BRFSS 2003 - Piedmont North Carolina**: (How Often Do You Eat Green Salad?)

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	9,263	1,489	14.8	13.7-15.9	6,089	66.9	65.3-68.4	1,111	12.2	11.1-13.4	73	0.8	0.5- 1.1	501	5.3	4.7- 6.1
-Piedmont NC	3,987	674	14.8	13.3-16.4	2,672	68.1	65.9-70.2	429	11.1	9.7-12.8	31	0.9	0.5- 1.5	181	5.1	4.1- 6.2
GENDER
Male	1,503	189	11.7	9.5-14.2	1,030	68.9	65.4-72.3	190	12.8	10.4-15.6	16	1.3	0.7- 2.6	78	5.3	3.8- 7.2
Female	2,484	485	17.8	15.8-19.9	1,642	67.3	64.6-69.9	239	9.6	8.0-11.5	15	0.4	0.2- 0.9	103	4.8	3.7- 6.4
RACE
White	2,931	531	15.1	13.4-17.0	2,010	70.6	68.1-73.0	266	9.7	8.0-11.6	16	0.7	0.4- 1.2	108	3.9	3.0- 5.2
African American	796	103	14.0	10.9-17.8	495	59.8	54.7-64.7	135	17.6	13.9-22.0	13	1.9	0.7- 5.0	50	6.7	4.7- 9.4
Other Minorities	201	26	7.5	4.2-13.2	133	69.5	59.8-77.7	21	10.5	6.0-17.9	1	0.5	0.1- 3.2	20	12.0	6.6-20.8
AGE
18-24	242	24	7.1	4.0-12.3	155	66.6	57.6-74.6	39	16.7	10.7-25.2	3	0.2	0.1- 0.8	21	9.3	5.2-15.9
25-34	632	86	12.6	9.3-16.8	434	69.9	64.5-74.7	82	11.9	8.9-15.7	3	1.4	0.4- 4.7	27	4.3	2.5- 7.4
35-44	843	130	15.7	12.5-19.6	593	69.2	64.6-73.4	87	10.3	7.9-13.5	5	0.9	0.3- 2.7	28	3.9	2.4- 6.2
45-54	810	157	18.7	15.3-22.7	553	67.6	62.8-72.1	74	9.7	7.0-13.4	8	1.1	0.5- 2.3	18	2.9	1.6- 5.0
55-64	609	110	15.0	11.6-19.2	406	70.5	65.2-75.3	63	9.2	6.2-13.4	7	1.0	0.3- 3.1	23	4.2	2.5- 7.1
65-74	452	85	16.9	12.8-22.0	301	69.5	63.5-75.0	42	8.8	5.7-13.3	2	0.1	0.0- 0.3	22	4.7	2.7- 7.9
75+	368	79	20.4	15.3-26.5	208	57.9	50.9-64.6	39	11.4	7.4-17.0	3	0.8	0.2- 2.9	39	9.5	6.0-14.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	565	60	9.2	6.5-12.9	338	61.8	55.7-67.6	92	15.8	11.7-21.1	11	2.0	0.9- 4.2	64	11.2	7.8-15.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,055	115	10.0	7.6-13.1	711	67.7	63.2-71.9	163	16.3	13.0-20.3	10	0.9	0.3- 3.1	56	5.0	3.4- 7.3
Some Post-H.S.	944	160	13.6	11.0-16.7	664	71.2	66.7-75.4	83	9.4	6.7-13.1	7	1.0	0.4- 2.5	30	4.8	2.9- 7.6
College Graduate	1,410	339	22.6	19.6-26.0	950	69.0	65.5-72.4	88	6.0	4.5- 7.9	3	0.2	0.0- 0.8	30	2.1	1.2- 3.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	349	44	9.5	6.4-13.7	200	60.7	52.5-68.3	59	13.4	9.0-19.3	10	3.7	1.2-10.9	36	12.7	8.0-19.6
$15,000- 24,999	653	78	10.4	7.4-14.3	425	61.6	55.6-67.3	109	20.2	15.6-25.8	9	1.1	0.4- 2.9	32	6.7	4.1-10.9
$25,000- 34,999	399	63	14.9	10.4-20.8	264	69.3	62.3-75.6	50	11.2	7.5-16.3	0	0.0	. - .	22	4.6	2.4- 8.9
$35,000- 49,999	542	88	12.9	9.5-17.2	370	70.8	65.2-75.8	65	11.5	8.2-15.9	6	1.3	0.5- 3.4	13	3.5	1.8- 6.7
$50,000-74,999	469	87	17.2	12.7-22.8	347	76.0	70.1-81.1	29	5.6	3.4- 9.0	2	0.4	0.1- 2.0	4	0.8	0.2- 2.8
$75,000+	661	148	19.4	15.7-23.6	481	73.4	68.3-78.0	22	4.5	2.3- 8.5	2	0.7	0.2- 2.8	8	2.0	0.7- 5.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	446	91	19.6	15.6-24.4	285	64.6	59.2-69.8	49	10.5	7.6-14.3	3	0.9	0.3- 2.9	18	4.4	2.5- 7.6
Guilford	439	79	17.6	13.6-22.3	299	68.0	62.5-73.1	43	9.1	6.4-12.8	5	1.9	0.7- 5.2	13	3.5	1.8- 6.5
Mecklenburg	446	78	14.6	11.4-18.5	309	71.4	65.9-76.4	41	10.3	6.7-15.4	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	17	3.5	2.1- 5.9
Orange	449	111	20.4	15.8-26.0	291	67.1	59.5-73.9	33	6.6	4.4- 9.7	1	0.2	0.0- 1.5	13	5.7	1.7-17.0
Wake	450	92	16.7	13.4-20.6	295	67.5	62.1-72.4	37	9.1	6.3-13.1	1	0.2	0.0- 1.6	25	6.5	3.9-10.6
Chatham/Lee	394	61	12.8	9.7-16.8	269	66.8	60.1-72.9	40	12.4	7.6-19.5	2	0.2	0.1- 0.9	22	7.7	4.8-12.3
Nash/Wilson	368	45	9.3	6.7-12.8	256	70.9	65.1-76.0	45	12.3	9.0-16.6	5	1.7	0.5- 6.0	17	5.9	3.5- 9.7
Craven/Pamlico	450	83	17.5	13.6-22.2	287	64.8	59.3-69.9	55	12.4	9.2-16.5	4	0.9	0.3- 2.6	21	4.4	2.7- 7.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	427	51	13.5	8.8-20.1	286	66.3	60.1-72.0	65	14.4	11.0-18.5	3	0.8	0.2- 2.9	22	5.0	3.1- 8.0
Appalachian/Wilkes	446	55	11.4	8.2-15.6	323	69.5	61.7-76.4	44	12.3	7.2-20.1	2	0.3	0.1- 1.4	22	6.5	2.7-14.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	471	67	11.6	8.5-15.7	294	64.1	56.8-70.8	74	16.4	12.0-22.1	8	1.1	0.5- 2.8	28	6.7	4.0-11.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson	419	77	13.9	10.2-18.8	273	71.2	63.4-77.9	40	8.1	5.4-11.8	4	1.3	0.4- 4.1	25	5.5	3.2- 9.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	466	72	16.5	12.7-21.1	264	55.4	50.0-60.6	92	19.8	15.9-24.4	3	0.6	0.2- 2.0	35	7.8	5.3-11.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	405	41	7.8	5.5-10.7	261	65.0	59.0-70.6	58	14.7	11.0-19.3	7	2.3	0.9- 5.7	38	10.2	7.0-14.7
Northeast NC I	446	59	12.8	9.4-17.3	254	57.2	51.0-63.2	84	19.7	15.4-24.8	6	1.9	0.8- 4.3	43	8.5	6.1-11.7
Northeast NC II	503	93	17.4	13.9-21.5	316	60.0	54.6-65.3	67	16.6	12.5-21.5	1	0.2	0.0- 1.7	26	5.8	3.4- 9.7
Northeastern Partnership	949	152	15.8	13.2-18.8	570	59.1	54.9-63.1	151	17.6	14.5-21.2	7	0.8	0.4- 1.7	69	6.7	4.9- 9.3
Mountain AHEC	1,284	244	19.0	15.0-23.6	835	66.1	61.6-70.3	130	9.2	7.4-11.5	8	0.5	0.2- 1.1	67	5.2	3.7- 7.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,233	477	13.9	12.0-16.0	2,049	64.3	61.4-67.1	463	15.1	12.9-17.5	31	0.8	0.5- 1.3	213	6.0	4.8- 7.4
Piedmont	3,987	674	14.8	13.3-16.4	2,672	68.1	65.9-70.2	429	11.1	9.7-12.8	31	0.9	0.5- 1.5	181	5.1	4.1- 6.2
Western NC	2,043	338	16.4	13.6-19.8	1,368	67.5	63.8-70.9	219	10.5	8.6-12.9	11	0.4	0.2- 0.7	107	5.2	3.8- 7.0

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

9,263

1,489

14.8

13.7-15.9

6,089

66.9

65.3-68.4

1,111

12.2

11.1-13.4

0.8

0.5- 1.1

501

5.3

4.7- 6.1

-Piedmont NC

3,987

674

14.8

13.3-16.4

2,672

68.1

65.9-70.2

429

11.1

9.7-12.8

0.9

0.5- 1.5

181

5.1

4.1- 6.2

GENDER

Male

1,503

189

11.7

9.5-14.2

1,030

68.9

65.4-72.3

190

12.8

10.4-15.6

1.3

0.7- 2.6

5.3

3.8- 7.2

Female

2,484

485

17.8

15.8-19.9

1,642

67.3

64.6-69.9

239

9.6

8.0-11.5

0.4

0.2- 0.9

103

4.8

3.7- 6.4

RACE

White

2,931

531

15.1

13.4-17.0

2,010

70.6

68.1-73.0

266

9.7

8.0-11.6

0.7

0.4- 1.2

108

3.9

3.0- 5.2

African American

796

103

14.0

10.9-17.8

495

59.8

54.7-64.7

135

17.6

13.9-22.0

1.9

0.7- 5.0

6.7

4.7- 9.4

Other Minorities

201

7.5

4.2-13.2

133

69.5

59.8-77.7

10.5

6.0-17.9

0.5

0.1- 3.2

12.0

6.6-20.8

AGE

18-24

242

7.1

4.0-12.3

155

66.6

57.6-74.6

16.7

10.7-25.2

0.2

0.1- 0.8

9.3

5.2-15.9

25-34

632

12.6

9.3-16.8

434

69.9

64.5-74.7

11.9

8.9-15.7

1.4

0.4- 4.7

4.3

2.5- 7.4

35-44

843

130

15.7

12.5-19.6

593

69.2

64.6-73.4

10.3

7.9-13.5

0.9

0.3- 2.7

3.9

2.4- 6.2

45-54

810

157

18.7

15.3-22.7

553

67.6

62.8-72.1

9.7

7.0-13.4

1.1

0.5- 2.3

2.9

1.6- 5.0

55-64

609

110

15.0

11.6-19.2

406

70.5

65.2-75.3

9.2

6.2-13.4

1.0

0.3- 3.1

4.2

2.5- 7.1

65-74

452

16.9

12.8-22.0

301

69.5

63.5-75.0

8.8

5.7-13.3

0.1

0.0- 0.3

4.7

2.7- 7.9

75+

368

20.4

15.3-26.5

208

57.9

50.9-64.6

11.4

7.4-17.0

0.8

0.2- 2.9

9.5

6.0-14.7

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

565

9.2

6.5-12.9

338

61.8

55.7-67.6

15.8

11.7-21.1

2.0

0.9- 4.2

11.2

7.8-15.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,055

115

10.0

7.6-13.1

711

67.7

63.2-71.9

163

16.3

13.0-20.3

0.9

0.3- 3.1

5.0

3.4- 7.3

Some Post-H.S.

944

160

13.6

11.0-16.7

664

71.2

66.7-75.4

9.4

6.7-13.1

1.0

0.4- 2.5

4.8

2.9- 7.6

College Graduate

1,410

339

22.6

19.6-26.0

950

69.0

65.5-72.4

6.0

4.5- 7.9

0.2

0.0- 0.8

2.1

1.2- 3.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

349

9.5

6.4-13.7

200

60.7

52.5-68.3

13.4

9.0-19.3

3.7

1.2-10.9

12.7

8.0-19.6

$15,000- 24,999

653

10.4

7.4-14.3

425

61.6

55.6-67.3

109

20.2

15.6-25.8

1.1

0.4- 2.9

6.7

4.1-10.9

$25,000- 34,999

399

14.9

10.4-20.8

264

69.3

62.3-75.6

11.2

7.5-16.3

0.0

. - .

4.6

2.4- 8.9

$35,000- 49,999

542

12.9

9.5-17.2

370

70.8

65.2-75.8

11.5

8.2-15.9

1.3

0.5- 3.4

3.5

1.8- 6.7

$50,000-74,999

469

17.2

12.7-22.8

347

76.0

70.1-81.1

5.6

3.4- 9.0

0.4

0.1- 2.0

0.8

0.2- 2.8

$75,000+

661

148

19.4

15.7-23.6

481

73.4

68.3-78.0

4.5

2.3- 8.5

0.7

0.2- 2.8

2.0

0.7- 5.7

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

446

19.6

15.6-24.4

285

64.6

59.2-69.8

10.5

7.6-14.3

0.9

0.3- 2.9

4.4

2.5- 7.6

Guilford

439

17.6

13.6-22.3

299

68.0

62.5-73.1

9.1

6.4-12.8

1.9

0.7- 5.2

3.5

1.8- 6.5

Mecklenburg

446

14.6

11.4-18.5

309

71.4

65.9-76.4

10.3

6.7-15.4

0.1

0.0- 0.9

3.5

2.1- 5.9

Orange

449

111

20.4

15.8-26.0

291

67.1

59.5-73.9

6.6

4.4- 9.7

0.2

0.0- 1.5

5.7

1.7-17.0

Wake

450

16.7

13.4-20.6

295

67.5

62.1-72.4

9.1

6.3-13.1

0.2

0.0- 1.6

6.5

3.9-10.6

Chatham/Lee

394

12.8

9.7-16.8

269

66.8

60.1-72.9

12.4

7.6-19.5

0.2

0.1- 0.9

7.7

4.8-12.3

Nash/Wilson

368

9.3

6.7-12.8

256

70.9

65.1-76.0

12.3

9.0-16.6

1.7

0.5- 6.0

5.9

3.5- 9.7

Craven/Pamlico

450

17.5

13.6-22.2

287

64.8

59.3-69.9

12.4

9.2-16.5

0.9

0.3- 2.6

4.4

2.7- 7.2

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

427

13.5

8.8-20.1

286

66.3

60.1-72.0

14.4

11.0-18.5

0.8

0.2- 2.9

5.0

3.1- 8.0

Appalachian/Wilkes

446

11.4

8.2-15.6

323

69.5

61.7-76.4

12.3

7.2-20.1

0.3

0.1- 1.4

6.5

2.7-14.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

471

11.6

8.5-15.7

294

64.1

56.8-70.8

16.4

12.0-22.1

1.1

0.5- 2.8

6.7

4.0-11.2

Graham/Swain/Jackson

419

13.9

10.2-18.8

273

71.2

63.4-77.9

8.1

5.4-11.8

1.3

0.4- 4.1

5.5

3.2- 9.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

466

16.5

12.7-21.1

264

55.4

50.0-60.6

19.8

15.9-24.4

0.6

0.2- 2.0

7.8

5.3-11.2

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

405

7.8

5.5-10.7

261

65.0

59.0-70.6

14.7

11.0-19.3

2.3

0.9- 5.7

10.2

7.0-14.7

Northeast NC I

446

12.8

9.4-17.3

254

57.2

51.0-63.2

19.7

15.4-24.8

1.9

0.8- 4.3

8.5

6.1-11.7

Northeast NC II

503

17.4

13.9-21.5

316

60.0

54.6-65.3

16.6

12.5-21.5

0.2

0.0- 1.7

5.8

3.4- 9.7

Northeastern Partnership

949

152

15.8

13.2-18.8

570

59.1

54.9-63.1

151

17.6

14.5-21.2

0.8

0.4- 1.7

6.7

4.9- 9.3

Mountain AHEC

1,284

244

19.0

15.0-23.6

835

66.1

61.6-70.3

130

9.2

7.4-11.5

0.5

0.2- 1.1

5.2

3.7- 7.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,233

477

13.9

12.0-16.0

2,049

64.3

61.4-67.1

463

15.1

12.9-17.5

0.8

0.5- 1.3

213

6.0

4.8- 7.4

Piedmont

3,987

674

14.8

13.3-16.4

2,672

68.1

65.9-70.2

429

11.1

9.7-12.8

0.9

0.5- 1.5

181

5.1

4.1- 6.2

Western NC

2,043

338

16.4

13.6-19.8

1,368

67.5

63.8-70.9

219

10.5

8.6-12.9

0.4

0.2- 0.7

107

5.2

3.8- 7.0

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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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