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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 507 23 7.3 4.2-12.3 167 32.7 27.7-38.0 218 43.6 38.1-49.3 99 16.4 13.1-20.4
GENDER
Male 180 8 6.9 3.0-15.0 65 32.8 25.1-41.6 82 48.3 39.2-57.5 25 12.0 7.5-18.7
Female 327 15 7.6 3.7-15.1 102 32.5 26.6-39.0 136 39.4 33.3-45.8 74 20.5 16.1-25.7
RACE
White 447 19 6.7 3.7-11.8 143 32.5 27.3-38.2 194 43.6 37.8-49.6 91 17.2 13.6-21.5
Other 60 4 11.2 2.7-36.4 24 33.6 20.7-49.6 24 43.9 27.9-61.2 8 11.3 4.7-24.5
AGE
18-44 178 12 11.3 5.8-20.8 62 32.6 24.8-41.5 78 44.6 35.6-54.0 26 11.5 7.4-17.4
45+ 328 11 3.1 1.6- 5.9 105 32.8 27.2-38.9 140 42.8 36.8-49.0 72 21.3 16.6-26.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 288 16 10.2 5.4-18.4 106 35.2 28.5-42.7 125 43.0 35.7-50.7 41 11.5 8.0-16.3
Some College + 217 7 3.0 1.4- 6.3 61 29.1 22.5-36.8 92 44.5 36.5-52.9 57 23.4 17.5-30.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 318 17 9.1 4.8-16.4 109 35.7 29.2-42.7 136 39.6 33.2-46.4 56 15.6 11.5-21.0
$50,000+ 119 4 3.0 1.1- 8.0 33 27.3 19.4-37.1 56 51.7 41.2-61.9 26 18.0 11.9-26.2

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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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