BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Not counting juice, how often do you eat fruit?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-MALES

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	Total Respond.^	1 or more/day	1 or more/week	1 or more/month	1 or more/year	Never
TOTAL	3,385	1,089	31.1	28.7-33.7	1,717	52.0	49.3-54.7	442	13.5	11.8-15.5	35	0.7	0.4- 1.1	102	2.7	2.0- 3.6
RACE
White	2,514	838	31.9	29.1-34.9	1,265	51.1	48.0-54.2	311	13.7	11.7-16.0	19	0.4	0.2- 0.7	81	3.0	2.1- 4.0
African American	585	173	30.8	25.4-36.8	282	48.7	42.6-54.9	102	17.3	13.1-22.4	12	1.1	0.6- 2.2	16	2.1	1.1- 4.1
Asian	26	16	68.5	41.1-87.2	9	29.9	11.8-57.6	1	1.6	0.2-10.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	81	20	20.0	10.4-34.9	45	69.7	53.4-82.3	13	9.2	4.4-18.2	1	0.3	0.0- 2.4	2	0.7	0.2- 2.9
Other Minorities	161	33	19.4	11.9-30.2	111	68.7	57.0-78.5	14	7.6	3.1-17.6	2	2.2	0.5- 8.9	1	2.0	0.3-12.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic	169	41	18.7	11.4-29.2	108	67.1	55.5-77.0	16	10.5	5.1-20.5	2	1.5	0.3- 8.4	2	2.1	0.3-11.8
-English Speaking	53	20	44.2	23.5-67.1	25	36.7	19.4-58.4	7	18.3	6.7-41.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4
-Spanish Speaking	116	21	12.0	6.0-22.3	83	75.2	62.1-84.9	9	8.4	3.1-20.9	2	2.0	0.3-10.6	1	2.5	0.3-15.4
Non-Hispanic	3,213	1,046	32.2	29.7-34.8	1,608	50.7	48.0-53.4	426	13.8	12.0-15.8	33	0.6	0.4- 0.9	100	2.7	2.1- 3.6
AGE
18-24	214	60	30.9	22.5-40.9	118	53.2	43.4-62.8	31	13.9	8.5-21.8	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	4	1.9	0.5- 6.6
25-34	522	143	30.9	24.9-37.6	267	48.3	41.9-54.8	91	17.2	12.8-22.7	9	1.1	0.5- 2.4	12	2.6	1.3- 4.9
35-44	672	176	26.7	22.2-31.7	362	54.0	48.6-59.3	112	16.4	12.8-20.8	8	1.0	0.3- 2.9	14	2.0	1.0- 3.9
45-54	668	201	27.1	22.6-32.2	343	56.7	51.0-62.2	85	11.5	8.4-15.5	8	0.5	0.2- 1.1	31	4.2	2.3- 7.4
55-64	573	199	32.6	27.5-38.3	280	51.6	45.8-57.4	69	12.0	8.8-16.1	5	0.8	0.2- 2.9	20	3.0	1.6- 5.4
65-74	451	169	38.2	31.9-44.8	224	48.2	41.6-54.9	42	9.9	6.4-15.1	2	0.1	0.0- 0.3	14	3.6	1.8- 7.1
75+	264	131	47.7	39.5-56.1	112	45.8	37.6-54.2	12	5.2	2.3-11.1	2	0.2	0.1- 0.9	7	1.1	0.4- 3.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	572	145	22.3	16.9-28.7	299	58.8	52.0-65.3	89	14.5	10.7-19.5	11	1.4	0.5- 3.8	28	3.0	1.8- 5.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,002	294	27.4	23.3-31.9	498	50.4	45.5-55.3	165	17.9	14.2-22.3	12	0.8	0.4- 1.6	33	3.5	2.1- 5.7
Some Post-H.S.	795	245	32.1	26.9-37.8	425	52.5	46.8-58.1	98	12.7	9.4-16.8	5	0.2	0.1- 0.6	22	2.6	1.4- 4.6
College Graduate	1,006	402	39.5	35.2-44.0	490	49.1	44.7-53.6	88	9.1	7.0-11.8	7	0.5	0.2- 1.5	19	1.7	0.9- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	286	81	29.6	21.2-39.7	137	49.9	39.9-59.9	46	15.6	9.7-24.2	2	0.4	0.1- 2.1	20	4.5	2.3- 8.7
$15,000- 24,999	594	146	19.7	15.3-25.1	318	58.4	51.9-64.6	99	17.3	12.8-22.9	9	1.2	0.4- 3.4	22	3.4	1.9- 5.9
$25,000- 34,999	363	109	30.1	23.3-37.9	178	48.7	40.7-56.7	61	17.2	12.1-23.8	4	0.9	0.3- 2.6	11	3.2	1.1- 8.4
$35,000- 49,999	519	151	29.0	23.5-35.2	277	51.7	45.4-57.8	70	14.8	10.8-20.1	4	0.4	0.1- 1.2	17	4.2	2.2- 7.6
$50,000-74,999	427	152	40.1	33.1-47.5	212	47.3	40.1-54.6	50	9.3	6.3-13.7	6	0.8	0.2- 2.9	7	2.4	0.9- 6.5
$75,000+	495	183	31.3	25.8-37.4	251	52.3	45.7-58.7	48	13.8	9.2-20.3	2	0.4	0.1- 1.8	11	2.2	1.0- 5.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	174	72	38.6	30.6-47.4	80	48.2	39.5-57.0	17	10.6	6.2-17.6	1	0.2	0.0- 1.8	4	2.3	0.8- 6.4
Guilford	164	66	37.1	29.0-45.9	74	47.3	38.5-56.3	19	13.6	8.4-21.2	0	0.0	. - .	5	2.0	0.8- 5.2
Mecklenburg	167	60	31.9	23.7-41.4	82	53.2	43.3-62.8	17	11.1	5.6-20.6	3	1.1	0.3- 3.8	5	2.7	1.0- 7.1
Orange	167	65	33.7	25.1-43.6	84	48.4	37.6-59.4	14	8.5	4.6-15.1	4	9.4	1.9-35.7	0	0.0	. - .
Wake	174	51	28.5	21.0-37.3	88	54.2	45.2-62.9	27	14.2	9.4-20.9	1	0.1	0.0- 1.0	7	3.0	1.3- 6.9
Chatham/Lee	151	45	28.2	20.4-37.5	78	51.3	41.0-61.6	16	9.9	5.8-16.5	0	0.0	. - .	12	10.5	5.0-20.7
Nash/Wilson	139	37	26.4	18.8-35.7	69	51.6	41.9-61.2	27	19.2	12.8-27.7	3	1.6	0.5- 4.8	3	1.3	0.4- 4.3
Craven/Pamlico	164	46	24.4	17.9-32.3	91	61.6	52.9-69.7	20	10.6	6.7-16.3	3	1.3	0.3- 5.1	4	2.1	0.8- 5.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	157	51	35.4	25.7-46.6	72	43.1	33.9-52.7	29	19.7	12.9-28.7	0	0.0	. - .	5	1.8	0.7- 4.5
Appalachian/Wilkes	166	51	28.6	20.8-37.8	102	64.4	54.7-73.0	13	7.1	3.9-12.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance	171	47	23.4	15.4-33.9	87	56.0	42.1-69.0	25	16.1	9.2-26.6	4	2.0	0.6- 6.0	8	2.5	1.1- 5.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson	155	49	23.1	14.3-35.2	84	66.5	51.7-78.7	13	4.4	2.2- 8.4	2	2.3	0.5- 9.1	7	3.7	1.6- 8.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	167	53	34.6	26.5-43.7	78	45.9	37.4-54.6	29	14.8	9.9-21.5	4	3.5	1.1-10.9	3	1.2	0.3- 4.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	120	33	27.1	16.4-41.2	62	54.1	42.1-65.6	18	13.7	8.4-21.7	3	3.1	0.9-10.1	4	2.0	0.7- 5.6
Northeast NC I	139	42	25.5	17.7-35.4	67	52.5	40.4-64.2	25	19.7	12.5-29.7	3	1.4	0.4- 4.6	2	0.9	0.2- 4.0
Northeast NC II	181	46	21.4	15.7-28.4	97	57.1	48.5-65.4	28	15.7	10.2-23.4	2	1.3	0.3- 5.1	8	4.5	1.9-10.2
Northeastern Partnership	320	88	22.7	18.0-28.2	164	55.7	48.7-62.4	53	17.0	12.4-22.8	5	1.3	0.5- 3.6	10	3.3	1.5- 7.2
Mountain AHEC	475	179	40.3	32.8-48.2	234	48.5	41.2-55.8	43	8.4	5.7-12.2	3	0.3	0.1- 1.1	16	2.6	1.4- 4.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,123	336	31.8	27.2-36.8	568	51.1	46.2-56.0	171	13.7	10.9-17.1	19	1.1	0.6- 2.0	29	2.3	1.3- 4.0
Piedmont	1,508	485	29.5	26.4-32.9	762	52.9	49.2-56.5	197	14.3	11.9-17.2	13	0.5	0.2- 1.2	51	2.7	1.8- 4.0
Western NC	754	268	36.3	30.5-42.5	387	50.2	44.3-56.1	74	9.9	6.9-13.9	3	0.2	0.1- 0.7	22	3.4	1.8- 6.3

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

3,385

1,089

31.1

28.7-33.7

1,717

52.0

49.3-54.7

442

13.5

11.8-15.5

0.7

0.4- 1.1

102

2.7

2.0- 3.6

RACE

White

2,514

838

31.9

29.1-34.9

1,265

51.1

48.0-54.2

311

13.7

11.7-16.0

0.4

0.2- 0.7

3.0

2.1- 4.0

African American

585

173

30.8

25.4-36.8

282

48.7

42.6-54.9

102

17.3

13.1-22.4

1.1

0.6- 2.2

2.1

1.1- 4.1

Asian

68.5

41.1-87.2

29.9

11.8-57.6

1.6

0.2-10.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

20.0

10.4-34.9

69.7

53.4-82.3

9.2

4.4-18.2

0.3

0.0- 2.4

0.7

0.2- 2.9

Other Minorities

161

19.4

11.9-30.2

111

68.7

57.0-78.5

7.6

3.1-17.6

2.2

0.5- 8.9

2.0

0.3-12.7

HISPANIC

Hispanic

169

18.7

11.4-29.2

108

67.1

55.5-77.0

10.5

5.1-20.5

1.5

0.3- 8.4

2.1

0.3-11.8

-English Speaking

44.2

23.5-67.1

36.7

19.4-58.4

18.3

6.7-41.4

0.0

. - .

0.8

0.1- 5.4

-Spanish Speaking

116

12.0

6.0-22.3

75.2

62.1-84.9

8.4

3.1-20.9

2.0

0.3-10.6

2.5

0.3-15.4

Non-Hispanic

3,213

1,046

32.2

29.7-34.8

1,608

50.7

48.0-53.4

426

13.8

12.0-15.8

0.6

0.4- 0.9

100

2.7

2.1- 3.6

AGE

18-24

214

30.9

22.5-40.9

118

53.2

43.4-62.8

13.9

8.5-21.8

0.1

0.0- 0.9

1.9

0.5- 6.6

25-34

522

143

30.9

24.9-37.6

267

48.3

41.9-54.8

17.2

12.8-22.7

1.1

0.5- 2.4

2.6

1.3- 4.9

35-44

672

176

26.7

22.2-31.7

362

54.0

48.6-59.3

112

16.4

12.8-20.8

1.0

0.3- 2.9

2.0

1.0- 3.9

45-54

668

201

27.1

22.6-32.2

343

56.7

51.0-62.2

11.5

8.4-15.5

0.5

0.2- 1.1

4.2

2.3- 7.4

55-64

573

199

32.6

27.5-38.3

280

51.6

45.8-57.4

12.0

8.8-16.1

0.8

0.2- 2.9

3.0

1.6- 5.4

65-74

451

169

38.2

31.9-44.8

224

48.2

41.6-54.9

9.9

6.4-15.1

0.1

0.0- 0.3

3.6

1.8- 7.1

75+

264

131

47.7

39.5-56.1

112

45.8

37.6-54.2

5.2

2.3-11.1

0.2

0.1- 0.9

1.1

0.4- 3.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

572

145

22.3

16.9-28.7

299

58.8

52.0-65.3

14.5

10.7-19.5

1.4

0.5- 3.8

3.0

1.8- 5.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,002

294

27.4

23.3-31.9

498

50.4

45.5-55.3

165

17.9

14.2-22.3

0.8

0.4- 1.6

3.5

2.1- 5.7

Some Post-H.S.

795

245

32.1

26.9-37.8

425

52.5

46.8-58.1

12.7

9.4-16.8

0.2

0.1- 0.6

2.6

1.4- 4.6

College Graduate

1,006

402

39.5

35.2-44.0

490

49.1

44.7-53.6

9.1

7.0-11.8

0.5

0.2- 1.5

1.7

0.9- 3.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

286

29.6

21.2-39.7

137

49.9

39.9-59.9

15.6

9.7-24.2

0.4

0.1- 2.1

4.5

2.3- 8.7

$15,000- 24,999

594

146

19.7

15.3-25.1

318

58.4

51.9-64.6

17.3

12.8-22.9

1.2

0.4- 3.4

3.4

1.9- 5.9

$25,000- 34,999

363

109

30.1

23.3-37.9

178

48.7

40.7-56.7

17.2

12.1-23.8

0.9

0.3- 2.6

3.2

1.1- 8.4

$35,000- 49,999

519

151

29.0

23.5-35.2

277

51.7

45.4-57.8

14.8

10.8-20.1

0.4

0.1- 1.2

4.2

2.2- 7.6

$50,000-74,999

427

152

40.1

33.1-47.5

212

47.3

40.1-54.6

9.3

6.3-13.7

0.8

0.2- 2.9

2.4

0.9- 6.5

$75,000+

495

183

31.3

25.8-37.4

251

52.3

45.7-58.7

13.8

9.2-20.3

0.4

0.1- 1.8

2.2

1.0- 5.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

174

38.6

30.6-47.4

48.2

39.5-57.0

10.6

6.2-17.6

0.2

0.0- 1.8

2.3

0.8- 6.4

Guilford

164

37.1

29.0-45.9

47.3

38.5-56.3

13.6

8.4-21.2

0.0

. - .

2.0

0.8- 5.2

Mecklenburg

167

31.9

23.7-41.4

53.2

43.3-62.8

11.1

5.6-20.6

1.1

0.3- 3.8

2.7

1.0- 7.1

Orange

167

33.7

25.1-43.6

48.4

37.6-59.4

8.5

4.6-15.1

9.4

1.9-35.7

0.0

. - .

Wake

174

28.5

21.0-37.3

54.2

45.2-62.9

14.2

9.4-20.9

0.1

0.0- 1.0

3.0

1.3- 6.9

Chatham/Lee

151

28.2

20.4-37.5

51.3

41.0-61.6

9.9

5.8-16.5

0.0

. - .

10.5

5.0-20.7

Nash/Wilson

139

26.4

18.8-35.7

51.6

41.9-61.2

19.2

12.8-27.7

1.6

0.5- 4.8

1.3

0.4- 4.3

Craven/Pamlico

164

24.4

17.9-32.3

61.6

52.9-69.7

10.6

6.7-16.3

1.3

0.3- 5.1

2.1

0.8- 5.7

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

157

35.4

25.7-46.6

43.1

33.9-52.7

19.7

12.9-28.7

0.0

. - .

1.8

0.7- 4.5

Appalachian/Wilkes

166

28.6

20.8-37.8

102

64.4

54.7-73.0

7.1

3.9-12.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Franklin/Gran./Vance

171

23.4

15.4-33.9

56.0

42.1-69.0

16.1

9.2-26.6

2.0

0.6- 6.0

2.5

1.1- 5.5

Graham/Swain/Jackson

155

23.1

14.3-35.2

66.5

51.7-78.7

4.4

2.2- 8.4

2.3

0.5- 9.1

3.7

1.6- 8.3

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

167

34.6

26.5-43.7

45.9

37.4-54.6

14.8

9.9-21.5

3.5

1.1-10.9

1.2

0.3- 4.2

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

120

27.1

16.4-41.2

54.1

42.1-65.6

13.7

8.4-21.7

3.1

0.9-10.1

2.0

0.7- 5.6

Northeast NC I

139

25.5

17.7-35.4

52.5

40.4-64.2

19.7

12.5-29.7

1.4

0.4- 4.6

0.9

0.2- 4.0

Northeast NC II

181

21.4

15.7-28.4

57.1

48.5-65.4

15.7

10.2-23.4

1.3

0.3- 5.1

4.5

1.9-10.2

Northeastern Partnership

320

22.7

18.0-28.2

164

55.7

48.7-62.4

17.0

12.4-22.8

1.3

0.5- 3.6

3.3

1.5- 7.2

Mountain AHEC

475

179

40.3

32.8-48.2

234

48.5

41.2-55.8

8.4

5.7-12.2

0.3

0.1- 1.1

2.6

1.4- 4.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,123

336

31.8

27.2-36.8

568

51.1

46.2-56.0

171

13.7

10.9-17.1

1.1

0.6- 2.0

2.3

1.3- 4.0

Piedmont

1,508

485

29.5

26.4-32.9

762

52.9

49.2-56.5

197

14.3

11.9-17.2

0.5

0.2- 1.2

2.7

1.8- 4.0

Western NC

754

268

36.3

30.5-42.5

387

50.2

44.3-56.1

9.9

6.9-13.9

0.2

0.1- 0.7

3.4

1.8- 6.3

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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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