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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-WHITE 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 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
AGE
18-24 132 63 45.9 33.5-58.8 56 42.2 30.2-55.1 11 11.4 5.0-24.0 2 0.5 0.1- 2.6
25-34 356 183 50.5 42.6-58.3 145 42.6 34.9-50.7 13 4.0 1.9- 8.4 15 2.9 1.3- 6.3
35-44 505 254 51.2 45.1-57.3 230 46.8 40.7-52.9 10 0.7 0.3- 1.6 11 1.3 0.6- 2.6
45-54 483 224 47.3 40.7-54.1 235 48.9 42.2-55.6 12 1.6 0.7- 3.5 12 2.2 0.9- 5.2
55-64 453 180 41.5 35.2-48.1 244 51.1 44.6-57.6 14 3.8 1.8- 8.0 15 3.6 1.8- 7.0
65-74 386 128 32.7 26.3-39.8 226 59.4 52.3-66.3 14 3.8 2.0- 7.2 18 4.1 2.0- 7.9
75+ 232 49 24.1 16.8-33.3 158 65.6 56.3-73.9 19 7.2 3.7-13.7 6 3.0 1.1- 8.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 332 158 49.4 40.3-58.5 155 45.4 36.4-54.8 12 3.1 1.2- 7.8 7 2.0 0.5- 8.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 717 357 53.9 48.1-59.5 316 39.8 34.4-45.5 26 4.0 2.0- 7.9 18 2.4 1.3- 4.3
Some Post-H.S. 632 269 44.8 38.5-51.3 323 49.2 42.7-55.6 24 4.2 2.0- 8.7 16 1.8 0.8- 3.7
College Graduate 871 297 35.4 31.1-40.0 505 57.7 52.9-62.3 30 3.9 2.1- 6.9 39 3.1 2.0- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 183 101 59.3 47.7-69.9 74 37.9 27.6-49.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 6 2.5 0.8- 7.6
$15,000- 24,999 359 160 51.3 42.7-59.8 181 44.1 35.9-52.7 13 3.6 1.6- 8.1 5 0.9 0.3- 3.4
$25,000- 34,999 272 128 46.9 38.0-56.0 119 44.1 35.3-53.4 12 4.1 1.8- 9.2 13 4.9 2.2-10.4
$35,000- 49,999 420 189 46.0 39.2-53.0 208 49.3 42.4-56.3 9 1.5 0.6- 3.6 14 3.1 1.6- 6.0
$50,000-74,999 358 162 44.1 36.5-52.1 176 49.8 42.1-57.6 12 5.0 1.8-13.6 8 1.0 0.4- 2.3
$75,000+ 445 159 42.2 35.4-49.4 260 53.6 46.6-60.5 16 2.7 1.2- 5.8 10 1.4 0.6- 3.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 155 61 41.9 33.1-51.2 78 48.8 39.7-58.0 8 4.7 2.2- 9.6 8 4.6 2.2- 9.4
Guilford 111 41 33.7 24.9-43.8 63 62.4 52.2-71.6 4 2.3 0.8- 6.2 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2
Mecklenburg 109 37 31.9 21.4-44.5 60 51.9 39.0-64.6 8 13.3 5.3-29.7 4 2.9 1.1- 7.8
Orange 135 43 32.5 24.1-42.2 77 57.5 47.7-66.7 6 3.2 1.4- 7.2 9 6.8 3.1-14.3
Wake 128 57 45.6 36.0-55.5 66 52.2 42.3-61.9 5 2.3 0.9- 5.5 0 0.0 . - .
Chatham/Lee 116 58 52.4 41.0-63.4 52 40.6 30.1-52.0 4 4.1 1.1-14.0 2 3.0 0.7-11.2
Nash/Wilson 85 37 47.2 34.8-60.0 39 41.7 30.3-54.0 3 3.6 1.1-11.3 6 7.6 3.1-17.4
Craven/Pamlico 131 58 49.2 39.1-59.5 69 49.0 38.9-59.3 3 1.3 0.4- 4.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 147 71 48.4 38.3-58.8 69 41.8 32.5-51.8 3 2.1 0.7- 6.8 4 7.6 1.6-29.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 161 62 42.4 31.9-53.7 89 51.9 41.2-62.4 4 2.8 1.0- 7.4 6 3.0 1.2- 7.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 104 44 48.1 34.8-61.7 49 39.8 28.0-52.9 6 7.7 2.6-20.7 5 4.4 1.8-10.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 136 56 43.5 33.6-53.8 68 46.6 36.8-56.6 7 6.7 2.5-16.8 5 3.3 1.3- 8.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 83 36 38.0 27.2-50.1 42 55.4 43.0-67.2 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 3 5.1 1.2-19.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 84 44 57.1 45.2-68.2 36 39.3 28.6-51.2 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 3 2.3 0.7- 7.7
Northeast NC I 72 24 37.2 25.0-51.3 45 60.0 46.1-72.4 2 1.8 0.4- 7.2 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2
Northeast NC II 127 63 55.6 45.5-65.2 60 41.8 32.5-51.8 2 1.7 0.4- 6.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6
Northeastern Partnership 199 87 51.2 42.8-59.5 105 46.2 38.1-54.5 4 1.7 0.6- 5.0 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9
Mountain AHEC 422 158 34.9 28.5-42.0 224 57.2 49.8-64.3 22 4.0 2.4- 6.5 18 3.9 2.1- 7.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 742 331 45.3 39.4-51.3 370 48.2 42.2-54.3 20 4.3 1.9- 9.4 21 2.2 1.3- 3.9
Piedmont 1,130 485 46.2 41.9-50.4 567 47.5 43.3-51.7 45 4.1 2.5- 6.5 33 2.3 1.4- 3.7
Western NC 687 268 39.6 33.9-45.6 365 54.5 48.4-60.4 28 2.9 1.9- 4.6 26 3.0 1.8- 4.8

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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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