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

Fruits and Vegetables

How often do you drink fruit juices such as orange, grapefruit, or tomato?

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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 16,669 5,770 34.2 33.2-35.2 6,109 39.4 38.4-40.5 2,143 12.7 12.0-13.4 317 1.6 1.4- 1.9 2,330 12.1 11.4-12.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 394 157 39.3 33.2-45.7 142 40.2 34.2-46.5 43 11.1 7.6-15.9 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 49 9.0 6.4-12.4
GENDER
Male 146 60 40.5 30.5-51.3 52 37.5 28.1-48.1 19 13.8 7.8-23.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 14 8.0 4.4-14.2
Female 248 97 38.1 31.4-45.3 90 42.7 35.7-50.0 24 8.5 5.5-13.0 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 35 9.9 6.9-14.1
RACE
White 367 143 38.2 32.0-44.8 135 41.4 35.1-47.9 42 10.7 7.7-14.9 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7 44 9.2 6.5-12.9
Other 26 13 44.3 22.6-68.4 7 32.4 14.7-57.2 1 15.2 2.3-57.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 8.0 2.5-22.3
AGE
18-44 132 52 40.6 30.4-51.8 58 45.5 35.2-56.2 9 9.0 4.0-18.8 0 0.0 . - . 13 4.9 2.6- 9.1
45+ 259 104 38.3 32.0-45.0 83 34.9 28.6-41.7 34 13.3 9.3-18.7 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 35 12.6 8.5-18.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 68 36.2 28.0-45.4 62 36.6 28.3-45.8 20 13.8 7.9-23.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 29 12.9 8.4-19.3
Some College + 212 88 41.7 33.2-50.8 80 43.5 35.1-52.4 23 8.8 5.6-13.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 19 5.4 3.1- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 264 112 42.0 34.3-50.1 85 36.8 29.4-44.8 31 11.2 7.5-16.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 34 9.7 6.4-14.3
$50,000+ 87 25 30.9 20.4-43.8 44 55.2 42.9-66.9 8 6.5 2.9-14.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 7.3 3.8-13.9

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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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