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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 450 17 3.9 2.2- 6.7 121 28.9 23.4-35.0 188 42.7 36.8-48.9 124 24.5 20.0-29.8
GENDER
Male 160 9 5.7 2.8-11.2 48 31.1 22.3-41.5 68 41.7 32.0-52.0 35 21.5 14.7-30.5
Female 290 8 2.1 1.0- 4.4 73 26.6 20.7-33.4 120 43.8 37.1-50.7 89 27.5 22.1-33.6
RACE
White 381 14 4.0 2.2- 7.2 100 27.5 22.1-33.6 158 41.7 35.7-47.9 109 26.8 21.7-32.6
Other 69 3 3.4 0.8-13.4 21 34.6 19.7-53.3 30 47.0 30.0-64.6 15 15.1 7.9-26.8
AGE
18-44 168 7 3.6 1.5- 8.1 48 31.8 23.4-41.7 74 44.9 35.6-54.5 39 19.7 13.5-27.9
45+ 281 10 4.3 2.1- 8.5 73 25.1 20.0-31.0 113 39.7 33.5-46.3 85 30.9 25.2-37.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 10 5.9 2.8-12.0 57 33.0 23.5-44.3 63 39.8 29.5-51.1 48 21.3 15.0-29.2
Some College + 269 7 2.6 1.1- 5.8 63 26.2 20.1-33.4 124 44.6 37.6-51.9 75 26.5 20.5-33.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 261 13 5.4 2.9-10.0 81 31.0 23.9-39.0 110 42.4 34.8-50.2 57 21.3 15.4-28.6
$50,000+ 121 0 0.0 . - . 24 21.2 14.3-30.2 52 42.6 33.3-52.5 45 36.2 27.4-46.0

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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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