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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruit and Vegetable 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%)
North Carolina 17,127 701 4.7 4.3- 5.2 5,460 33.2 32.2-34.2 6,864 39.5 38.5-40.6 4,102 22.5 21.7-23.4
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 406 13 3.6 1.9- 6.8 88 22.9 18.1-28.6 170 40.0 34.3-46.0 135 33.4 27.6-39.9
GENDER
Male 148 6 4.8 2.0-11.3 37 27.0 18.8-37.1 62 38.6 29.4-48.6 43 29.6 20.3-41.1
Female 258 7 2.5 1.1- 5.7 51 19.2 14.4-25.1 108 41.3 34.6-48.4 92 37.0 30.4-44.2
RACE
White 377 12 3.7 1.9- 7.1 79 21.9 17.1-27.6 156 38.6 32.9-44.6 130 35.9 29.7-42.6
Other 28 1 3.6 0.5-22.2 9 33.9 15.3-59.2 13 48.5 26.0-71.6 5 14.0 4.7-34.9
AGE
18-44 134 5 3.1 1.1- 8.1 37 28.3 19.9-38.7 54 35.3 26.2-45.5 38 33.3 23.4-44.9
45+ 269 8 4.2 1.8- 9.5 50 17.5 13.1-23.0 115 44.5 37.9-51.2 96 33.8 27.9-40.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 10 5.2 2.5-10.7 49 30.9 22.8-40.5 84 42.2 33.7-51.2 46 21.6 15.7-28.9
Some College + 215 3 2.2 0.6- 7.6 39 16.1 11.4-22.2 85 37.9 30.3-46.2 88 43.8 35.1-52.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 273 9 3.4 1.5- 7.3 61 25.4 19.0-33.0 115 37.8 31.1-45.0 88 33.5 26.1-41.7
$50,000+ 89 2 3.6 0.8-15.2 15 15.4 9.0-25.3 37 42.4 31.1-54.6 35 38.6 27.2-51.4

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

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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