BRFSS 2003 - Piedmont North Carolina**: (How often do you eat carrots?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

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	Total Respond.^	1 or more/day	1 or more/week	1 or more/month	1 or more/year	Never
North Carolina	8,966	616	6.2	5.4- 7.0	4,144	46.0	44.4-47.7	2,241	25.7	24.2-27.2	245	2.7	2.2- 3.3	1,720	19.4	18.1-20.8
-Piedmont NC	3,867	260	5.7	4.8- 6.8	1,842	47.1	44.8-49.4	965	25.8	23.8-28.0	98	2.1	1.5- 2.8	702	19.3	17.5-21.3
GENDER
Male	1,456	78	3.9	2.8- 5.5	662	45.4	41.7-49.2	392	27.6	24.3-31.1	40	2.0	1.4- 3.0	284	21.0	18.0-24.4
Female	2,411	182	7.3	6.0- 8.9	1,180	48.6	45.8-51.5	573	24.2	21.9-26.7	58	2.1	1.4- 3.2	418	17.8	15.6-20.1
RACE
White	2,844	209	6.2	5.1- 7.6	1,440	49.2	46.5-51.9	725	26.9	24.6-29.4	60	2.0	1.4- 2.8	410	15.7	13.8-17.9
African American	771	37	4.5	2.9- 6.9	256	33.9	29.3-38.8	195	25.8	21.5-30.6	32	3.2	1.8- 5.7	251	32.6	27.8-37.8
Other Minorities	196	10	3.6	1.3- 9.5	119	56.1	45.8-65.9	30	15.7	9.8-24.0	4	0.4	0.1- 1.2	33	24.2	16.1-34.7
AGE
18-24	240	14	4.7	2.4- 9.1	81	38.8	30.2-48.2	63	22.4	16.0-30.4	2	1.9	0.5- 7.4	80	32.1	24.3-41.1
25-34	616	33	4.4	2.5- 7.5	255	42.1	36.7-47.7	166	27.5	22.9-32.6	19	1.7	0.9- 3.1	143	24.3	19.9-29.4
35-44	819	36	3.7	2.4- 5.7	402	49.2	44.5-54.0	217	28.6	24.4-33.2	18	1.5	0.8- 2.9	146	17.0	13.8-20.7
45-54	782	59	6.3	4.5- 8.9	397	52.6	47.5-57.7	189	25.2	20.8-30.0	26	3.3	2.0- 5.4	111	12.6	9.5-16.4
55-64	587	48	8.1	5.4-11.9	290	48.9	43.3-54.6	150	27.1	22.3-32.6	15	2.3	1.1- 4.6	84	13.6	10.1-18.0
65-74	438	36	8.2	5.3-12.6	222	50.0	43.6-56.4	100	25.2	19.8-31.5	12	2.5	1.1- 5.4	68	14.1	10.2-19.0
75+	354	31	8.7	5.4-13.9	180	48.9	41.9-56.0	69	19.1	14.0-25.4	6	1.3	0.5- 3.5	68	22.0	16.5-28.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	549	25	4.8	2.7- 8.3	227	42.8	36.6-49.2	120	23.1	18.3-28.8	16	1.5	0.7- 2.8	161	27.9	22.7-33.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,014	47	4.5	2.9- 6.8	408	37.4	33.1-42.0	284	29.3	25.1-34.0	29	2.3	1.3- 4.0	246	26.4	22.3-31.1
Some Post-H.S.	904	71	6.7	4.9- 9.1	436	46.9	42.1-51.8	228	26.0	22.0-30.4	15	1.6	0.7- 3.6	154	18.7	15.1-22.9
College Graduate	1,385	116	6.3	4.8- 8.1	764	57.1	53.4-60.7	332	24.4	21.4-27.7	38	2.5	1.7- 3.7	135	9.8	7.8-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	333	22	4.2	2.4- 7.2	128	43.1	34.6-52.0	76	21.5	15.8-28.5	12	1.9	0.8- 4.1	95	29.4	22.3-37.8
$15,000- 24,999	630	39	6.6	4.2-10.3	273	38.9	33.2-44.9	153	26.2	21.2-31.9	28	3.2	1.7- 5.9	137	25.1	20.1-30.9
$25,000- 34,999	384	30	8.5	4.9-14.3	164	45.8	38.4-53.5	104	23.2	17.6-29.9	14	2.1	1.0- 4.4	72	20.3	14.5-27.7
$35,000- 49,999	525	26	3.7	2.1- 6.3	247	45.8	39.8-51.8	137	26.1	21.2-31.6	13	2.4	1.2- 4.8	102	22.1	17.4-27.6
$50,000-74,999	452	28	4.5	2.7- 7.4	221	49.9	43.4-56.4	135	29.0	23.6-34.9	6	0.9	0.3- 2.2	62	15.8	11.5-21.2
$75,000+	649	47	6.4	4.4- 9.2	362	54.6	49.2-59.8	168	28.8	23.9-34.1	15	2.0	1.0- 3.7	57	8.3	5.8-11.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	432	30	6.6	4.4-10.0	251	53.7	47.9-59.3	89	25.4	20.3-31.3	9	1.3	0.7- 2.5	53	13.0	9.6-17.3
Guilford	429	31	6.9	4.5-10.4	216	47.4	41.8-53.0	103	25.8	21.0-31.2	10	2.2	1.1- 4.4	69	17.8	13.8-22.8
Mecklenburg	428	23	4.5	2.9- 7.0	217	52.5	46.5-58.4	109	25.4	20.5-31.1	9	1.7	0.8- 3.4	70	15.9	12.2-20.5
Orange	434	44	8.0	5.5-11.5	243	55.3	47.7-62.7	89	20.9	15.9-27.0	11	2.2	1.1- 4.2	47	13.5	7.9-22.2
Wake	441	30	6.6	4.3-10.2	221	50.7	45.0-56.3	110	23.5	19.2-28.6	9	1.6	0.8- 3.2	71	17.5	13.5-22.5
Chatham/Lee	384	27	6.1	4.0- 9.2	182	47.0	40.6-53.4	94	22.7	18.1-28.1	10	2.3	1.1- 4.4	71	22.0	16.1-29.2
Nash/Wilson	357	23	5.5	3.5- 8.7	128	34.9	29.4-41.0	101	29.3	23.7-35.5	17	3.8	2.2- 6.3	88	26.5	21.4-32.3
Craven/Pamlico	435	30	6.4	4.4- 9.4	223	52.3	46.6-58.0	97	20.7	16.6-25.4	9	1.9	0.9- 4.0	76	18.6	14.1-24.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	421	27	6.1	4.1- 9.0	177	39.8	33.9-45.9	115	27.9	22.9-33.4	11	2.6	1.3- 5.0	91	23.7	19.0-29.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	429	29	7.1	4.6-10.7	203	44.9	38.1-51.9	121	28.4	23.1-34.4	6	1.0	0.4- 2.4	70	18.5	13.1-25.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	460	28	4.3	2.8- 6.7	179	34.5	28.0-41.7	123	28.2	21.9-35.4	13	2.2	1.1- 4.1	117	30.8	21.9-41.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	403	31	5.5	3.6- 8.5	224	60.7	50.9-69.7	81	18.6	13.4-25.2	9	2.3	1.0- 5.1	58	12.9	9.0-18.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	444	29	6.1	4.1- 9.0	150	34.2	29.2-39.5	127	28.1	23.5-33.2	15	3.4	1.7- 6.6	123	28.2	23.7-33.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	388	21	4.2	2.6- 6.8	143	40.0	33.5-46.9	94	23.3	18.7-28.7	17	4.4	2.6- 7.2	113	28.0	22.8-33.9
Northeast NC I	432	17	3.2	1.9- 5.2	149	33.7	28.2-39.6	137	34.6	27.9-42.0	16	2.4	1.4- 4.2	113	26.1	21.3-31.5
Northeast NC II	487	43	7.4	5.3-10.1	208	41.0	35.7-46.4	107	21.1	17.2-25.5	19	6.4	3.8-10.8	110	24.2	19.9-29.0
Northeastern Partnership	919	60	5.9	4.5- 7.8	357	38.4	34.4-42.6	244	25.8	22.2-29.8	35	5.0	3.2- 7.9	223	24.8	21.5-28.5
Mountain AHEC	1,241	97	8.8	6.6-11.5	687	52.1	47.7-56.5	264	24.3	20.0-29.1	26	1.9	1.1- 3.2	167	13.0	10.6-15.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,126	204	6.0	4.6- 7.9	1,280	42.3	39.4-45.3	813	26.0	23.4-28.8	112	4.4	3.2- 6.1	717	21.2	18.9-23.6
Piedmont	3,867	260	5.7	4.8- 6.8	1,842	47.1	44.8-49.4	965	25.8	23.8-28.0	98	2.1	1.5- 2.8	702	19.3	17.5-21.3
Western NC	1,973	152	8.6	6.7-10.8	1,022	49.7	46.0-53.3	463	24.4	21.1-28.0	35	1.5	0.9- 2.3	301	15.9	13.6-18.7

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

8,966

616

6.2

5.4- 7.0

4,144

46.0

44.4-47.7

2,241

25.7

24.2-27.2

245

2.7

2.2- 3.3

1,720

19.4

18.1-20.8

-Piedmont NC

3,867

260

5.7

4.8- 6.8

1,842

47.1

44.8-49.4

965

25.8

23.8-28.0

2.1

1.5- 2.8

702

19.3

17.5-21.3

GENDER

Male

1,456

3.9

2.8- 5.5

662

45.4

41.7-49.2

392

27.6

24.3-31.1

2.0

1.4- 3.0

284

21.0

18.0-24.4

Female

2,411

182

7.3

6.0- 8.9

1,180

48.6

45.8-51.5

573

24.2

21.9-26.7

2.1

1.4- 3.2

418

17.8

15.6-20.1

RACE

White

2,844

209

6.2

5.1- 7.6

1,440

49.2

46.5-51.9

725

26.9

24.6-29.4

2.0

1.4- 2.8

410

15.7

13.8-17.9

African American

771

4.5

2.9- 6.9

256

33.9

29.3-38.8

195

25.8

21.5-30.6

3.2

1.8- 5.7

251

32.6

27.8-37.8

Other Minorities

196

3.6

1.3- 9.5

119

56.1

45.8-65.9

15.7

9.8-24.0

0.4

0.1- 1.2

24.2

16.1-34.7

AGE

18-24

240

4.7

2.4- 9.1

38.8

30.2-48.2

22.4

16.0-30.4

1.9

0.5- 7.4

32.1

24.3-41.1

25-34

616

4.4

2.5- 7.5

255

42.1

36.7-47.7

166

27.5

22.9-32.6

1.7

0.9- 3.1

143

24.3

19.9-29.4

35-44

819

3.7

2.4- 5.7

402

49.2

44.5-54.0

217

28.6

24.4-33.2

1.5

0.8- 2.9

146

17.0

13.8-20.7

45-54

782

6.3

4.5- 8.9

397

52.6

47.5-57.7

189

25.2

20.8-30.0

3.3

2.0- 5.4

111

12.6

9.5-16.4

55-64

587

8.1

5.4-11.9

290

48.9

43.3-54.6

150

27.1

22.3-32.6

2.3

1.1- 4.6

13.6

10.1-18.0

65-74

438

8.2

5.3-12.6

222

50.0

43.6-56.4

100

25.2

19.8-31.5

2.5

1.1- 5.4

14.1

10.2-19.0

75+

354

8.7

5.4-13.9

180

48.9

41.9-56.0

19.1

14.0-25.4

1.3

0.5- 3.5

22.0

16.5-28.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

549

4.8

2.7- 8.3

227

42.8

36.6-49.2

120

23.1

18.3-28.8

1.5

0.7- 2.8

161

27.9

22.7-33.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,014

4.5

2.9- 6.8

408

37.4

33.1-42.0

284

29.3

25.1-34.0

2.3

1.3- 4.0

246

26.4

22.3-31.1

Some Post-H.S.

904

6.7

4.9- 9.1

436

46.9

42.1-51.8

228

26.0

22.0-30.4

1.6

0.7- 3.6

154

18.7

15.1-22.9

College Graduate

1,385

116

6.3

4.8- 8.1

764

57.1

53.4-60.7

332

24.4

21.4-27.7

2.5

1.7- 3.7

135

9.8

7.8-12.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

333

4.2

2.4- 7.2

128

43.1

34.6-52.0

21.5

15.8-28.5

1.9

0.8- 4.1

29.4

22.3-37.8

$15,000- 24,999

630

6.6

4.2-10.3

273

38.9

33.2-44.9

153

26.2

21.2-31.9

3.2

1.7- 5.9

137

25.1

20.1-30.9

$25,000- 34,999

384

8.5

4.9-14.3

164

45.8

38.4-53.5

104

23.2

17.6-29.9

2.1

1.0- 4.4

20.3

14.5-27.7

$35,000- 49,999

525

3.7

2.1- 6.3

247

45.8

39.8-51.8

137

26.1

21.2-31.6

2.4

1.2- 4.8

102

22.1

17.4-27.6

$50,000-74,999

452

4.5

2.7- 7.4

221

49.9

43.4-56.4

135

29.0

23.6-34.9

0.9

0.3- 2.2

15.8

11.5-21.2

$75,000+

649

6.4

4.4- 9.2

362

54.6

49.2-59.8

168

28.8

23.9-34.1

2.0

1.0- 3.7

8.3

5.8-11.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

432

6.6

4.4-10.0

251

53.7

47.9-59.3

25.4

20.3-31.3

1.3

0.7- 2.5

13.0

9.6-17.3

Guilford

429

6.9

4.5-10.4

216

47.4

41.8-53.0

103

25.8

21.0-31.2

2.2

1.1- 4.4

17.8

13.8-22.8

Mecklenburg

428

4.5

2.9- 7.0

217

52.5

46.5-58.4

109

25.4

20.5-31.1

1.7

0.8- 3.4

15.9

12.2-20.5

Orange

434

8.0

5.5-11.5

243

55.3

47.7-62.7

20.9

15.9-27.0

2.2

1.1- 4.2

13.5

7.9-22.2

Wake

441

6.6

4.3-10.2

221

50.7

45.0-56.3

110

23.5

19.2-28.6

1.6

0.8- 3.2

17.5

13.5-22.5

Chatham/Lee

384

6.1

4.0- 9.2

182

47.0

40.6-53.4

22.7

18.1-28.1

2.3

1.1- 4.4

22.0

16.1-29.2

Nash/Wilson

357

5.5

3.5- 8.7

128

34.9

29.4-41.0

101

29.3

23.7-35.5

3.8

2.2- 6.3

26.5

21.4-32.3

Craven/Pamlico

435

6.4

4.4- 9.4

223

52.3

46.6-58.0

20.7

16.6-25.4

1.9

0.9- 4.0

18.6

14.1-24.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

421

6.1

4.1- 9.0

177

39.8

33.9-45.9

115

27.9

22.9-33.4

2.6

1.3- 5.0

23.7

19.0-29.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

429

7.1

4.6-10.7

203

44.9

38.1-51.9

121

28.4

23.1-34.4

1.0

0.4- 2.4

18.5

13.1-25.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

460

4.3

2.8- 6.7

179

34.5

28.0-41.7

123

28.2

21.9-35.4

2.2

1.1- 4.1

117

30.8

21.9-41.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

403

5.5

3.6- 8.5

224

60.7

50.9-69.7

18.6

13.4-25.2

2.3

1.0- 5.1

12.9

9.0-18.0

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

444

6.1

4.1- 9.0

150

34.2

29.2-39.5

127

28.1

23.5-33.2

3.4

1.7- 6.6

123

28.2

23.7-33.3

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

388

4.2

2.6- 6.8

143

40.0

33.5-46.9

23.3

18.7-28.7

4.4

2.6- 7.2

113

28.0

22.8-33.9

Northeast NC I

432

3.2

1.9- 5.2

149

33.7

28.2-39.6

137

34.6

27.9-42.0

2.4

1.4- 4.2

113

26.1

21.3-31.5

Northeast NC II

487

7.4

5.3-10.1

208

41.0

35.7-46.4

107

21.1

17.2-25.5

6.4

3.8-10.8

110

24.2

19.9-29.0

Northeastern Partnership

919

5.9

4.5- 7.8

357

38.4

34.4-42.6

244

25.8

22.2-29.8

5.0

3.2- 7.9

223

24.8

21.5-28.5

Mountain AHEC

1,241

8.8

6.6-11.5

687

52.1

47.7-56.5

264

24.3

20.0-29.1

1.9

1.1- 3.2

167

13.0

10.6-15.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,126

204

6.0

4.6- 7.9

1,280

42.3

39.4-45.3

813

26.0

23.4-28.8

112

4.4

3.2- 6.1

717

21.2

18.9-23.6

Piedmont

3,867

260

5.7

4.8- 6.8

1,842

47.1

44.8-49.4

965

25.8

23.8-28.0

2.1

1.5- 2.8

702

19.3

17.5-21.3

Western NC

1,973

152

8.6

6.7-10.8

1,022

49.7

46.0-53.3

463

24.4

21.1-28.0

1.5

0.9- 2.3

301

15.9

13.6-18.7

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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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