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	3,294	170	4.6	3.5- 6.0	1,473	44.2	41.5-46.8	875	27.6	25.2-30.1	102	2.8	2.1- 3.8	674	20.8	18.7-23.1
RACE
White	2,439	138	5.3	3.9- 7.1	1,168	46.4	43.3-49.5	662	28.6	25.8-31.7	58	2.2	1.5- 3.2	413	17.4	15.1-19.9
African American	576	16	3.0	1.4- 6.5	168	28.1	23.1-33.7	147	26.7	21.4-32.7	34	6.7	4.0-11.2	211	35.5	29.8-41.6
Asian	23	2	3.5	0.7-15.0	11	54.8	26.2-80.5	9	36.6	14.0-67.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.1	0.7-29.7
Native American	80	4	2.6	0.7- 9.3	27	28.6	16.2-45.2	21	27.7	13.9-47.6	7	4.1	1.7- 9.6	21	37.0	18.4-60.5
Other Minorities	158	9	2.4	0.8- 7.3	91	59.7	47.9-70.6	30	17.0	9.8-27.7	2	0.3	0.1- 1.1	26	20.6	12.6-31.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic	166	7	2.1	0.6- 7.1	104	61.1	49.4-71.7	26	14.4	7.8-25.0	2	0.2	0.1- 1.0	27	22.1	13.9-33.2
-English Speaking	50	3	1.7	0.5- 5.7	29	65.3	42.8-82.5	8	7.4	2.9-17.9	1	0.8	0.1- 5.7	9	24.8	10.5-48.2
-Spanish Speaking	116	4	2.3	0.5- 8.9	75	60.2	46.7-72.2	18	16.0	8.2-28.9	1	0.1	0.0- 0.8	18	21.5	12.4-34.5
Non-Hispanic	3,125	163	4.8	3.7- 6.3	1,366	42.6	40.0-45.4	849	28.7	26.2-31.4	100	3.1	2.3- 4.1	647	20.7	18.6-23.1
AGE
18-24	206	9	6.4	2.5-15.4	70	36.5	27.5-46.6	67	29.3	21.2-38.9	3	1.9	0.4- 8.7	57	25.8	18.1-35.3
25-34	513	23	4.5	2.4- 8.3	208	40.8	34.6-47.3	148	30.0	24.1-36.5	12	1.2	0.6- 2.3	122	23.6	18.8-29.2
35-44	666	25	2.9	1.7- 5.0	282	44.5	39.2-50.0	203	31.1	26.1-36.5	25	3.4	2.0- 5.7	131	18.0	14.4-22.4
45-54	652	39	4.9	3.2- 7.6	312	48.7	42.9-54.6	161	22.3	17.8-27.6	28	5.4	3.2- 9.2	112	18.6	14.1-24.1
55-64	554	31	5.1	3.0- 8.5	260	44.5	38.7-50.5	143	28.3	23.1-34.2	19	2.8	1.5- 5.1	101	19.3	14.9-24.6
65-74	435	25	4.8	2.8- 8.2	213	49.0	42.3-55.7	98	26.3	20.5-33.0	7	1.2	0.4- 3.6	92	18.7	14.0-24.5
75+	248	17	4.7	2.0-10.5	117	51.1	42.4-59.7	50	18.9	12.9-26.8	8	3.1	1.2- 7.9	56	22.3	15.7-30.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	567	16	2.6	1.3- 5.2	193	37.6	31.0-44.6	126	25.0	19.1-32.1	18	2.5	1.3- 4.6	214	32.4	26.6-38.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	962	44	4.2	2.6- 6.7	377	35.8	31.2-40.6	269	28.4	23.9-33.4	33	3.3	1.9- 5.6	239	28.3	23.8-33.3
Some Post-H.S.	765	45	6.9	4.1-11.5	351	42.8	37.3-48.6	229	32.5	27.4-38.1	22	2.5	1.2- 5.3	118	15.2	11.6-19.6
College Graduate	990	63	4.1	2.9- 5.8	550	58.2	53.7-62.5	250	23.7	20.2-27.6	29	2.9	1.8- 4.7	98	11.1	8.4-14.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	275	14	3.4	1.7- 6.6	96	39.5	29.3-50.7	61	18.6	12.8-26.3	7	1.5	0.6- 3.8	97	37.1	27.9-47.3
$15,000- 24,999	577	29	5.1	3.1- 8.5	219	36.4	30.2-43.0	157	30.6	24.7-37.2	22	3.1	1.4- 6.7	150	24.8	19.6-30.9
$25,000- 34,999	347	15	7.5	3.6-14.8	142	40.3	32.6-48.6	104	26.7	20.4-34.1	13	3.0	1.3- 6.7	73	22.5	16.0-30.6
$35,000- 49,999	503	13	1.2	0.6- 2.4	228	41.8	35.8-48.1	139	26.9	21.5-33.0	27	6.0	3.4-10.4	96	24.1	19.1-30.0
$50,000-74,999	417	19	2.5	1.4- 4.4	204	53.1	45.6-60.4	126	28.3	22.1-35.4	5	0.7	0.2- 2.0	63	15.5	11.0-21.4
$75,000+	494	37	5.7	3.6- 8.8	266	51.9	45.5-58.3	137	30.2	24.4-36.7	13	2.6	1.3- 5.3	41	9.5	5.9-15.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	166	11	6.4	3.1-12.6	88	45.7	37.1-54.6	39	31.6	23.1-41.4	2	0.6	0.1- 2.3	26	15.8	10.4-23.4
Guilford	156	11	7.3	3.7-14.1	71	42.7	34.1-51.7	45	30.9	23.0-40.0	3	2.0	0.6- 6.8	26	17.1	11.2-25.3
Mecklenburg	160	9	3.4	1.7- 6.9	80	55.8	45.8-65.2	42	24.9	17.2-34.6	5	2.1	0.8- 5.3	24	13.8	8.5-21.4
Orange	165	14	7.3	4.1-12.7	91	52.0	40.5-63.2	39	21.2	14.5-29.8	4	2.7	1.0- 7.3	17	16.9	6.9-35.7
Wake	170	6	3.0	1.1- 7.7	77	46.1	37.2-55.3	43	24.7	17.9-33.2	3	1.1	0.3- 3.7	41	25.0	17.9-33.9
Chatham/Lee	147	6	2.4	1.0- 5.5	69	44.5	34.5-54.9	41	25.9	18.4-35.1	4	2.6	0.9- 7.0	27	24.7	15.1-37.6
Nash/Wilson	135	7	4.9	2.2-10.5	48	35.8	27.1-45.6	44	31.9	23.1-42.3	5	3.5	1.4- 8.4	31	23.9	16.5-33.3
Craven/Pamlico	159	6	3.2	1.4- 7.1	86	56.8	47.4-65.7	34	18.8	12.8-26.8	4	2.1	0.7- 6.5	29	19.1	12.5-28.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	157	11	6.8	3.7-12.2	60	40.8	30.9-51.4	46	28.5	20.7-37.9	5	3.6	1.4- 8.9	35	20.3	14.3-28.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	157	8	5.6	2.7-11.3	66	36.2	27.3-46.0	52	34.5	25.4-44.8	2	0.9	0.2- 3.8	29	22.9	13.1-36.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance	168	12	4.3	2.2- 8.4	58	28.3	19.1-39.6	47	27.4	17.6-39.9	4	1.9	0.7- 5.4	47	38.1	23.2-55.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson	150	9	3.4	1.5- 7.6	85	66.4	50.8-79.0	30	15.7	9.1-25.7	5	3.3	1.2- 8.7	21	11.3	6.1-19.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	167	6	4.0	1.7- 9.1	58	36.5	28.5-45.3	45	28.3	21.0-37.1	7	4.2	1.5-11.0	51	27.0	20.4-34.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	118	2	1.4	0.3- 6.5	45	43.0	31.3-55.5	29	22.6	15.2-32.3	7	5.0	2.2-10.6	35	28.1	19.2-39.0
Northeast NC I	133	3	1.9	0.6- 6.0	47	33.8	23.9-45.3	40	37.5	24.8-52.2	7	2.9	1.3- 6.5	36	23.9	16.2-33.7
Northeast NC II	176	8	3.9	1.9- 8.1	74	42.5	34.0-51.5	43	21.5	15.7-28.7	9	7.9	3.7-16.1	42	24.1	17.6-32.1
Northeastern Partnership	309	11	3.3	1.7- 6.2	121	39.8	32.9-47.0	83	26.5	20.3-33.7	16	6.4	3.3-12.0	78	24.1	18.8-30.2
Mountain AHEC	459	31	7.7	4.6-12.7	245	48.2	40.8-55.6	101	27.0	19.6-36.0	9	1.4	0.5- 3.9	73	15.7	11.6-20.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,108	44	4.5	2.3- 8.3	454	40.5	35.9-45.3	298	28.0	23.7-32.8	49	5.1	3.2- 8.1	263	21.9	18.3-26.0
Piedmont	1,456	78	3.9	2.8- 5.5	662	45.4	41.7-49.2	392	27.6	24.3-31.1	40	2.0	1.4- 3.0	284	21.0	18.0-24.4
Western NC	730	48	7.7	4.9-11.8	357	46.7	40.8-52.7	185	26.6	21.1-33.0	13	1.2	0.6- 2.7	127	17.8	13.9-22.4

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

3,294

170

4.6

3.5- 6.0

1,473

44.2

41.5-46.8

875

27.6

25.2-30.1

102

2.8

2.1- 3.8

674

20.8

18.7-23.1

RACE

White

2,439

138

5.3

3.9- 7.1

1,168

46.4

43.3-49.5

662

28.6

25.8-31.7

2.2

1.5- 3.2

413

17.4

15.1-19.9

African American

576

3.0

1.4- 6.5

168

28.1

23.1-33.7

147

26.7

21.4-32.7

6.7

4.0-11.2

211

35.5

29.8-41.6

Asian

3.5

0.7-15.0

54.8

26.2-80.5

36.6

14.0-67.3

0.0

. - .

5.1

0.7-29.7

Native American

2.6

0.7- 9.3

28.6

16.2-45.2

27.7

13.9-47.6

4.1

1.7- 9.6

37.0

18.4-60.5

Other Minorities

158

2.4

0.8- 7.3

59.7

47.9-70.6

17.0

9.8-27.7

0.3

0.1- 1.1

20.6

12.6-31.8

HISPANIC

Hispanic

166

2.1

0.6- 7.1

104

61.1

49.4-71.7

14.4

7.8-25.0

0.2

0.1- 1.0

22.1

13.9-33.2

-English Speaking

1.7

0.5- 5.7

65.3

42.8-82.5

7.4

2.9-17.9

0.8

0.1- 5.7

24.8

10.5-48.2

-Spanish Speaking

116

2.3

0.5- 8.9

60.2

46.7-72.2

16.0

8.2-28.9

0.1

0.0- 0.8

21.5

12.4-34.5

Non-Hispanic

3,125

163

4.8

3.7- 6.3

1,366

42.6

40.0-45.4

849

28.7

26.2-31.4

100

3.1

2.3- 4.1

647

20.7

18.6-23.1

AGE

18-24

206

6.4

2.5-15.4

36.5

27.5-46.6

29.3

21.2-38.9

1.9

0.4- 8.7

25.8

18.1-35.3

25-34

513

4.5

2.4- 8.3

208

40.8

34.6-47.3

148

30.0

24.1-36.5

1.2

0.6- 2.3

122

23.6

18.8-29.2

35-44

666

2.9

1.7- 5.0

282

44.5

39.2-50.0

203

31.1

26.1-36.5

3.4

2.0- 5.7

131

18.0

14.4-22.4

45-54

652

4.9

3.2- 7.6

312

48.7

42.9-54.6

161

22.3

17.8-27.6

5.4

3.2- 9.2

112

18.6

14.1-24.1

55-64

554

5.1

3.0- 8.5

260

44.5

38.7-50.5

143

28.3

23.1-34.2

2.8

1.5- 5.1

101

19.3

14.9-24.6

65-74

435

4.8

2.8- 8.2

213

49.0

42.3-55.7

26.3

20.5-33.0

1.2

0.4- 3.6

18.7

14.0-24.5

75+

248

4.7

2.0-10.5

117

51.1

42.4-59.7

18.9

12.9-26.8

3.1

1.2- 7.9

22.3

15.7-30.5

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

567

2.6

1.3- 5.2

193

37.6

31.0-44.6

126

25.0

19.1-32.1

2.5

1.3- 4.6

214

32.4

26.6-38.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

962

4.2

2.6- 6.7

377

35.8

31.2-40.6

269

28.4

23.9-33.4

3.3

1.9- 5.6

239

28.3

23.8-33.3

Some Post-H.S.

765

6.9

4.1-11.5

351

42.8

37.3-48.6

229

32.5

27.4-38.1

2.5

1.2- 5.3

118

15.2

11.6-19.6

College Graduate

990

4.1

2.9- 5.8

550

58.2

53.7-62.5

250

23.7

20.2-27.6

2.9

1.8- 4.7

11.1

8.4-14.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

275

3.4

1.7- 6.6

39.5

29.3-50.7

18.6

12.8-26.3

1.5

0.6- 3.8

37.1

27.9-47.3

$15,000- 24,999

577

5.1

3.1- 8.5

219

36.4

30.2-43.0

157

30.6

24.7-37.2

3.1

1.4- 6.7

150

24.8

19.6-30.9

$25,000- 34,999

347

7.5

3.6-14.8

142

40.3

32.6-48.6

104

26.7

20.4-34.1

3.0

1.3- 6.7

22.5

16.0-30.6

$35,000- 49,999

503

1.2

0.6- 2.4

228

41.8

35.8-48.1

139

26.9

21.5-33.0

6.0

3.4-10.4

24.1

19.1-30.0

$50,000-74,999

417

2.5

1.4- 4.4

204

53.1

45.6-60.4

126

28.3

22.1-35.4

0.7

0.2- 2.0

15.5

11.0-21.4

$75,000+

494

5.7

3.6- 8.8

266

51.9

45.5-58.3

137

30.2

24.4-36.7

2.6

1.3- 5.3

9.5

5.9-15.2

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

166

6.4

3.1-12.6

45.7

37.1-54.6

31.6

23.1-41.4

0.6

0.1- 2.3

15.8

10.4-23.4

Guilford

156

7.3

3.7-14.1

42.7

34.1-51.7

30.9

23.0-40.0

2.0

0.6- 6.8

17.1

11.2-25.3

Mecklenburg

160

3.4

1.7- 6.9

55.8

45.8-65.2

24.9

17.2-34.6

2.1

0.8- 5.3

13.8

8.5-21.4

Orange

165

7.3

4.1-12.7

52.0

40.5-63.2

21.2

14.5-29.8

2.7

1.0- 7.3

16.9

6.9-35.7

Wake

170

3.0

1.1- 7.7

46.1

37.2-55.3

24.7

17.9-33.2

1.1

0.3- 3.7

25.0

17.9-33.9

Chatham/Lee

147

2.4

1.0- 5.5

44.5

34.5-54.9

25.9

18.4-35.1

2.6

0.9- 7.0

24.7

15.1-37.6

Nash/Wilson

135

4.9

2.2-10.5

35.8

27.1-45.6

31.9

23.1-42.3

3.5

1.4- 8.4

23.9

16.5-33.3

Craven/Pamlico

159

3.2

1.4- 7.1

56.8

47.4-65.7

18.8

12.8-26.8

2.1

0.7- 6.5

19.1

12.5-28.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

157

6.8

3.7-12.2

40.8

30.9-51.4

28.5

20.7-37.9

3.6

1.4- 8.9

20.3

14.3-28.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

157

5.6

2.7-11.3

36.2

27.3-46.0

34.5

25.4-44.8

0.9

0.2- 3.8

22.9

13.1-36.9

Franklin/Gran./Vance

168

4.3

2.2- 8.4

28.3

19.1-39.6

27.4

17.6-39.9

1.9

0.7- 5.4

38.1

23.2-55.7

Graham/Swain/Jackson

150

3.4

1.5- 7.6

66.4

50.8-79.0

15.7

9.1-25.7

3.3

1.2- 8.7

11.3

6.1-19.9

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

167

4.0

1.7- 9.1

36.5

28.5-45.3

28.3

21.0-37.1

4.2

1.5-11.0

27.0

20.4-34.9

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

118

1.4

0.3- 6.5

43.0

31.3-55.5

22.6

15.2-32.3

5.0

2.2-10.6

28.1

19.2-39.0

Northeast NC I

133

1.9

0.6- 6.0

33.8

23.9-45.3

37.5

24.8-52.2

2.9

1.3- 6.5

23.9

16.2-33.7

Northeast NC II

176

3.9

1.9- 8.1

42.5

34.0-51.5

21.5

15.7-28.7

7.9

3.7-16.1

24.1

17.6-32.1

Northeastern Partnership

309

3.3

1.7- 6.2

121

39.8

32.9-47.0

26.5

20.3-33.7

6.4

3.3-12.0

24.1

18.8-30.2

Mountain AHEC

459

7.7

4.6-12.7

245

48.2

40.8-55.6

101

27.0

19.6-36.0

1.4

0.5- 3.9

15.7

11.6-20.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,108

4.5

2.3- 8.3

454

40.5

35.9-45.3

298

28.0

23.7-32.8

5.1

3.2- 8.1

263

21.9

18.3-26.0

Piedmont

1,456

3.9

2.8- 5.5

662

45.4

41.7-49.2

392

27.6

24.3-31.1

2.0

1.4- 3.0

284

21.0

18.0-24.4

Western NC

730

7.7

4.9-11.8

357

46.7

40.8-52.7

185

26.6

21.1-33.0

1.2

0.6- 2.7

127

17.8

13.9-22.4

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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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