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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Fruit (including fruit juice) Consumption per day*

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  Total
Respond.#
Less than once or never 1 to less than 3 times 3 to less than 5 times 5 or more times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 262515 94,025 36.6 36.3-37.0 133821 49.0 48.6-49.4 27,769 11.3 11.1-11.6 6,900 3.1 2.9- 3.2
Alabama 3,330 1,390 44.6 42.5-46.6 1,555 43.9 41.9-45.9 304 8.6 7.5- 9.8 81 2.9 2.2- 4.0
Alaska 2,655 1,034 38.5 35.9-41.1 1,229 47.5 44.8-50.2 317 11.9 10.3-13.7 75 2.1 1.6- 2.8
Arizona 3,222 1,104 35.9 33.4-38.5 1,699 52.2 49.6-54.9 313 9.0 7.6-10.5 106 2.9 2.2- 4.0
Arkansas 4,188 1,940 49.8 48.0-51.6 1,788 40.1 38.4-41.8 382 8.3 7.4- 9.3 78 1.8 1.4- 2.3
California 4,474 1,379 31.1 29.5-32.7 2,239 49.5 47.8-51.3 688 15.1 13.8-16.4 168 4.3 3.6- 5.2
Colorado 4,060 1,416 35.5 33.8-37.2 2,030 49.0 47.2-50.7 489 11.9 10.8-13.2 125 3.6 2.9- 4.4
Connecticut 5,310 1,403 26.9 25.6-28.4 2,870 53.5 51.9-55.0 832 15.7 14.6-16.8 205 3.9 3.4- 4.6
Delaware 4,040 1,408 35.1 33.2-37.2 2,246 54.1 52.0-56.2 315 8.5 7.3- 9.7 71 2.3 1.7- 3.2
District of Columbia 2,041 578 31.3 28.7-34.1 1,038 48.3 45.5-51.1 296 13.7 11.9-15.7 129 6.7 5.4- 8.2
Florida 5,020 1,847 36.2 34.1-38.2 2,505 49.1 46.9-51.2 513 11.6 10.1-13.2 155 3.2 2.5- 4.0
Georgia 7,609 3,193 40.8 39.3-42.4 3,615 47.6 45.9-49.2 582 8.4 7.5- 9.3 219 3.3 2.6- 4.1
Hawaii 5,995 1,580 28.0 26.5-29.4 4,071 66.8 65.2-68.2 284 4.1 3.6- 4.8 60 1.1 0.8- 1.6
Idaho 4,984 1,982 41.6 39.9-43.3 2,414 47.3 45.6-49.0 498 9.4 8.4-10.4 90 1.7 1.3- 2.2
Illinois 2,652 896 34.3 31.9-36.8 1,370 52.7 50.1-55.2 315 10.8 9.4-12.5 71 2.2 1.6- 3.0
Indiana 5,469 2,279 43.0 41.5-44.5 2,475 44.2 42.7-45.7 603 10.5 9.6-11.4 112 2.3 1.9- 2.9
Iowa 4,985 1,799 38.4 36.7-40.1 2,697 52.4 50.7-54.1 434 8.0 7.2- 8.9 55 1.2 0.8- 1.7
Kansas 4,601 1,745 39.7 38.0-41.4 2,497 52.4 50.7-54.1 298 6.6 5.8- 7.6 61 1.2 0.9- 1.6
Kentucky 7,463 3,104 43.1 41.4-44.9 4,121 53.4 51.6-55.2 196 2.9 2.3- 3.6 42 0.6 0.4- 0.9
Louisiana 5,031 2,162 45.1 43.5-46.7 2,564 49.0 47.4-50.7 256 4.9 4.2- 5.6 49 1.0 0.7- 1.4
Maine 2,391 764 32.9 30.8-35.1 1,226 51.2 48.9-53.5 315 12.5 11.1-14.0 86 3.4 2.7- 4.3
Maryland 4,426 1,378 32.7 30.9-34.5 2,281 49.7 47.8-51.6 585 13.0 11.8-14.3 182 4.7 3.9- 5.5
Massachusetts 7,564 2,109 27.5 26.3-28.9 4,022 53.4 52.0-54.9 1,107 15.2 14.2-16.3 326 3.8 3.3- 4.4
Michigan 3,545 1,217 37.6 35.7-39.5 1,809 49.4 47.4-51.3 428 10.3 9.3-11.5 91 2.7 2.2- 3.5
Minnesota 3,877 1,276 34.7 33.0-36.4 1,949 48.9 47.1-50.7 559 13.7 12.5-14.9 93 2.8 2.2- 3.5
Mississippi 4,392 2,057 48.3 46.5-50.0 1,935 42.2 40.5-43.9 299 7.0 6.1- 8.0 101 2.5 2.0- 3.2
Missouri 4,247 1,813 43.8 41.7-45.9 2,022 46.0 43.9-48.1 333 8.3 7.2- 9.6 79 1.9 1.4- 2.6
Montana 4,017 1,454 37.8 35.7-39.9 2,027 49.3 47.2-51.4 445 10.5 9.3-11.8 91 2.4 1.8- 3.2
Nebraska 4,962 1,763 38.2 36.6-39.8 2,775 53.6 52.0-55.2 376 7.3 6.5- 8.2 48 0.9 0.7- 1.3
Nevada 2,971 1,120 38.2 35.7-40.8 1,417 45.7 43.1-48.3 334 11.5 9.9-13.4 100 4.5 3.4- 5.8
New Hampshire 5,034 1,480 30.9 29.4-32.4 2,631 51.5 49.9-53.1 740 14.1 13.1-15.2 183 3.6 3.0- 4.2
New Jersey 11,283 3,243 29.7 28.7-30.8 6,086 52.7 51.5-53.8 1,468 12.9 12.2-13.7 486 4.7 4.3- 5.3
New Mexico 5,485 2,127 40.0 38.4-41.6 2,609 46.4 44.8-48.1 605 10.7 9.7-11.7 144 2.9 2.3- 3.5
New York 5,533 1,689 32.4 30.9-33.9 2,790 48.4 46.9-50.0 888 15.7 14.6-16.9 166 3.5 2.9- 4.2
North Carolina 9,389 3,468 39.1 37.5-40.7 5,067 52.3 50.7-53.9 482 5.2 4.5- 6.1 372 3.5 3.0- 4.0
North Dakota 3,018 1,133 39.7 37.7-41.7 1,431 46.2 44.2-48.3 398 12.3 11.1-13.6 56 1.8 1.3- 2.5
Ohio 3,818 1,386 38.1 36.2-40.0 1,900 48.9 46.9-50.9 430 10.6 9.4-11.9 102 2.4 1.9- 3.1
Oklahoma 7,604 3,362 46.5 45.2-47.8 3,927 49.5 48.2-50.8 276 3.4 2.9- 3.9 39 0.6 0.4- 0.9
Oregon 4,006 1,371 36.0 34.3-37.8 2,011 49.4 47.7-51.2 521 11.8 10.8-13.0 103 2.7 2.1- 3.3
Pennsylvania 3,662 1,228 34.9 33.1-36.7 1,810 48.5 46.6-50.3 517 13.6 12.4-14.9 107 3.1 2.5- 3.9
Rhode Island 4,048 1,233 30.7 29.0-32.5 2,111 52.3 50.4-54.2 541 12.5 11.4-13.7 163 4.4 3.7- 5.4
South Carolina 5,907 2,515 44.0 42.5-45.6 2,593 42.4 40.9-43.9 644 10.8 9.8-11.8 155 2.8 2.3- 3.4
South Dakota 5,259 1,757 36.9 35.3-38.5 2,921 52.7 51.1-54.3 500 8.8 8.0- 9.7 81 1.6 1.2- 2.1
Tennessee 2,572 919 37.0 34.8-39.2 1,508 57.2 54.9-59.4 133 5.4 4.4- 6.6 12 0.5 0.2- 0.9
Texas 6,019 2,511 42.7 41.2-44.1 2,631 43.2 41.8-44.7 710 11.0 10.1-11.9 167 3.1 2.6- 3.7
Utah 4,044 1,556 40.2 38.1-42.3 1,938 46.7 44.6-48.8 467 11.1 9.8-12.4 83 2.0 1.5- 2.7
Vermont 4,242 1,136 27.5 25.9-29.1 2,189 51.3 49.5-53.0 781 18.0 16.6-19.4 136 3.3 2.7- 4.0
Virginia 5,432 2,085 38.2 36.5-39.9 2,537 46.7 44.8-48.5 647 11.9 10.8-13.1 163 3.3 2.6- 4.1
Washington 18,541 6,283 34.3 33.4-35.2 9,655 51.9 51.0-52.8 2,169 11.2 10.6-11.8 434 2.6 2.3- 2.9
West Virginia 3,336 1,350 41.9 40.0-43.8 1,769 51.8 49.8-53.7 169 4.8 4.1- 5.7 48 1.5 1.1- 2.1
Wisconsin 4,052 1,396 36.1 34.2-37.9 2,009 48.5 46.6-50.4 504 12.1 10.9-13.4 143 3.3 2.7- 4.2
Wyoming 3,998 1,564 41.8 40.1-43.6 1,922 46.5 44.8-48.3 447 10.3 9.3-11.4 65 1.3 1.0- 1.8
Guam 806 309 38.5 34.7-42.4 322 39.7 35.9-43.6 126 15.3 12.7-18.4 49 6.5 4.8- 8.8
Puerto Rico 3,864 1,229 32.5 30.6-34.5 1,997 50.6 48.5-52.6 496 12.9 11.6-14.3 142 4.0 3.2- 5.0
Virgin Islands 2,042 505 27.0 24.5-29.7 971 44.0 41.1-46.8 414 21.1 18.7-23.7 152 7.9 6.5- 9.7

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* Data in this table were derived from the fruits questions.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = 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.

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