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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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,377 2,428 71.5 69.1-73.9 860 25.7 23.4-28.1 52 1.7 1.1- 2.6 9 0.3 0.1- 1.0 28 0.8 0.5- 1.2
RACE
White 2,517 1,876 76.5 73.8-78.9 589 21.8 19.5-24.4 25 0.9 0.5- 1.4 6 0.2 0.1- 0.4 21 0.7 0.4- 1.2
African American 582 419 71.6 65.8-76.8 141 23.0 18.4-28.2 14 2.9 1.3- 6.5 3 1.2 0.2- 6.7 5 1.3 0.5- 3.5
Asian 24 19 93.6 82.2-97.9 5 6.4 2.1-17.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 80 55 75.7 60.9-86.2 21 22.0 12.2-36.4 3 2.0 0.5- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
Other Minorities 158 51 22.7 15.1-32.7 96 69.1 58.2-78.3 10 7.6 3.3-16.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 57 24.7 16.8-34.9 98 68.4 57.4-77.6 9 6.8 2.7-15.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
-English Speaking 49 33 55.0 31.5-76.4 16 45.0 23.6-68.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 116 24 17.0 9.5-28.3 82 74.4 61.8-83.9 9 8.5 3.5-19.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
Non-Hispanic 3,209 2,369 75.6 73.3-77.8 761 21.9 19.8-24.2 43 1.3 0.8- 2.0 9 0.3 0.1- 1.1 27 0.8 0.5- 1.3
AGE
18-24 212 150 72.9 63.5-80.5 54 25.4 17.9-34.8 4 0.7 0.2- 2.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.0 0.3- 2.8
25-34 530 370 68.7 62.6-74.3 134 26.1 20.9-32.0 13 2.5 1.2- 5.0 2 0.9 0.1- 5.8 11 1.8 0.9- 3.8
35-44 668 451 68.0 62.7-72.9 195 28.5 23.8-33.7 12 2.7 1.2- 6.4 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 7 0.5 0.2- 1.2
45-54 671 464 70.0 64.3-75.2 194 27.6 22.6-33.2 11 1.8 0.7- 4.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5
55-64 571 443 77.2 71.8-81.8 119 21.3 16.8-26.6 6 0.9 0.4- 2.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.6
65-74 445 326 74.1 67.8-79.5 111 24.9 19.5-31.2 4 0.7 0.2- 2.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0
75+ 259 210 81.3 73.8-87.0 46 17.5 11.9-24.9 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 568 361 56.3 49.3-63.1 181 38.1 31.5-45.1 21 4.9 2.5- 9.3 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 998 702 71.0 66.2-75.3 268 26.1 21.9-30.7 13 1.2 0.5- 2.5 5 0.9 0.2- 3.4 10 0.9 0.4- 2.0
Some Post-H.S. 794 584 75.6 70.5-80.0 191 21.9 17.7-26.8 11 1.7 0.8- 3.9 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 7 0.6 0.3- 1.5
College Graduate 1,008 774 77.0 73.3-80.4 219 21.7 18.4-25.4 7 0.5 0.2- 1.2 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 7 0.7 0.3- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 283 186 62.6 51.7-72.4 83 30.6 21.4-41.7 7 2.1 0.9- 4.8 4 3.0 0.6-14.9 3 1.6 0.5- 5.3
$15,000- 24,999 593 396 66.1 59.7-72.0 172 29.9 24.3-36.2 19 2.9 1.3- 6.5 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 5 1.0 0.4- 3.0
$25,000- 34,999 361 261 73.0 65.1-79.7 95 26.3 19.6-34.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 0.6 0.2- 2.2
$35,000- 49,999 513 373 70.4 64.0-76.1 129 26.5 21.0-32.7 8 2.5 0.8- 7.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2
$50,000-74,999 432 326 80.0 74.3-84.6 94 17.5 13.1-22.9 7 1.7 0.7- 3.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5
$75,000+ 503 370 73.0 66.9-78.4 127 25.7 20.4-31.7 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.5 0.1- 2.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 172 119 69.1 60.1-76.8 49 27.5 20.3-36.2 3 2.9 0.8-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
Guilford 160 126 79.4 70.8-86.0 29 18.0 11.8-26.6 4 2.1 0.7- 6.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
Mecklenburg 165 113 63.9 53.3-73.2 48 34.6 25.3-45.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.3 0.4- 4.1
Orange 167 115 62.2 49.4-73.6 45 32.6 21.4-46.3 4 3.9 1.4-10.6 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3
Wake 176 117 63.2 53.9-71.5 53 34.0 25.8-43.3 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.4 0.8- 6.8
Chatham/Lee 150 99 57.6 46.5-67.9 44 36.0 25.8-47.6 3 2.9 0.9- 9.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.6 1.1-10.7
Nash/Wilson 135 91 68.0 58.5-76.3 41 29.1 21.3-38.4 2 1.4 0.3- 5.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6
Craven/Pamlico 166 117 73.3 65.0-80.3 45 24.4 17.7-32.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 2 1.0 0.3- 4.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 118 77.3 69.3-83.7 36 20.9 14.8-28.8 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 116 70.9 61.5-78.8 47 26.7 19.3-35.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 174 143 81.1 70.3-88.7 29 16.1 9.6-25.6 1 2.5 0.4-15.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 157 121 55.9 35.0-75.0 35 29.3 14.5-50.4 1 14.7 2.3-55.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 172 113 64.4 55.5-72.4 53 31.1 23.6-39.7 5 4.1 1.4-11.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 0 0.0 . - .
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 121 81 62.9 50.0-74.1 33 28.5 18.1-41.9 4 2.7 1.0- 7.6 1 2.1 0.3-13.5 2 3.8 0.9-13.9
Northeast NC I 141 97 72.0 62.0-80.3 38 25.3 17.5-35.1 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6 0 0.0 . - .
Northeast NC II 182 140 76.9 68.9-83.4 41 22.5 16.2-30.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Northeastern Partnership 323 237 75.4 69.2-80.6 79 23.4 18.3-29.5 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 0 0.0 . - .
Mountain AHEC 477 348 71.5 64.8-77.3 118 23.1 18.1-28.9 5 2.9 0.9- 9.4 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 4 1.8 0.6- 5.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,132 793 69.3 64.6-73.7 305 27.9 23.6-32.6 22 1.9 1.0- 3.7 5 0.2 0.1- 0.7 7 0.6 0.2- 1.5
Piedmont 1,489 1,087 73.2 69.9-76.4 364 24.7 21.6-28.0 20 1.1 0.5- 2.1 2 0.3 0.0- 2.1 16 0.7 0.4- 1.4
Western NC 756 548 69.3 63.6-74.5 191 25.1 20.5-30.3 10 3.8 1.6- 8.6 2 0.5 0.1- 1.8 5 1.3 0.5- 3.4

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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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