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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

How often do you drink fruit juices such as orange, grapefruit, or tomato?

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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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 1,484 535 34.6 31.2-38.2 598 41.1 37.5-44.8 188 12.6 10.3-15.3 30 2.4 1.4- 4.2 133 9.2 7.4-11.5
Female 2,442 885 35.4 32.8-38.2 854 35.0 32.3-37.7 318 13.3 11.5-15.3 56 2.9 2.0- 4.3 329 13.4 11.6-15.4
RACE
White 2,872 1,011 33.8 31.3-36.4 1,040 36.5 33.9-39.2 386 14.2 12.5-16.3 73 2.9 2.0- 4.2 362 12.5 10.9-14.4
African American 794 320 41.0 36.1-46.0 288 36.8 32.1-41.9 105 11.3 8.7-14.6 10 2.9 1.2- 6.5 71 8.0 5.7-11.1
Other Minorities 201 58 28.0 19.6-38.2 109 56.0 45.9-65.7 13 7.5 3.6-15.2 2 0.3 0.0- 1.8 19 8.2 4.7-13.9
AGE
18-24 240 86 38.3 30.0-47.3 92 35.5 27.3-44.7 35 13.2 8.5-20.0 5 3.9 1.3-10.8 22 9.2 5.0-16.2
25-34 627 185 31.5 26.5-36.9 288 45.4 40.0-50.9 84 11.7 8.5-15.9 11 2.7 1.2- 5.9 59 8.7 6.3-12.0
35-44 829 244 28.1 24.1-32.5 343 43.2 38.5-47.9 130 14.5 11.6-18.0 22 3.2 1.7- 5.7 90 11.0 8.5-14.2
45-54 791 237 29.6 25.2-34.5 321 39.6 34.7-44.7 103 13.7 10.6-17.6 22 2.7 1.6- 4.5 108 14.3 11.3-18.1
55-64 594 222 38.3 32.9-43.9 185 31.0 26.0-36.5 93 17.1 13.2-21.7 15 2.1 1.1- 4.2 79 11.5 8.5-15.5
65-74 445 216 47.3 40.9-53.8 135 29.8 24.2-36.1 32 8.6 5.6-13.0 8 2.4 0.8- 7.5 54 11.8 8.2-16.7
75+ 369 217 53.3 46.4-60.1 80 24.7 19.2-31.1 24 6.9 3.9-11.9 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 45 14.4 10.1-20.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 559 195 30.6 25.3-36.5 201 41.1 35.0-47.6 67 12.2 8.8-16.7 9 2.5 1.0- 6.0 87 13.6 10.3-17.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,038 356 34.6 30.3-39.2 380 35.4 31.0-40.0 152 16.1 12.9-20.0 22 2.4 1.2- 4.5 128 11.5 9.1-14.3
Some Post-H.S. 921 337 34.9 30.5-39.6 350 37.2 32.6-41.9 110 11.2 8.6-14.5 24 3.9 2.2- 7.0 100 12.8 9.7-16.6
College Graduate 1,392 524 37.4 33.9-41.1 518 39.3 35.8-42.9 177 12.3 10.2-14.7 31 2.1 1.2- 3.7 142 8.9 7.2-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 129 30.4 23.9-37.7 120 39.8 31.8-48.4 42 10.8 7.0-16.3 7 6.6 2.4-17.0 50 12.4 8.6-17.5
$15,000- 24,999 638 229 31.6 26.5-37.3 231 38.1 32.3-44.2 98 16.2 12.4-20.9 9 2.2 0.8- 5.9 71 11.9 8.5-16.3
$25,000- 34,999 389 135 38.0 30.7-45.8 140 37.8 30.8-45.3 58 11.3 7.7-16.4 10 2.5 1.0- 5.8 46 10.5 6.9-15.6
$35,000- 49,999 534 192 42.5 36.6-48.6 202 32.4 27.3-38.0 72 13.2 9.7-17.7 9 2.1 0.9- 4.6 59 9.8 6.8-13.9
$50,000-74,999 461 151 31.5 26.0-37.6 187 41.5 35.2-48.0 58 12.5 9.2-16.9 21 3.9 2.1- 7.1 44 10.6 7.2-15.2
$75,000+ 645 206 30.3 25.7-35.3 271 42.9 37.7-48.2 84 14.8 10.7-20.0 15 2.3 1.1- 4.6 69 9.8 7.3-13.0
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
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
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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