BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (How Often Do You Eat Green Salad?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-MALES

How Often Do You Eat Green Salad?

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	Total Respond.^	1 or more/day	1 or more/week	1 or more/month	1 or more/year	Never
TOTAL	3,405	429	12.4	10.7-14.3	2,267	67.1	64.5-69.6	463	13.7	11.9-15.7	37	1.1	0.6- 1.8	209	5.8	4.7- 7.1
RACE
White	2,536	345	12.8	10.8-15.0	1,736	69.6	66.7-72.4	302	12.4	10.3-14.8	21	0.7	0.4- 1.3	132	4.5	3.4- 5.8
African American	588	50	10.1	6.8-14.9	349	57.7	51.4-63.7	127	21.5	16.8-27.2	14	3.0	1.3- 6.9	48	7.6	5.2-11.0
Asian	25	7	52.3	26.2-77.3	13	32.1	13.2-59.5	3	5.3	1.3-18.8	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.3	2.4-34.4
Native American	79	6	2.6	1.0- 6.6	49	72.7	57.3-84.1	15	16.2	8.6-28.6	2	3.6	0.7-16.5	7	5.0	1.7-13.3
Other Minorities	159	19	7.7	4.2-13.7	109	68.4	56.8-78.0	14	11.2	5.4-21.7	0	0.0	. - .	17	12.8	6.7-23.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic	168	20	7.6	4.0-14.0	114	66.3	54.9-76.1	19	15.0	8.4-25.4	0	0.0	. - .	15	11.1	5.4-21.3
-English Speaking	52	11	21.7	8.6-44.9	31	49.4	28.0-70.9	7	27.2	11.9-50.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	1.7	0.5- 6.1
-Spanish Speaking	116	9	3.8	1.7- 8.2	83	70.8	57.5-81.3	12	11.8	5.3-24.1	0	0.0	. - .	12	13.6	6.6-26.1
Non-Hispanic	3,234	408	12.8	11.0-14.8	2,151	67.2	64.5-69.7	444	13.6	11.7-15.7	37	1.2	0.7- 1.9	194	5.3	4.3- 6.5
AGE
18-24	216	19	7.2	4.1-12.4	135	65.5	55.7-74.1	39	19.9	12.9-29.5	1	0.1	0.0- 0.5	22	7.3	3.8-13.5
25-34	527	51	13.4	8.8-19.9	350	64.0	57.4-70.1	90	14.6	11.0-19.2	2	1.3	0.3- 5.5	34	6.7	4.2-10.5
35-44	681	64	10.3	7.2-14.4	466	69.2	63.8-74.0	108	14.4	10.9-18.7	7	1.3	0.5- 3.3	36	4.9	3.1- 7.7
45-54	677	88	14.5	10.7-19.3	461	66.9	61.2-72.2	83	12.0	8.5-16.6	13	1.7	0.8- 3.3	32	4.9	3.1- 7.9
55-64	576	81	13.6	10.0-18.2	399	71.1	65.6-76.1	61	10.2	7.1-14.4	6	1.2	0.4- 3.5	29	3.9	2.4- 6.4
65-74	448	68	13.1	9.5-17.7	295	70.3	64.0-75.9	44	9.4	6.1-14.2	5	0.3	0.1- 0.8	36	6.9	4.2-11.1
75+	261	57	20.2	14.4-27.5	145	59.7	51.2-67.7	37	11.9	7.3-18.8	3	0.9	0.2- 3.6	19	7.3	3.6-14.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	581	46	8.1	4.4-14.5	325	59.7	52.8-66.2	121	19.2	14.6-24.8	14	1.9	0.8- 4.1	75	11.2	7.8-15.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,008	93	9.1	6.6-12.4	641	64.4	59.5-69.1	187	17.8	14.1-22.2	11	1.0	0.3- 3.3	76	7.7	5.5-10.6
Some Post-H.S.	799	102	12.3	9.3-16.0	568	68.4	63.0-73.4	88	14.0	10.2-18.9	8	1.3	0.5- 2.9	33	4.0	2.3- 6.9
College Graduate	1,008	188	18.7	15.2-22.8	727	72.9	68.6-76.8	65	5.8	4.1- 8.1	4	0.5	0.1- 1.6	24	2.1	1.2- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	290	21	5.6	3.3- 9.3	156	55.8	46.0-65.2	62	18.6	12.8-26.2	8	3.9	1.1-13.4	43	16.1	10.4-24.3
$15,000- 24,999	597	60	9.4	6.4-13.7	356	58.4	51.8-64.7	125	23.5	18.1-30.0	8	0.9	0.3- 2.7	48	7.7	4.9-11.8
$25,000- 34,999	361	41	12.6	8.0-19.3	227	64.5	56.6-71.6	63	15.2	10.7-21.2	5	0.8	0.3- 2.5	25	6.8	3.9-11.6
$35,000- 49,999	519	57	10.5	7.2-15.0	359	70.5	64.6-75.9	74	13.5	9.7-18.4	7	1.4	0.5- 3.5	22	4.1	2.4- 7.0
$50,000-74,999	435	62	13.5	9.1-19.5	327	78.9	72.6-84.1	35	6.2	3.9- 9.7	1	0.0	0.0- 0.2	10	1.3	0.6- 3.3
$75,000+	504	92	16.8	12.4-22.4	378	73.0	66.4-78.8	25	7.0	3.9-12.3	3	1.3	0.4- 3.9	6	1.9	0.5- 7.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	177	33	19.9	13.7-28.0	110	60.8	52.0-69.0	23	12.7	8.0-19.5	1	0.8	0.1- 5.6	10	5.8	2.7-11.9
Guilford	163	30	17.7	11.8-25.7	107	65.6	56.5-73.7	17	9.0	5.1-15.5	4	3.4	1.0-10.3	5	4.3	1.7-10.6
Mecklenburg	168	19	8.1	4.9-13.2	127	77.3	68.0-84.5	17	12.3	6.5-22.0	0	0.0	. - .	5	2.3	0.9- 5.8
Orange	169	26	13.0	8.4-19.8	124	70.0	56.0-81.0	12	6.4	3.3-12.2	1	0.5	0.1- 3.3	6	10.1	2.3-34.6
Wake	174	26	10.2	6.7-15.2	115	69.4	60.7-76.9	19	11.0	6.5-18.1	1	0.5	0.1- 3.4	13	8.9	4.5-16.8
Chatham/Lee	148	14	7.3	4.0-12.8	106	67.1	55.3-77.1	16	16.3	8.0-30.2	0	0.0	. - .	12	9.3	4.9-17.1
Nash/Wilson	137	11	6.6	3.4-12.7	100	73.8	64.5-81.3	17	11.4	6.8-18.4	2	2.6	0.5-12.4	7	5.6	2.5-11.9
Craven/Pamlico	168	25	15.8	9.9-24.4	107	65.0	55.9-73.1	23	13.3	8.5-20.2	4	1.9	0.6- 5.4	9	4.0	2.0- 7.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	157	19	16.8	8.5-30.4	93	58.2	47.7-68.1	31	17.5	11.9-24.9	2	1.2	0.2- 6.0	12	6.3	3.4-11.5
Appalachian/Wilkes	166	19	11.7	6.8-19.5	121	69.6	57.3-79.6	18	9.3	5.6-14.9	0	0.0	. - .	8	9.4	2.6-28.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance	176	19	7.2	4.2-12.1	110	67.6	55.6-77.6	34	18.7	11.6-28.7	2	0.4	0.1- 1.8	11	6.1	2.6-13.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	158	24	9.3	5.4-15.7	103	74.6	62.1-84.1	17	7.0	3.7-12.9	2	1.9	0.5- 7.5	12	7.2	3.4-14.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	174	21	14.0	8.6-21.9	100	56.0	47.2-64.3	38	22.5	16.1-30.6	2	1.0	0.2- 4.0	13	6.6	3.7-11.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	122	6	3.1	1.3- 7.1	72	62.9	52.0-72.7	25	16.9	11.1-25.0	5	4.5	1.5-12.3	14	12.6	6.9-21.8
Northeast NC I	136	11	9.6	4.5-19.3	79	58.8	46.9-69.8	30	22.2	14.5-32.4	3	1.8	0.5- 6.2	13	7.6	4.2-13.5
Northeast NC II	184	27	13.6	9.0-20.0	120	59.8	50.8-68.1	25	18.6	12.2-27.4	0	0.0	. - .	12	8.0	3.9-15.7
Northeastern Partnership	320	38	12.3	8.6-17.4	199	59.5	52.3-66.2	55	19.7	14.5-26.3	3	0.6	0.2- 1.9	25	7.9	4.7-13.1
Mountain AHEC	484	80	18.8	12.1-28.0	314	64.6	56.6-71.9	51	8.6	5.9-12.2	3	0.5	0.1- 1.7	36	7.5	4.8-11.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,136	128	12.3	9.4-15.9	726	63.6	58.8-68.2	187	17.1	13.6-21.3	17	0.9	0.5- 1.8	78	6.1	4.3- 8.6
Piedmont	1,503	189	11.7	9.5-14.2	1,030	68.9	65.4-72.3	190	12.8	10.4-15.6	16	1.3	0.7- 2.6	78	5.3	3.8- 7.2
Western NC	766	112	15.4	10.7-21.8	511	66.8	60.6-72.5	86	10.5	7.4-14.5	4	0.3	0.1- 1.0	53	7.0	4.6-10.4

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

3,405

429

12.4

10.7-14.3

2,267

67.1

64.5-69.6

463

13.7

11.9-15.7

1.1

0.6- 1.8

209

5.8

4.7- 7.1

RACE

White

2,536

345

12.8

10.8-15.0

1,736

69.6

66.7-72.4

302

12.4

10.3-14.8

0.7

0.4- 1.3

132

4.5

3.4- 5.8

African American

588

10.1

6.8-14.9

349

57.7

51.4-63.7

127

21.5

16.8-27.2

3.0

1.3- 6.9

7.6

5.2-11.0

Asian

52.3

26.2-77.3

32.1

13.2-59.5

5.3

1.3-18.8

0.0

. - .

10.3

2.4-34.4

Native American

2.6

1.0- 6.6

72.7

57.3-84.1

16.2

8.6-28.6

3.6

0.7-16.5

5.0

1.7-13.3

Other Minorities

159

7.7

4.2-13.7

109

68.4

56.8-78.0

11.2

5.4-21.7

0.0

. - .

12.8

6.7-23.1

HISPANIC

Hispanic

168

7.6

4.0-14.0

114

66.3

54.9-76.1

15.0

8.4-25.4

0.0

. - .

11.1

5.4-21.3

-English Speaking

21.7

8.6-44.9

49.4

28.0-70.9

27.2

11.9-50.8

0.0

. - .

1.7

0.5- 6.1

-Spanish Speaking

116

3.8

1.7- 8.2

70.8

57.5-81.3

11.8

5.3-24.1

0.0

. - .

13.6

6.6-26.1

Non-Hispanic

3,234

408

12.8

11.0-14.8

2,151

67.2

64.5-69.7

444

13.6

11.7-15.7

1.2

0.7- 1.9

194

5.3

4.3- 6.5

AGE

18-24

216

7.2

4.1-12.4

135

65.5

55.7-74.1

19.9

12.9-29.5

0.1

0.0- 0.5

7.3

3.8-13.5

25-34

527

13.4

8.8-19.9

350

64.0

57.4-70.1

14.6

11.0-19.2

1.3

0.3- 5.5

6.7

4.2-10.5

35-44

681

10.3

7.2-14.4

466

69.2

63.8-74.0

108

14.4

10.9-18.7

1.3

0.5- 3.3

4.9

3.1- 7.7

45-54

677

14.5

10.7-19.3

461

66.9

61.2-72.2

12.0

8.5-16.6

1.7

0.8- 3.3

4.9

3.1- 7.9

55-64

576

13.6

10.0-18.2

399

71.1

65.6-76.1

10.2

7.1-14.4

1.2

0.4- 3.5

3.9

2.4- 6.4

65-74

448

13.1

9.5-17.7

295

70.3

64.0-75.9

9.4

6.1-14.2

0.3

0.1- 0.8

6.9

4.2-11.1

75+

261

20.2

14.4-27.5

145

59.7

51.2-67.7

11.9

7.3-18.8

0.9

0.2- 3.6

7.3

3.6-14.3

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

581

8.1

4.4-14.5

325

59.7

52.8-66.2

121

19.2

14.6-24.8

1.9

0.8- 4.1

11.2

7.8-15.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,008

9.1

6.6-12.4

641

64.4

59.5-69.1

187

17.8

14.1-22.2

1.0

0.3- 3.3

7.7

5.5-10.6

Some Post-H.S.

799

102

12.3

9.3-16.0

568

68.4

63.0-73.4

14.0

10.2-18.9

1.3

0.5- 2.9

4.0

2.3- 6.9

College Graduate

1,008

188

18.7

15.2-22.8

727

72.9

68.6-76.8

5.8

4.1- 8.1

0.5

0.1- 1.6

2.1

1.2- 3.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

290

5.6

3.3- 9.3

156

55.8

46.0-65.2

18.6

12.8-26.2

3.9

1.1-13.4

16.1

10.4-24.3

$15,000- 24,999

597

9.4

6.4-13.7

356

58.4

51.8-64.7

125

23.5

18.1-30.0

0.9

0.3- 2.7

7.7

4.9-11.8

$25,000- 34,999

361

12.6

8.0-19.3

227

64.5

56.6-71.6

15.2

10.7-21.2

0.8

0.3- 2.5

6.8

3.9-11.6

$35,000- 49,999

519

10.5

7.2-15.0

359

70.5

64.6-75.9

13.5

9.7-18.4

1.4

0.5- 3.5

4.1

2.4- 7.0

$50,000-74,999

435

13.5

9.1-19.5

327

78.9

72.6-84.1

6.2

3.9- 9.7

0.0

0.0- 0.2

1.3

0.6- 3.3

$75,000+

504

16.8

12.4-22.4

378

73.0

66.4-78.8

7.0

3.9-12.3

1.3

0.4- 3.9

1.9

0.5- 7.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

177

19.9

13.7-28.0

110

60.8

52.0-69.0

12.7

8.0-19.5

0.8

0.1- 5.6

5.8

2.7-11.9

Guilford

163

17.7

11.8-25.7

107

65.6

56.5-73.7

9.0

5.1-15.5

3.4

1.0-10.3

4.3

1.7-10.6

Mecklenburg

168

8.1

4.9-13.2

127

77.3

68.0-84.5

12.3

6.5-22.0

0.0

. - .

2.3

0.9- 5.8

Orange

169

13.0

8.4-19.8

124

70.0

56.0-81.0

6.4

3.3-12.2

0.5

0.1- 3.3

10.1

2.3-34.6

Wake

174

10.2

6.7-15.2

115

69.4

60.7-76.9

11.0

6.5-18.1

0.5

0.1- 3.4

8.9

4.5-16.8

Chatham/Lee

148

7.3

4.0-12.8

106

67.1

55.3-77.1

16.3

8.0-30.2

0.0

. - .

9.3

4.9-17.1

Nash/Wilson

137

6.6

3.4-12.7

100

73.8

64.5-81.3

11.4

6.8-18.4

2.6

0.5-12.4

5.6

2.5-11.9

Craven/Pamlico

168

15.8

9.9-24.4

107

65.0

55.9-73.1

13.3

8.5-20.2

1.9

0.6- 5.4

4.0

2.0- 7.9

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

157

16.8

8.5-30.4

58.2

47.7-68.1

17.5

11.9-24.9

1.2

0.2- 6.0

6.3

3.4-11.5

Appalachian/Wilkes

166

11.7

6.8-19.5

121

69.6

57.3-79.6

9.3

5.6-14.9

0.0

. - .

9.4

2.6-28.8

Franklin/Gran./Vance

176

7.2

4.2-12.1

110

67.6

55.6-77.6

18.7

11.6-28.7

0.4

0.1- 1.8

6.1

2.6-13.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

158

9.3

5.4-15.7

103

74.6

62.1-84.1

7.0

3.7-12.9

1.9

0.5- 7.5

7.2

3.4-14.6

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

174

14.0

8.6-21.9

100

56.0

47.2-64.3

22.5

16.1-30.6

1.0

0.2- 4.0

6.6

3.7-11.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

122

3.1

1.3- 7.1

62.9

52.0-72.7

16.9

11.1-25.0

4.5

1.5-12.3

12.6

6.9-21.8

Northeast NC I

136

9.6

4.5-19.3

58.8

46.9-69.8

22.2

14.5-32.4

1.8

0.5- 6.2

7.6

4.2-13.5

Northeast NC II

184

13.6

9.0-20.0

120

59.8

50.8-68.1

18.6

12.2-27.4

0.0

. - .

8.0

3.9-15.7

Northeastern Partnership

320

12.3

8.6-17.4

199

59.5

52.3-66.2

19.7

14.5-26.3

0.6

0.2- 1.9

7.9

4.7-13.1

Mountain AHEC

484

18.8

12.1-28.0

314

64.6

56.6-71.9

8.6

5.9-12.2

0.5

0.1- 1.7

7.5

4.8-11.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,136

128

12.3

9.4-15.9

726

63.6

58.8-68.2

187

17.1

13.6-21.3

0.9

0.5- 1.8

6.1

4.3- 8.6

Piedmont

1,503

189

11.7

9.5-14.2

1,030

68.9

65.4-72.3

190

12.8

10.4-15.6

1.3

0.7- 2.6

5.3

3.8- 7.2

Western NC

766

112

15.4

10.7-21.8

511

66.8

60.6-72.5

10.5

7.4-14.5

0.3

0.1- 1.0

7.0

4.6-10.4

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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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