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

Fruits and Vegetables

Not counting juice, how often do you eat fruit?

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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 16,674 6,645 37.2 36.2-38.2 7,756 48.8 47.8-49.9 1,588 9.9 9.3-10.5 146 0.8 0.6- 1.0 539 3.3 2.9- 3.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 393 175 40.7 34.6-47.0 181 48.5 42.2-54.8 26 7.9 4.7-12.9 2 0.5 0.1- 1.8 9 2.5 1.2- 5.4
GENDER
Male 142 53 34.8 25.2-45.8 70 50.3 39.7-60.9 12 10.3 4.9-20.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 5 3.7 1.4- 9.5
Female 251 122 46.1 39.0-53.2 111 46.8 39.8-54.0 14 5.6 3.1-10.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5
RACE
White 364 165 41.4 35.2-48.0 166 47.8 41.4-54.3 24 8.2 4.8-13.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 7 2.0 0.8- 5.0
Other 28 10 36.7 17.3-61.7 14 50.6 27.7-73.1 2 5.5 1.2-21.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.2 1.7-25.5
AGE
18-44 133 48 37.2 27.2-48.3 73 52.1 41.3-62.7 10 9.0 4.0-18.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4
45+ 257 126 44.4 37.8-51.2 106 44.5 37.8-51.4 16 6.9 3.8-12.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 8 3.8 1.7- 8.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 72 36.4 28.3-45.3 88 52.3 43.2-61.2 15 8.6 4.8-15.0 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 4 1.8 0.6- 5.2
Some College + 210 101 43.9 35.3-52.9 93 45.6 37.1-54.3 11 7.3 3.1-16.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 3.2 1.2- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 114 39.5 32.0-47.6 121 48.6 40.8-56.5 21 9.4 5.1-16.6 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 5 1.7 0.6- 4.6
$50,000+ 88 42 44.9 33.2-57.3 42 46.7 34.8-58.9 3 5.7 1.8-16.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.7 0.4-16.8

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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: 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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