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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

Not counting carrots, potatoes, or salad, how many servings of vegetables do you usually eat?

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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 9,238 7,058 74.7 73.2-76.1 1,980 22.9 21.5-24.4 118 1.4 1.0- 1.8 25 0.3 0.2- 0.6 57 0.7 0.5- 1.0
-Piedmont NC 3,972 3,039 75.1 73.0-77.1 848 22.8 20.9-24.8 45 1.0 0.7- 1.6 9 0.3 0.1- 0.9 31 0.7 0.4- 1.3
GENDER
Male 1,489 1,087 73.2 69.9-76.4 364 24.7 21.6-28.0 20 1.1 0.5- 2.1 2 0.3 0.0- 2.1 16 0.7 0.4- 1.4
Female 2,483 1,952 76.8 74.2-79.2 484 21.0 18.7-23.5 25 1.0 0.6- 1.7 7 0.4 0.2- 0.9 15 0.8 0.3- 1.8
RACE
White 2,917 2,294 78.9 76.7-81.0 570 19.6 17.6-21.8 27 0.7 0.5- 1.2 6 0.1 0.1- 0.4 20 0.6 0.3- 1.0
African American 802 623 76.6 72.1-80.6 156 19.1 15.7-23.1 12 1.3 0.6- 2.7 3 1.3 0.4- 4.9 8 1.6 0.5- 4.7
Other Minorities 198 85 36.0 27.1-45.9 106 60.7 50.7-70.0 5 2.7 0.7- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.5 0.1- 3.2
AGE
18-24 238 167 70.5 61.8-77.9 59 26.1 19.0-34.7 6 1.1 0.4- 2.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 5 1.8 0.5- 6.4
25-34 632 447 70.8 65.6-75.5 159 24.8 20.4-29.8 11 1.7 0.8- 3.5 2 0.8 0.1- 5.1 13 1.9 1.0- 3.7
35-44 832 601 72.3 67.8-76.3 215 25.9 21.9-30.2 8 1.3 0.4- 3.8 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 7 0.4 0.2- 1.1
45-54 804 626 75.4 70.4-79.7 162 23.1 18.9-28.1 11 1.1 0.5- 2.4 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3
55-64 603 492 82.4 77.9-86.2 105 17.0 13.3-21.6 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
65-74 460 371 82.2 77.0-86.5 85 16.7 12.6-21.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
75+ 371 313 82.4 76.3-87.1 53 17.1 12.3-23.1 3 0.5 0.1- 1.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 564 390 62.6 56.1-68.6 166 35.5 29.5-42.0 7 1.9 0.7- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,053 784 74.5 70.3-78.4 243 22.7 19.1-26.8 16 1.3 0.7- 2.6 2 0.6 0.1- 3.9 8 0.8 0.4- 1.9
Some Post-H.S. 939 718 76.4 72.2-80.2 197 20.9 17.3-25.0 11 1.0 0.5- 2.1 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7 10 1.2 0.4- 3.3
College Graduate 1,402 1,135 80.2 77.1-83.0 242 18.5 15.8-21.5 11 0.5 0.2- 1.0 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6 10 0.6 0.3- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 352 259 68.1 59.3-75.8 84 27.5 20.3-36.1 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5 4 2.6 0.5-11.5 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9
$15,000- 24,999 652 468 70.6 65.1-75.6 162 25.5 20.8-30.8 15 2.7 1.2- 5.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 6 1.0 0.4- 2.8
$25,000- 34,999 394 302 72.7 65.1-79.2 83 25.8 19.4-33.4 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 5 0.7 0.2- 2.0
$35,000- 49,999 538 409 77.1 71.8-81.6 124 22.2 17.7-27.5 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
$50,000-74,999 466 363 80.2 75.0-84.6 91 17.6 13.4-22.7 8 1.5 0.7- 3.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 3 0.5 0.1- 2.1
$75,000+ 658 516 78.7 73.9-82.8 133 20.7 16.6-25.5 3 0.2 0.0- 0.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 439 331 74.1 68.7-78.9 100 23.5 19.0-28.8 5 1.8 0.6- 5.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
Guilford 436 339 77.8 72.6-82.3 84 19.5 15.2-24.7 9 1.7 0.8- 3.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 3 0.8 0.2- 3.1
Mecklenburg 440 328 70.2 63.9-75.8 104 28.4 22.8-34.6 3 0.5 0.2- 1.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 0.9 0.4- 2.3
Orange 446 346 73.1 65.4-79.7 90 23.9 17.6-31.7 5 1.9 0.7- 4.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7
Wake 449 330 70.1 64.4-75.2 106 26.8 21.8-32.4 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 6 1.6 0.7- 3.9
Chatham/Lee 395 286 65.9 59.0-72.3 99 30.2 24.0-37.2 5 2.0 0.8- 4.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.9 0.6- 5.4
Nash/Wilson 371 278 73.1 67.5-78.1 85 23.9 19.2-29.3 6 2.1 0.9- 4.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4
Craven/Pamlico 447 349 77.5 72.3-82.0 89 20.6 16.2-25.8 3 0.6 0.2- 1.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.6 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 326 77.5 72.7-81.7 91 20.7 16.7-25.4 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 443 338 76.2 70.8-80.9 97 21.6 17.2-26.7 6 1.4 0.5- 3.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 470 377 80.0 73.8-85.0 82 17.0 12.6-22.6 5 2.2 0.6- 7.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 413 320 63.5 49.3-75.7 89 27.7 18.2-39.6 4 8.8 1.6-37.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 467 340 70.9 65.6-75.7 114 25.7 21.2-30.8 10 3.0 1.4- 6.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 303 69.5 62.6-75.6 90 25.0 19.3-31.8 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8 2 1.2 0.2- 5.5 5 2.0 0.7- 6.2
Northeast NC I 457 351 76.2 71.0-80.7 94 21.6 17.2-26.6 8 1.3 0.6- 2.7 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
Northeast NC II 499 389 78.2 73.5-82.3 105 20.9 16.9-25.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 0 0.0 . - .
Northeastern Partnership 956 740 77.5 74.0-80.6 199 21.1 18.0-24.5 12 1.0 0.5- 1.9 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
Mountain AHEC 1,268 978 75.7 71.9-79.1 269 21.1 18.1-24.5 13 1.8 0.7- 4.7 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5 5 0.9 0.3- 2.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,248 2,468 74.1 71.4-76.7 704 23.5 21.0-26.2 48 1.6 1.0- 2.5 10 0.3 0.1- 0.7 18 0.5 0.3- 1.0
Piedmont 3,972 3,039 75.1 73.0-77.1 848 22.8 20.9-24.8 45 1.0 0.7- 1.6 9 0.3 0.1- 0.9 31 0.7 0.4- 1.3
Western NC 2,018 1,551 74.1 70.8-77.2 428 22.4 19.6-25.5 25 2.3 1.2- 4.5 6 0.4 0.2- 1.1 8 0.7 0.3- 1.7

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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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