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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Fruits and Vegetables

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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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 487 192 31.9 27.3-36.9 217 52.1 46.4-57.7 58 12.7 9.2-17.2 5 0.7 0.3- 1.7 15 2.6 1.5- 4.5
GENDER
Male 171 53 25.0 18.5-32.8 86 57.8 48.6-66.5 27 15.4 9.9-23.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 4 1.4 0.4- 4.1
Female 316 139 38.2 32.2-44.6 131 47.0 40.3-53.8 31 10.2 6.3-16.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 11 3.7 2.0- 6.8
RACE
White 430 173 33.0 28.0-38.3 190 52.2 46.3-58.2 50 11.5 8.2-15.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 15 3.0 1.7- 5.1
Other 57 19 24.2 13.9-38.6 27 51.1 33.8-68.1 8 21.1 8.7-43.1 3 3.5 1.0-11.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 174 47 20.2 14.7-27.2 93 60.7 51.7-69.1 26 16.3 10.4-24.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 6 2.3 1.0- 5.3
45+ 312 145 44.4 38.2-50.8 123 42.8 36.7-49.2 32 8.9 6.0-13.0 3 1.0 0.3- 3.0 9 2.9 1.5- 5.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 275 102 27.3 21.8-33.7 124 54.9 47.3-62.4 34 13.8 8.9-20.8 5 1.2 0.5- 2.9 10 2.7 1.4- 5.3
Some College + 210 88 38.1 30.7-46.1 93 48.4 40.1-56.7 24 11.1 7.1-16.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.4 1.0- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 302 115 31.0 25.2-37.4 129 49.9 42.7-57.1 45 15.6 11.0-21.8 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7 9 2.5 1.2- 5.1
$50,000+ 118 44 32.9 24.3-42.8 60 55.6 45.2-65.5 10 8.6 4.4-16.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.0 1.1- 7.8

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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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