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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-MALES

Fruit (including fruit juice) 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 3,450 1,453 43.0 40.4-45.7 1,751 49.5 46.9-52.1 131 4.8 3.6- 6.4 115 2.6 2.0- 3.4
RACE
White 2,559 1,084 44.8 41.8-47.9 1,302 48.9 45.8-51.9 93 3.9 2.7- 5.6 80 2.4 1.7- 3.3
African American 602 263 41.0 35.1-47.1 292 49.1 43.0-55.2 25 5.8 3.4- 9.9 22 4.1 2.3- 7.2
Asian 26 5 24.5 8.3-53.8 20 58.7 29.6-82.8 1 16.8 2.6-60.8 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 82 43 36.9 22.2-54.6 28 42.9 25.1-62.7 3 14.0 2.7-48.9 8 6.2 2.5-14.6
Other Minorities 163 54 36.5 26.0-48.4 97 54.9 43.2-66.0 9 7.5 3.2-16.9 3 1.1 0.2- 5.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 55 39.9 29.2-51.7 102 52.7 41.2-63.8 8 6.5 2.5-15.9 4 0.9 0.3- 2.9
-English Speaking 53 19 43.8 23.9-65.8 29 46.1 25.3-68.3 2 6.8 1.1-31.5 3 3.4 0.8-13.2
-Spanish Speaking 116 36 38.9 26.7-52.6 73 54.4 41.1-67.1 6 6.5 2.1-18.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
Non-Hispanic 3,278 1,397 43.3 40.6-46.0 1,648 49.3 46.6-52.0 123 4.7 3.5- 6.3 110 2.7 2.1- 3.6
AGE
18-24 216 93 41.4 32.2-51.3 96 43.2 33.9-53.0 21 13.4 7.8-22.2 6 2.0 0.8- 4.9
25-34 528 241 43.4 37.2-49.8 242 47.6 41.2-54.1 22 6.2 3.4-11.1 23 2.8 1.5- 5.0
35-44 685 342 50.2 44.9-55.6 312 46.7 41.4-52.1 14 0.9 0.5- 1.9 17 2.1 1.1- 4.2
45-54 683 317 45.7 40.0-51.5 337 51.0 45.2-56.7 16 1.6 0.8- 3.0 13 1.7 0.7- 4.0
55-64 584 235 42.1 36.5-47.9 307 50.4 44.6-56.2 18 3.4 1.7- 6.8 24 4.1 2.3- 7.0
65-74 460 162 35.4 29.3-42.1 257 55.7 49.0-62.2 19 5.1 2.9- 8.9 22 3.8 2.0- 7.0
75+ 273 57 23.5 16.9-31.7 187 67.1 58.6-74.6 21 6.7 3.6-12.2 8 2.7 1.0- 7.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 597 269 47.0 40.3-53.7 291 47.3 40.7-54.1 21 3.7 2.0- 6.9 16 2.0 0.8- 4.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,021 492 50.2 45.4-55.1 462 42.8 38.1-47.7 40 4.5 2.6- 7.6 27 2.5 1.5- 4.0
Some Post-H.S. 805 339 42.0 36.5-47.6 413 50.1 44.4-55.7 30 5.5 3.1- 9.8 23 2.4 1.3- 4.5
College Graduate 1,016 348 34.0 30.0-38.2 581 57.4 53.0-61.7 38 5.3 3.1- 8.7 49 3.4 2.3- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 295 158 55.2 45.3-64.7 125 41.9 32.6-51.9 3 1.3 0.2- 6.7 9 1.6 0.6- 4.4
$15,000- 24,999 610 267 47.2 40.8-53.8 309 48.0 41.6-54.4 22 3.4 1.8- 6.3 12 1.4 0.6- 3.3
$25,000- 34,999 366 170 42.1 34.6-50.0 163 47.0 39.1-55.1 19 7.2 3.6-13.8 14 3.7 1.7- 7.7
$35,000- 49,999 526 242 44.6 38.5-50.8 252 49.1 42.9-55.3 12 2.2 1.0- 4.5 20 4.1 2.3- 7.5
$50,000-74,999 435 183 40.9 34.0-48.3 222 50.7 43.4-57.9 13 6.1 2.4-14.5 17 2.3 1.2- 4.4
$75,000+ 501 174 40.2 33.9-46.8 297 54.5 47.9-60.9 18 3.7 1.6- 8.2 12 1.6 0.7- 3.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 177 69 40.5 32.3-49.2 92 51.6 42.9-60.2 8 4.0 1.9- 8.2 8 3.9 1.9- 8.0
Guilford 164 53 29.8 22.7-38.0 96 58.2 49.2-66.7 8 5.8 2.5-12.6 7 6.3 2.6-14.1
Mecklenburg 167 61 35.4 26.6-45.2 89 51.3 41.4-61.1 10 10.0 4.4-21.1 7 3.3 1.6- 7.0
Orange 170 56 39.0 27.8-51.5 97 53.5 42.1-64.6 6 2.2 0.9- 5.1 11 5.2 2.5-10.6
Wake 176 76 43.1 34.6-52.1 93 52.8 43.8-61.5 6 3.8 1.1-12.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
Chatham/Lee 151 64 41.0 31.5-51.3 79 52.7 42.3-62.8 5 3.7 1.2-10.5 3 2.6 0.8- 8.1
Nash/Wilson 140 66 46.5 37.1-56.2 62 43.5 34.4-53.1 4 4.0 1.3-12.0 8 5.9 2.7-12.5
Craven/Pamlico 169 75 46.8 37.9-55.9 89 51.2 42.2-60.2 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 160 76 47.1 37.5-56.8 76 43.4 34.3-52.9 3 2.0 0.6- 6.2 5 7.6 1.8-27.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 169 66 43.3 33.0-54.1 92 50.5 40.3-60.7 5 3.4 1.4- 8.1 6 2.8 1.2- 6.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 174 77 52.9 38.9-66.4 82 39.2 27.6-52.2 9 5.2 2.0-12.7 6 2.7 1.1- 6.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 160 70 60.2 44.2-74.3 77 33.3 21.5-47.6 7 4.2 1.5-11.6 6 2.3 0.9- 5.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 176 89 46.1 37.8-54.5 70 43.1 34.8-51.8 7 4.6 2.0-10.0 10 6.2 2.9-12.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 63 48.7 37.5-60.0 54 43.5 32.3-55.3 3 5.1 1.2-19.1 6 2.7 1.1- 6.4
Northeast NC I 143 51 44.7 32.5-57.6 83 50.3 38.3-62.2 7 4.3 1.9- 9.5 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1
Northeast NC II 185 90 52.2 43.6-60.6 86 43.9 35.7-52.5 5 2.3 1.0- 5.6 4 1.6 0.6- 4.4
Northeastern Partnership 328 141 49.8 42.8-56.8 169 45.9 39.1-52.9 12 3.0 1.6- 5.4 6 1.3 0.5- 3.2
Mountain AHEC 485 186 36.8 30.5-43.7 258 56.4 49.3-63.2 22 3.4 2.0- 5.6 19 3.4 1.9- 6.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,161 523 42.8 38.2-47.5 560 50.0 45.2-54.8 40 4.9 2.8- 8.2 38 2.3 1.5- 3.6
Piedmont 1,520 627 43.8 40.1-47.5 783 48.1 44.5-51.8 62 5.4 3.7- 7.8 48 2.7 1.9- 4.0
Western NC 769 303 40.6 35.0-46.4 408 54.0 48.2-59.7 29 2.6 1.7- 4.1 29 2.8 1.7- 4.5

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* Data in this table were derived from the fruits 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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