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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

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 9,229 3,656 36.9 35.4-38.5 4,265 47.8 46.2-49.5 953 11.5 10.5-12.7 74 0.6 0.4- 0.8 281 3.1 2.6- 3.7
-Piedmont NC 3,981 1,589 35.8 33.7-38.0 1,834 48.6 46.3-50.9 401 11.8 10.3-13.5 28 0.5 0.3- 0.9 129 3.3 2.6- 4.2
GENDER
Male 1,508 485 29.5 26.4-32.9 762 52.9 49.2-56.5 197 14.3 11.9-17.2 13 0.5 0.2- 1.2 51 2.7 1.8- 4.0
Female 2,473 1,104 41.8 39.1-44.6 1,072 44.4 41.6-47.2 204 9.3 7.8-11.2 15 0.5 0.3- 1.0 78 3.9 2.9- 5.3
RACE
White 2,920 1,218 36.6 34.2-39.1 1,312 47.7 45.0-50.4 279 12.0 10.3-14.1 19 0.4 0.3- 0.8 92 3.2 2.4- 4.2
African American 799 280 33.8 29.3-38.6 373 46.6 41.6-51.7 104 14.1 10.9-18.2 8 0.7 0.3- 1.6 34 4.8 2.9- 7.8
Other Minorities 202 56 25.8 18.1-35.4 129 65.3 55.3-74.1 15 6.1 2.9-12.1 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8 1 1.7 0.2-10.8
AGE
18-24 241 80 28.8 21.6-37.3 116 52.0 43.0-60.9 30 13.2 8.2-20.5 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9 11 5.7 2.8-11.1
25-34 628 221 34.0 29.0-39.3 299 48.6 43.1-54.0 84 13.4 9.8-18.1 5 0.6 0.2- 1.6 19 3.5 2.1- 5.8
35-44 840 284 31.8 27.7-36.3 424 50.1 45.4-54.7 102 14.1 11.1-17.9 6 0.8 0.2- 2.5 24 3.2 2.0- 5.2
45-54 811 314 34.4 30.1-39.0 372 51.0 46.1-56.0 90 11.6 8.9-14.9 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4 30 2.5 1.4- 4.5
55-64 601 249 38.6 33.3-44.0 271 47.3 41.8-52.9 55 11.3 8.1-15.4 5 0.6 0.2- 1.9 21 2.3 1.3- 3.9
65-74 455 223 45.9 39.7-52.2 195 43.7 37.5-50.1 24 7.8 4.6-12.7 2 0.3 0.1- 2.0 11 2.3 1.0- 4.9
75+ 374 205 52.8 46.0-59.6 140 38.0 31.7-44.7 15 4.9 2.6- 9.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 13 3.9 1.9- 7.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 569 179 29.5 24.2-35.3 292 53.9 47.8-60.0 65 12.3 8.8-16.9 7 1.3 0.4- 3.6 26 3.0 1.8- 5.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,057 347 29.4 25.6-33.6 511 50.2 45.6-54.8 147 15.4 12.2-19.3 9 0.6 0.3- 1.3 43 4.4 2.9- 6.6
Some Post-H.S. 934 359 33.9 29.7-38.4 444 49.4 44.6-54.2 98 13.0 9.8-16.9 6 0.3 0.1- 0.8 27 3.4 2.0- 5.7
College Graduate 1,406 697 45.8 42.2-49.4 582 43.7 40.1-47.3 90 7.7 6.0- 9.9 6 0.3 0.1- 0.9 31 2.5 1.5- 4.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 133 30.0 23.5-37.3 156 52.0 43.8-60.1 34 11.3 6.8-18.3 7 1.7 0.7- 3.9 18 5.0 2.8- 8.9
$15,000- 24,999 650 197 24.2 19.7-29.4 322 53.0 47.1-58.9 98 17.8 13.6-22.9 4 0.7 0.2- 3.3 29 4.2 2.6- 6.7
$25,000- 34,999 401 159 39.6 32.6-47.1 179 44.7 37.4-52.2 45 11.2 7.4-16.5 2 0.6 0.2- 2.4 16 3.9 1.8- 8.2
$35,000- 49,999 543 189 31.8 26.6-37.5 271 50.7 44.8-56.6 69 15.1 11.2-20.0 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 12 2.3 1.1- 4.9
$50,000-74,999 466 198 40.3 34.3-46.7 219 48.6 42.2-55.0 37 8.0 5.3-12.0 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 9 2.8 1.3- 6.3
$75,000+ 656 304 41.0 36.0-46.3 281 43.4 38.2-48.7 57 13.6 9.6-18.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 13 1.8 1.0- 3.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 211 43.9 38.5-49.4 180 42.9 37.4-48.6 40 10.2 7.1-14.3 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1 11 2.3 1.2- 4.3
Guilford 442 180 38.1 32.9-43.6 202 47.3 41.8-52.9 42 10.6 7.6-14.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 17 3.9 2.2- 6.7
Mecklenburg 441 189 39.4 33.9-45.3 198 47.3 41.3-53.4 37 9.4 6.0-14.3 5 1.0 0.4- 2.4 12 3.0 1.6- 5.5
Orange 445 233 48.6 41.3-56.0 184 41.9 35.1-49.0 22 4.8 2.9- 7.9 4 4.2 0.8-18.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
Wake 448 174 37.8 32.5-43.4 212 48.7 43.0-54.3 42 10.2 7.4-14.0 2 0.2 0.0- 1.0 18 3.1 1.9- 5.2
Chatham/Lee 395 157 35.2 29.7-41.1 190 50.9 44.6-57.3 33 8.1 5.5-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 15 5.8 2.9-11.1
Nash/Wilson 370 141 33.5 28.2-39.2 161 46.7 40.7-52.9 53 15.7 11.8-20.7 6 1.7 0.7- 4.0 9 2.3 1.1- 4.9
Craven/Pamlico 445 176 35.8 30.9-41.1 209 51.4 45.8-57.1 43 9.4 6.8-12.8 5 1.0 0.3- 2.8 12 2.4 1.3- 4.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 431 161 36.9 31.1-43.1 199 45.2 39.5-51.1 57 14.9 11.1-19.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 13 2.8 1.5- 5.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 446 185 39.9 33.3-46.8 218 50.9 44.1-57.6 33 7.6 5.2-11.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 8 1.3 0.6- 2.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 468 165 31.5 25.4-38.4 212 48.2 39.9-56.7 61 14.2 9.9-19.9 8 2.0 0.9- 4.4 22 4.0 2.2- 7.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 415 176 34.2 26.4-43.0 193 55.7 45.5-65.4 28 5.6 3.6- 8.7 4 1.5 0.4- 4.9 14 3.0 1.6- 5.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 457 161 36.2 31.1-41.7 209 45.3 40.0-50.7 67 13.7 10.6-17.6 7 2.3 0.9- 5.7 13 2.4 1.2- 4.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 407 128 31.2 25.2-37.9 215 53.9 47.5-60.2 43 10.4 7.5-14.3 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5 17 2.9 1.7- 5.0
Northeast NC I 447 155 32.5 27.2-38.2 211 48.3 41.8-54.7 58 15.3 11.4-20.2 8 1.6 0.8- 3.4 15 2.4 1.3- 4.2
Northeast NC II 493 168 30.2 25.8-35.0 257 53.5 48.1-58.7 51 12.2 8.9-16.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6 14 3.3 1.8- 6.2
Northeastern Partnership 940 323 31.0 27.6-34.7 468 51.6 47.5-55.7 109 13.3 10.7-16.5 11 1.1 0.5- 2.1 29 3.0 1.8- 4.8
Mountain AHEC 1,279 574 45.2 40.8-49.6 561 44.2 40.0-48.4 101 8.0 6.2-10.3 9 0.6 0.2- 1.3 34 2.1 1.3- 3.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,216 1,182 36.4 33.6-39.3 1,520 47.8 44.9-50.8 382 12.3 10.5-14.3 34 0.8 0.5- 1.3 98 2.7 2.0- 3.7
Piedmont 3,981 1,589 35.8 33.7-38.0 1,834 48.6 46.3-50.9 401 11.8 10.3-13.5 28 0.5 0.3- 0.9 129 3.3 2.6- 4.2
Western NC 2,032 885 42.7 39.1-46.3 911 44.9 41.4-48.4 170 9.1 7.3-11.3 12 0.5 0.3- 1.1 54 2.8 1.8- 4.2

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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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