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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Northeast NC II (Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington)

Fruits and Vegetables

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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%)
North Carolina 9,144 3,318 34.9 33.4-36.5 3,328 38.4 36.8-40.0 1,217 13.5 12.4-14.6 205 2.4 1.9- 3.0 1,076 10.8 9.9-11.8
-Northeast NC II 490 189 36.0 31.1-41.1 184 40.1 34.8-45.6 56 12.1 9.0-16.1 11 1.7 0.9- 3.5 50 10.1 7.3-13.8
GENDER
Male 175 60 30.1 23.0-38.2 79 47.7 39.0-56.6 20 12.0 7.4-18.9 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0 14 8.9 5.0-15.5
Female 315 129 41.6 35.5-48.0 105 32.7 27.1-38.8 36 12.2 8.7-17.0 9 2.2 1.0- 4.7 36 11.2 7.9-15.7
RACE
White 330 120 32.3 26.9-38.2 123 41.7 35.3-48.4 40 13.1 9.4-17.9 9 2.2 1.0- 4.9 38 10.7 7.5-15.0
Other 158 68 43.1 33.7-53.0 61 37.3 28.2-47.4 16 10.4 5.6-18.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 11 8.5 4.1-16.8
AGE
18-44 172 67 33.9 26.2-42.5 73 46.4 37.5-55.5 17 10.7 6.3-17.5 3 1.9 0.6- 6.1 12 7.1 3.8-12.9
45+ 313 121 37.9 31.9-44.3 110 35.1 29.1-41.6 38 13.2 9.4-18.4 7 1.3 0.6- 3.0 37 12.4 8.6-17.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 249 94 35.3 28.4-42.8 94 40.2 32.7-48.2 31 12.8 8.5-18.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0 28 11.0 7.0-16.8
Some College + 239 95 36.9 30.2-44.1 89 40.0 32.7-47.7 24 11.1 7.2-16.6 9 2.9 1.3- 6.4 22 9.2 5.9-14.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 264 105 37.9 31.2-45.2 99 39.7 32.7-47.2 30 11.4 7.7-16.7 8 2.3 1.0- 5.4 22 8.6 5.2-13.9
$50,000+ 94 29 28.1 19.6-38.5 42 48.9 37.7-60.1 10 11.6 6.3-20.4 3 2.4 0.7- 8.0 10 9.0 4.8-16.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 441 170 37.0 31.8-42.5 138 34.7 29.3-40.5 59 14.2 10.7-18.6 9 1.3 0.6- 2.6 65 12.9 9.9-16.6
Guilford 437 164 39.3 33.8-45.1 165 36.5 31.4-42.0 48 11.0 8.0-14.9 10 2.8 1.4- 5.5 50 10.4 7.6-14.1
Mecklenburg 441 151 35.4 29.8-41.5 160 34.9 29.6-40.6 65 16.2 11.9-21.7 10 1.8 0.8- 3.8 55 11.6 8.3-16.1
Orange 446 170 35.1 28.3-42.6 180 45.7 38.3-53.3 45 10.5 6.8-16.0 6 0.8 0.3- 2.0 45 7.9 5.5-11.2
Wake 438 154 34.8 29.5-40.5 176 42.3 36.7-48.1 52 12.3 9.1-16.3 8 1.2 0.6- 2.4 48 9.5 7.1-12.7
Chatham/Lee 385 146 36.7 30.5-43.4 139 38.8 32.8-45.3 46 13.0 9.1-18.3 9 1.8 0.9- 3.7 45 9.6 6.8-13.4
Nash/Wilson 369 123 30.6 25.5-36.2 130 38.0 32.0-44.3 53 15.6 11.7-20.5 8 2.0 1.0- 4.3 55 13.8 10.1-18.5
Craven/Pamlico 444 173 40.0 34.6-45.7 156 36.9 31.5-42.6 54 11.4 8.2-15.7 13 2.6 1.4- 4.8 48 9.0 6.6-12.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 425 162 37.5 31.6-43.7 138 31.4 26.5-36.8 69 16.7 12.7-21.6 8 1.8 0.8- 4.0 48 12.6 9.1-17.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 158 37.6 31.0-44.6 169 36.8 31.0-43.0 60 12.7 9.5-16.8 13 2.0 1.1- 3.6 51 11.0 6.5-17.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 461 166 32.1 25.9-39.0 167 42.3 33.6-51.6 63 12.7 9.0-17.7 10 2.3 1.1- 4.6 55 10.5 7.3-15.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 412 143 28.0 21.4-35.7 159 51.7 41.0-62.3 46 9.3 6.4-13.4 9 1.3 0.6- 2.6 55 9.6 6.7-13.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 456 148 32.8 27.9-38.1 168 38.8 33.6-44.2 76 15.3 12.0-19.4 6 0.8 0.4- 1.9 58 12.2 9.2-16.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 401 140 32.9 27.4-39.1 139 39.4 33.1-46.0 65 15.3 11.7-19.7 8 2.3 1.1- 5.0 49 10.0 7.3-13.6
Northeast NC I 445 186 38.9 33.2-44.9 155 39.0 32.4-46.0 63 13.9 10.5-18.3 9 1.6 0.7- 3.7 32 6.5 4.4- 9.6
Northeastern Partnership 935 375 37.0 33.2-40.9 339 39.7 35.5-44.0 119 12.8 10.4-15.6 20 1.7 1.0- 2.9 82 8.8 6.8-11.4
Mountain AHEC 1,261 474 36.9 33.0-40.9 440 38.3 33.9-43.0 153 11.8 9.5-14.6 26 2.2 1.2- 3.9 168 10.8 8.8-13.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,200 1,154 34.1 31.4-37.0 1,158 39.5 36.5-42.5 455 14.8 12.8-17.2 71 2.0 1.4- 2.8 362 9.6 8.2-11.2
Piedmont 3,926 1,420 35.0 32.8-37.3 1,452 38.0 35.7-40.3 506 13.0 11.5-14.6 86 2.7 1.9- 3.7 462 11.4 10.0-12.9
Western NC 2,018 744 36.3 32.9-39.7 718 37.9 34.3-41.6 256 12.6 10.5-15.1 48 2.2 1.5- 3.4 252 11.1 9.2-13.2

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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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