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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 416 333 79.4 74.4-83.6 71 16.7 13.0-21.2 4 1.0 0.3- 3.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 7 2.6 1.1- 5.8
GENDER
Male 138 101 73.1 63.8-80.7 34 23.3 16.4-32.1 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4
Female 278 232 83.8 78.1-88.3 37 12.0 8.4-16.8 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.6 1.5- 8.8
RACE
White 338 271 78.6 72.8-83.4 57 17.1 12.9-22.2 3 1.1 0.2- 5.1 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 6 2.8 1.1- 6.8
Other 77 61 82.2 71.2-89.6 14 15.6 8.7-26.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-10.8
AGE
18-44 119 94 79.1 69.8-86.1 19 14.7 9.1-22.9 2 2.1 0.4-10.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 3 3.2 1.0- 9.5
45+ 296 238 79.5 73.4-84.4 52 18.0 13.5-23.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.2 0.7- 7.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 207 161 74.4 66.4-81.1 39 20.0 14.2-27.2 3 1.8 0.4- 8.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 3 3.1 0.9- 9.7
Some College + 209 172 84.1 78.0-88.7 32 13.6 9.4-19.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.1 0.7- 6.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 258 208 80.3 74.0-85.4 41 15.0 10.7-20.6 4 1.7 0.4- 6.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 4 2.4 0.9- 6.4
$50,000+ 105 84 78.2 67.4-86.2 19 18.1 11.2-28.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.6 0.8-14.7

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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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