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

Fruits and Vegetables

Not counting carrots, potatoes, or salad, how many servings of vegetables do you usually eat?

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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 16,748 12,915 75.2 74.3-76.1 3,311 20.9 20.0-21.7 325 2.3 2.0- 2.6 10 0.1 0.1- 0.3 187 1.5 1.2- 1.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 400 315 75.3 69.2-80.4 77 21.8 17.0-27.6 5 1.2 0.4- 3.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.7 0.4- 6.4
GENDER
Male 144 105 68.5 58.0-77.5 35 27.2 18.9-37.3 2 1.5 0.3- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.8 0.6-13.2
Female 256 210 81.4 74.9-86.5 42 17.0 12.1-23.4 3 0.9 0.2- 3.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8
RACE
White 371 295 77.4 71.5-82.4 70 21.0 16.1-26.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
Other 28 20 61.9 36.9-81.8 6 23.6 9.5-47.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 14.5 3.2-46.5
AGE
18-44 132 95 69.7 59.0-78.6 33 25.9 17.8-36.2 2 1.6 0.4- 6.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.8 0.5-12.9
45+ 265 218 80.9 74.7-85.8 43 17.7 12.9-23.7 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 185 137 67.7 58.0-76.1 42 27.4 19.7-36.9 3 1.2 0.3- 4.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.7 1.0-13.1
Some College + 213 176 81.7 74.4-87.2 35 17.1 11.8-24.2 2 1.2 0.2- 5.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 269 209 72.7 64.8-79.4 53 23.7 17.5-31.3 4 1.0 0.3- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.6 0.7- 9.4
$50,000+ 88 72 80.6 68.7-88.6 15 17.2 9.8-28.5 1 2.2 0.3-14.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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