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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 413 166 36.5 31.1-42.3 185 46.1 40.5-51.8 40 11.7 8.3-16.3 5 2.0 0.7- 5.5 17 3.7 2.1- 6.5
GENDER
Male 135 49 30.9 22.3-40.9 64 49.6 39.8-59.4 17 15.4 9.4-24.1 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 4 2.1 0.8- 5.8
Female 278 117 40.5 33.9-47.5 121 43.6 37.0-50.5 23 9.1 5.5-14.6 4 1.9 0.6- 5.9 13 4.8 2.4- 9.3
RACE
White 337 134 34.7 28.8-41.0 152 47.0 40.7-53.4 33 11.9 8.2-16.9 5 2.5 0.9- 6.9 13 4.0 2.1- 7.5
Other 74 31 44.4 31.8-57.8 32 41.7 29.5-55.0 7 11.2 4.5-25.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.6 0.9- 7.5
AGE
18-44 120 32 28.4 19.3-39.8 65 49.7 39.2-60.3 15 14.4 8.3-23.8 3 4.4 1.4-13.5 5 3.0 1.2- 7.3
45+ 292 133 41.7 35.4-48.2 120 43.8 37.5-50.4 25 9.9 6.4-15.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 12 4.2 2.0- 8.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 76 32.4 25.5-40.2 86 43.5 35.7-51.7 28 16.0 10.7-23.2 4 3.7 1.2-10.8 11 4.4 2.0- 9.5
Some College + 208 90 40.6 32.7-49.0 99 48.6 40.6-56.7 12 7.6 3.9-14.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 6 3.0 1.3- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 254 94 33.1 26.8-40.1 114 47.8 40.7-55.0 29 12.7 8.5-18.4 5 3.3 1.2- 9.2 12 3.1 1.7- 5.7
$50,000+ 103 44 40.2 29.0-52.5 47 43.6 32.8-55.0 7 9.8 4.5-20.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 6.4 2.4-16.1

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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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