.1
Other Minorities 162 23 12.9 7.1-22.1 96 60.8 48.4-71.8 32 19.6 11.1-32.2 11 6.8 2.8-15.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 25 14.2 7.9-24.1 104 65.6 52.8-76.4 33 18.7 10.1-31.8 6 1.6 0.5- 5.2
-English Speaking 83 7 5.2 1.6-15.7 48 69.4 53.5-81.7 23 23.2 12.7-38.5 5 2.2 0.8- 5.9
-Spanish Speaking 85 18 18.2 9.5-32.0 56 63.9 46.9-77.9 10 16.6 6.5-36.4 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9
Non-Hispanic 5,792 469 8.5 7.4- 9.8 3,265 56.0 54.1-58.0 1,619 28.3 26.6-30.1 439 7.1 6.2- 8.2
AGE
18-24 364 52 14.4 9.6-21.2 220 61.0 53.2-68.3 78 20.1 14.8-26.6 14 4.5 2.0-10.0
25-34 882 77 8.6 6.2-11.7 513 58.8 54.1-63.4 229 25.8 21.9-30.2 63 6.8 4.9- 9.4
35-44 1,099 81 7.8 5.7-10.5 636 56.6 52.1-61.0 302 28.8 24.7-33.2 80 6.8 4.9- 9.6
45-54 1,160 101 10.0 7.5-13.3 627 51.4 47.1-55.6 330 31.2 27.4-35.3 102 7.4 5.7- 9.5
55-64 950 68 6.3 4.5- 8.8 526 56.6 51.9-61.2 267 28.1 24.2-32.5 89 8.9 6.5-12.0
65-74 809 57 5.8 3.9- 8.6 446 55.4 50.3-60.3 254 32.1 27.6-36.9 52 6.7 4.6- 9.8
75+ 654 54 9.3 6.4-13.5 376 54.8 49.0-60.4 182 29.4 24.3-35.0 42 6.5 4.1-10.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 989 155 16.5 13.2-20.4 588 57.9 52.8-62.9 210 22.0 17.9-26.7 36 3.7 2.3- 5.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,803 167 9.8 7.6-12.5 1,102 60.8 57.1-64.3 444 25.5 22.5-28.8 90 3.9 2.9- 5.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,540 97 7.1 5.1- 9.7 894 58.2 54.3-62.0 432 26.7 23.6-30.1 117 8.0 6.0-10.6
College Graduate 1,618 75 5.0 3.7- 6.8 780 48.9 45.4-52.5 562 35.3 32.0-38.7 201 10.8 8.9-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 804 99 12.2 9.4-15.6 489 65.0 60.1-69.7 173 17.9 14.5-21.8 43 5.0 3.3- 7.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,117 123 12.9 10.0-16.4 657 57.4 52.7-61.9 273 24.5 20.7-28.7 64 5.2 3.6- 7.6
$25,000- 34,999 672 58 10.6 6.8-16.0 392 59.0 52.9-64.8 175 22.6 18.3-27.5 47 7.9 5.2-11.8
$35,000- 49,999 716 41 4.6 3.0- 7.2 410 60.2 54.6-65.6 209 29.8 24.7-35.4 56 5.3 3.6- 7.9
$50,000-74,999 575 24 4.3 2.5- 7.1 310 54.3 48.6-60.0 187 33.5 28.3-39.1 54 7.9 5.4-11.4
$75,000+ 654 23 3.1 1.8- 5.2 322 51.1 45.9-56.3 245 38.1 33.2-43.3 64 7.7 5.6-10.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 275 19 6.0 3.6- 9.6 129 47.1 40.5-53.8 96 37.0 30.5-43.9 31 10.0 6.9-14.4
Guilford 281 20 6.9 4.2-11.2 147 56.5 49.7-63.1 80 25.8 20.6-31.9 34 10.8 7.5-15.2
Mecklenburg 280 22 8.9 5.7-13.8 160 56.2 49.6-62.7 80 30.0 24.2-36.5 18 4.8 2.9- 7.9
Orange 282 12 4.6 2.4- 8.9 132 43.9 34.6-53.6 95 36.3 26.9-46.9 43 15.2 8.3-26.2
Wake 277 16 6.7 4.0-11.1 157 60.7 53.9-67.1 84 26.4 21.0-32.5 20 6.3 3.9- 9.9
Chatham/Lee 248 18 6.7 3.6-12.1 146 60.6 53.3-67.5 68 27.4 21.5-34.3 16 5.3 3.1- 8.7
Nash/Wilson 239 21 8.6 5.3-13.5 153 67.1 60.3-73.3 52 20.0 15.1-26.0 13 4.3 2.4- 7.5
Craven/Pamlico 286 16 8.1 4.0-15.7 166 58.0 51.0-64.7 89 29.5 23.9-35.7 15 4.5 2.6- 7.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 276 18 6.7 4.0-11.0 164 58.3 51.2-65.1 76 27.7 21.9-34.3 18 7.4 4.0-13.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 285 26 9.0 5.7-14.0 160 58.1 49.7-66.0 87 27.8 21.4-35.3 12 5.1 2.5-10.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 27 9.3 5.8-14.6 186 65.3 58.4-71.6 64 18.9 14.3-24.6 24 6.5 4.2-10.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 263 22 9.5 5.9-14.9 137 52.3 45.2-59.4 85 31.5 25.4-38.3 19 6.7 4.2-10.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 299 41 12.0 8.6-16.3 181 60.9 54.6-66.9 55 19.6 14.9-25.3 22 7.5 4.9-11.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 292 30 9.7 6.7-14.0 181 60.9 54.3-67.1 65 23.2 18.0-29.4 16 6.1 3.5-10.4
Northeast NC I 317 27 9.2 6.0-13.8 204 63.6 57.3-69.5 66 22.2 17.3-28.1 20 4.9 3.1- 7.8
Northeast NC II 325 28 7.5 4.9-11.1 184 56.8 50.5-62.8 91 28.3 23.0-34.2 22 7.5 4.8-11.5
Northeastern Partnership 642 55 8.1 6.0-10.9 388 59.4 54.9-63.8 157 26.0 22.1-30.2 42 6.5 4.6- 9.1
Mountain AHEC 814 67 8.7 6.3-11.9 401 48.1 43.5-52.7 267 32.5 28.3-37.0 79 10.7 8.1-14.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,147 200 9.7 7.6-12.2 1,280 57.4 53.9-60.9 527 25.5 22.6-28.8 140 7.4 5.6- 9.7
Piedmont 2,522 186 8.4 6.9-10.2 1,414 57.2 54.4-59.9 718 28.2 25.8-30.7 204 6.3 5.1- 7.7
Western NC 1,298 110 9.2 7.1-11.8 679 51.4 47.4-55.5 408 31.3 27.7-35.2 101 8.1 6.3-10.4

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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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