BRFSS 2003 - Western North Carolina**: (How often do you eat carrots?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western 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	8,966	616	6.2	5.4- 7.0	4,144	46.0	44.4-47.7	2,241	25.7	24.2-27.2	245	2.7	2.2- 3.3	1,720	19.4	18.1-20.8
-Western NC	1,973	152	8.6	6.7-10.8	1,022	49.7	46.0-53.3	463	24.4	21.1-28.0	35	1.5	0.9- 2.3	301	15.9	13.6-18.7
GENDER
Male	730	48	7.7	4.9-11.8	357	46.7	40.8-52.7	185	26.6	21.1-33.0	13	1.2	0.6- 2.7	127	17.8	13.9-22.4
Female	1,243	104	9.4	7.3-12.0	665	52.4	48.3-56.5	278	22.3	19.1-25.8	22	1.7	1.0- 2.8	174	14.2	11.5-17.4
RACE
White	1,795	130	8.3	6.4-10.6	941	49.4	45.7-53.1	421	25.1	21.6-28.9	29	1.5	0.9- 2.4	274	15.8	13.4-18.6
African American	71	7	6.7	2.5-16.6	31	53.2	33.2-72.2	16	16.6	8.4-30.2	4	2.0	0.6- 6.4	13	21.4	8.2-45.5
Other Minorities	98	14	14.7	5.6-33.4	46	53.7	34.6-71.8	24	18.0	9.0-32.7	2	1.3	0.3- 5.3	12	12.3	5.7-24.7
AGE
18-24	126	6	7.9	3.0-19.2	53	39.1	27.6-51.9	38	33.6	23.2-46.0	1	0.3	0.0- 2.0	28	19.1	11.4-30.2
25-34	269	23	11.7	5.9-21.7	124	40.4	30.5-51.1	69	29.8	18.6-44.1	5	0.8	0.3- 2.2	48	17.4	11.3-25.7
35-44	338	21	6.3	3.6-10.6	172	57.2	49.4-64.7	85	21.9	16.8-28.2	10	1.7	0.8- 3.7	50	12.9	9.1-17.9
45-54	370	36	9.9	6.1-15.7	197	53.0	44.5-61.3	87	22.5	16.1-30.6	7	2.4	0.9- 6.5	43	12.1	7.2-19.8
55-64	337	27	8.4	5.3-13.2	183	48.3	40.5-56.3	73	22.1	16.0-29.6	7	2.1	0.8- 5.3	47	19.0	13.0-27.1
65-74	323	23	7.4	4.4-12.3	176	55.0	47.4-62.4	72	21.4	16.0-28.1	4	1.7	0.5- 5.4	48	14.4	9.9-20.5
75+	193	15	7.8	4.3-13.9	108	53.6	44.2-62.7	35	20.8	13.4-30.8	1	0.2	0.0- 1.6	34	17.5	11.5-25.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	318	22	6.3	3.4-11.2	123	34.2	24.7-45.0	76	28.2	17.4-42.3	5	2.5	0.8- 7.3	92	28.9	21.2-38.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	615	36	6.6	4.0-10.8	279	43.9	37.9-50.0	172	26.5	21.6-32.2	13	1.8	1.0- 3.4	115	21.1	16.2-27.1
Some Post-H.S.	518	36	10.3	6.2-16.5	300	55.9	49.0-62.5	116	23.4	18.3-29.3	10	1.1	0.5- 2.3	56	9.4	6.4-13.5
College Graduate	515	55	10.9	7.9-14.7	317	62.5	56.8-67.8	99	19.8	15.6-24.7	7	0.6	0.2- 1.3	37	6.3	4.1- 9.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	252	20	8.7	4.8-15.3	112	38.0	29.7-47.0	53	21.3	15.1-29.3	7	2.9	1.1- 7.4	60	29.1	21.0-38.8
$15,000- 24,999	393	28	8.2	4.2-15.2	195	50.0	41.2-58.8	99	24.6	17.7-33.0	4	1.1	0.4- 3.5	67	16.2	11.1-22.9
$25,000- 34,999	244	20	13.4	6.9-24.5	119	47.1	38.1-56.3	65	25.7	19.3-33.5	9	2.7	1.3- 5.5	31	11.0	6.8-17.3
$35,000- 49,999	259	16	6.4	3.2-12.3	150	60.0	50.7-68.5	54	19.4	13.7-26.6	5	2.3	0.7- 7.8	34	12.0	7.1-19.6
$50,000-74,999	200	15	8.2	4.5-14.6	108	53.6	43.9-63.1	62	32.5	23.8-42.6	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3	14	5.5	2.8-10.3
$75,000+	202	23	9.6	5.9-15.4	118	57.0	47.3-66.1	43	25.1	17.5-34.5	4	0.7	0.2- 2.2	14	7.6	3.5-15.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	432	30	6.6	4.4-10.0	251	53.7	47.9-59.3	89	25.4	20.3-31.3	9	1.3	0.7- 2.5	53	13.0	9.6-17.3
Guilford	429	31	6.9	4.5-10.4	216	47.4	41.8-53.0	103	25.8	21.0-31.2	10	2.2	1.1- 4.4	69	17.8	13.8-22.8
Mecklenburg	428	23	4.5	2.9- 7.0	217	52.5	46.5-58.4	109	25.4	20.5-31.1	9	1.7	0.8- 3.4	70	15.9	12.2-20.5
Orange	434	44	8.0	5.5-11.5	243	55.3	47.7-62.7	89	20.9	15.9-27.0	11	2.2	1.1- 4.2	47	13.5	7.9-22.2
Wake	441	30	6.6	4.3-10.2	221	50.7	45.0-56.3	110	23.5	19.2-28.6	9	1.6	0.8- 3.2	71	17.5	13.5-22.5
Chatham/Lee	384	27	6.1	4.0- 9.2	182	47.0	40.6-53.4	94	22.7	18.1-28.1	10	2.3	1.1- 4.4	71	22.0	16.1-29.2
Nash/Wilson	357	23	5.5	3.5- 8.7	128	34.9	29.4-41.0	101	29.3	23.7-35.5	17	3.8	2.2- 6.3	88	26.5	21.4-32.3
Craven/Pamlico	435	30	6.4	4.4- 9.4	223	52.3	46.6-58.0	97	20.7	16.6-25.4	9	1.9	0.9- 4.0	76	18.6	14.1-24.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	421	27	6.1	4.1- 9.0	177	39.8	33.9-45.9	115	27.9	22.9-33.4	11	2.6	1.3- 5.0	91	23.7	19.0-29.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	429	29	7.1	4.6-10.7	203	44.9	38.1-51.9	121	28.4	23.1-34.4	6	1.0	0.4- 2.4	70	18.5	13.1-25.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	460	28	4.3	2.8- 6.7	179	34.5	28.0-41.7	123	28.2	21.9-35.4	13	2.2	1.1- 4.1	117	30.8	21.9-41.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	403	31	5.5	3.6- 8.5	224	60.7	50.9-69.7	81	18.6	13.4-25.2	9	2.3	1.0- 5.1	58	12.9	9.0-18.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	444	29	6.1	4.1- 9.0	150	34.2	29.2-39.5	127	28.1	23.5-33.2	15	3.4	1.7- 6.6	123	28.2	23.7-33.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	388	21	4.2	2.6- 6.8	143	40.0	33.5-46.9	94	23.3	18.7-28.7	17	4.4	2.6- 7.2	113	28.0	22.8-33.9
Northeast NC I	432	17	3.2	1.9- 5.2	149	33.7	28.2-39.6	137	34.6	27.9-42.0	16	2.4	1.4- 4.2	113	26.1	21.3-31.5
Northeast NC II	487	43	7.4	5.3-10.1	208	41.0	35.7-46.4	107	21.1	17.2-25.5	19	6.4	3.8-10.8	110	24.2	19.9-29.0
Northeastern Partnership	919	60	5.9	4.5- 7.8	357	38.4	34.4-42.6	244	25.8	22.2-29.8	35	5.0	3.2- 7.9	223	24.8	21.5-28.5
Mountain AHEC	1,241	97	8.8	6.6-11.5	687	52.1	47.7-56.5	264	24.3	20.0-29.1	26	1.9	1.1- 3.2	167	13.0	10.6-15.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,126	204	6.0	4.6- 7.9	1,280	42.3	39.4-45.3	813	26.0	23.4-28.8	112	4.4	3.2- 6.1	717	21.2	18.9-23.6
Piedmont	3,867	260	5.7	4.8- 6.8	1,842	47.1	44.8-49.4	965	25.8	23.8-28.0	98	2.1	1.5- 2.8	702	19.3	17.5-21.3

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

8,966

616

6.2

5.4- 7.0

4,144

46.0

44.4-47.7

2,241

25.7

24.2-27.2

245

2.7

2.2- 3.3

1,720

19.4

18.1-20.8

-Western NC

1,973

152

8.6

6.7-10.8

1,022

49.7

46.0-53.3

463

24.4

21.1-28.0

1.5

0.9- 2.3

301

15.9

13.6-18.7

GENDER

Male

730

7.7

4.9-11.8

357

46.7

40.8-52.7

185

26.6

21.1-33.0

1.2

0.6- 2.7

127

17.8

13.9-22.4

Female

1,243

104

9.4

7.3-12.0

665

52.4

48.3-56.5

278

22.3

19.1-25.8

1.7

1.0- 2.8

174

14.2

11.5-17.4

RACE

White

1,795

130

8.3

6.4-10.6

941

49.4

45.7-53.1

421

25.1

21.6-28.9

1.5

0.9- 2.4

274

15.8

13.4-18.6

African American

6.7

2.5-16.6

53.2

33.2-72.2

16.6

8.4-30.2

2.0

0.6- 6.4

21.4

8.2-45.5

Other Minorities

14.7

5.6-33.4

53.7

34.6-71.8

18.0

9.0-32.7

1.3

0.3- 5.3

12.3

5.7-24.7

AGE

18-24

126

7.9

3.0-19.2

39.1

27.6-51.9

33.6

23.2-46.0

0.3

0.0- 2.0

19.1

11.4-30.2

25-34

269

11.7

5.9-21.7

124

40.4

30.5-51.1

29.8

18.6-44.1

0.8

0.3- 2.2

17.4

11.3-25.7

35-44

338

6.3

3.6-10.6

172

57.2

49.4-64.7

21.9

16.8-28.2

1.7

0.8- 3.7

12.9

9.1-17.9

45-54

370

9.9

6.1-15.7

197

53.0

44.5-61.3

22.5

16.1-30.6

2.4

0.9- 6.5

12.1

7.2-19.8

55-64

337

8.4

5.3-13.2

183

48.3

40.5-56.3

22.1

16.0-29.6

2.1

0.8- 5.3

19.0

13.0-27.1

65-74

323

7.4

4.4-12.3

176

55.0

47.4-62.4

21.4

16.0-28.1

1.7

0.5- 5.4

14.4

9.9-20.5

75+

193

7.8

4.3-13.9

108

53.6

44.2-62.7

20.8

13.4-30.8

0.2

0.0- 1.6

17.5

11.5-25.8

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

318

6.3

3.4-11.2

123

34.2

24.7-45.0

28.2

17.4-42.3

2.5

0.8- 7.3

28.9

21.2-38.0

H.S. or G.E.D.

615

6.6

4.0-10.8

279

43.9

37.9-50.0

172

26.5

21.6-32.2

1.8

1.0- 3.4

115

21.1

16.2-27.1

Some Post-H.S.

518

10.3

6.2-16.5

300

55.9

49.0-62.5

116

23.4

18.3-29.3

1.1

0.5- 2.3

9.4

6.4-13.5

College Graduate

515

10.9

7.9-14.7

317

62.5

56.8-67.8

19.8

15.6-24.7

0.6

0.2- 1.3

6.3

4.1- 9.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

252

8.7

4.8-15.3

112

38.0

29.7-47.0

21.3

15.1-29.3

2.9

1.1- 7.4

29.1

21.0-38.8

$15,000- 24,999

393

8.2

4.2-15.2

195

50.0

41.2-58.8

24.6

17.7-33.0

1.1

0.4- 3.5

16.2

11.1-22.9

$25,000- 34,999

244

13.4

6.9-24.5

119

47.1

38.1-56.3

25.7

19.3-33.5

2.7

1.3- 5.5

11.0

6.8-17.3

$35,000- 49,999

259

6.4

3.2-12.3

150

60.0

50.7-68.5

19.4

13.7-26.6

2.3

0.7- 7.8

12.0

7.1-19.6

$50,000-74,999

200

8.2

4.5-14.6

108

53.6

43.9-63.1

32.5

23.8-42.6

0.2

0.0- 1.3

5.5

2.8-10.3

$75,000+

202

9.6

5.9-15.4

118

57.0

47.3-66.1

25.1

17.5-34.5

0.7

0.2- 2.2

7.6

3.5-15.8

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

432

6.6

4.4-10.0

251

53.7

47.9-59.3

25.4

20.3-31.3

1.3

0.7- 2.5

13.0

9.6-17.3

Guilford

429

6.9

4.5-10.4

216

47.4

41.8-53.0

103

25.8

21.0-31.2

2.2

1.1- 4.4

17.8

13.8-22.8

Mecklenburg

428

4.5

2.9- 7.0

217

52.5

46.5-58.4

109

25.4

20.5-31.1

1.7

0.8- 3.4

15.9

12.2-20.5

Orange

434

8.0

5.5-11.5

243

55.3

47.7-62.7

20.9

15.9-27.0

2.2

1.1- 4.2

13.5

7.9-22.2

Wake

441

6.6

4.3-10.2

221

50.7

45.0-56.3

110

23.5

19.2-28.6

1.6

0.8- 3.2

17.5

13.5-22.5

Chatham/Lee

384

6.1

4.0- 9.2

182

47.0

40.6-53.4

22.7

18.1-28.1

2.3

1.1- 4.4

22.0

16.1-29.2

Nash/Wilson

357

5.5

3.5- 8.7

128

34.9

29.4-41.0

101

29.3

23.7-35.5

3.8

2.2- 6.3

26.5

21.4-32.3

Craven/Pamlico

435

6.4

4.4- 9.4

223

52.3

46.6-58.0

20.7

16.6-25.4

1.9

0.9- 4.0

18.6

14.1-24.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

421

6.1

4.1- 9.0

177

39.8

33.9-45.9

115

27.9

22.9-33.4

2.6

1.3- 5.0

23.7

19.0-29.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

429

7.1

4.6-10.7

203

44.9

38.1-51.9

121

28.4

23.1-34.4

1.0

0.4- 2.4

18.5

13.1-25.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

460

4.3

2.8- 6.7

179

34.5

28.0-41.7

123

28.2

21.9-35.4

2.2

1.1- 4.1

117

30.8

21.9-41.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

403

5.5

3.6- 8.5

224

60.7

50.9-69.7

18.6

13.4-25.2

2.3

1.0- 5.1

12.9

9.0-18.0

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

444

6.1

4.1- 9.0

150

34.2

29.2-39.5

127

28.1

23.5-33.2

3.4

1.7- 6.6

123

28.2

23.7-33.3

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

388

4.2

2.6- 6.8

143

40.0

33.5-46.9

23.3

18.7-28.7

4.4

2.6- 7.2

113

28.0

22.8-33.9

Northeast NC I

432

3.2

1.9- 5.2

149

33.7

28.2-39.6

137

34.6

27.9-42.0

2.4

1.4- 4.2

113

26.1

21.3-31.5

Northeast NC II

487

7.4

5.3-10.1

208

41.0

35.7-46.4

107

21.1

17.2-25.5

6.4

3.8-10.8

110

24.2

19.9-29.0

Northeastern Partnership

919

5.9

4.5- 7.8

357

38.4

34.4-42.6

244

25.8

22.2-29.8

5.0

3.2- 7.9

223

24.8

21.5-28.5

Mountain AHEC

1,241

8.8

6.6-11.5

687

52.1

47.7-56.5

264

24.3

20.0-29.1

1.9

1.1- 3.2

167

13.0

10.6-15.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,126

204

6.0

4.6- 7.9

1,280

42.3

39.4-45.3

813

26.0

23.4-28.8

112

4.4

3.2- 6.1

717

21.2

18.9-23.6

Piedmont

3,867

260

5.7

4.8- 6.8

1,842

47.1

44.8-49.4

965

25.8

23.8-28.0

2.1

1.5- 2.8

702

19.3

17.5-21.3

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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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