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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 437 206 44.6 38.6-50.8 191 46.2 40.0-52.5 25 5.7 3.6- 8.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 12 2.6 1.3- 4.8
GENDER
Male 155 62 40.2 30.7-50.6 73 48.2 38.0-58.5 11 6.4 3.3-11.8 2 1.2 0.3- 5.1 7 4.0 1.8- 8.6
Female 282 144 48.9 42.1-55.8 118 44.3 37.4-51.3 14 5.0 2.6- 9.5 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 5 1.1 0.4- 2.6
RACE
White 370 175 46.5 40.3-52.9 164 44.8 38.7-51.1 20 5.6 3.4- 9.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 9 2.3 1.1- 4.8
Other 67 31 36.1 22.5-52.4 27 52.2 34.7-69.1 5 5.9 2.0-16.3 1 2.2 0.3-14.0 3 3.6 1.0-12.4
AGE
18-44 164 72 40.6 31.6-50.2 74 49.5 39.8-59.1 10 6.1 3.1-11.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 7 3.3 1.4- 7.2
45+ 272 134 50.1 43.5-56.6 116 41.7 35.4-48.3 15 5.2 3.0- 8.7 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 76 38.4 28.8-49.0 74 48.7 37.8-59.7 14 8.3 4.4-15.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 8 3.7 1.7- 7.9
Some College + 261 127 48.2 40.9-55.6 117 44.9 37.8-52.3 11 4.0 2.1- 7.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3 4 1.8 0.6- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 252 114 43.6 35.9-51.7 110 45.2 37.2-53.3 14 5.5 2.9-10.3 3 1.7 0.5- 5.3 11 4.0 2.0- 7.7
$50,000+ 120 61 50.2 40.5-59.9 54 45.8 36.2-55.6 5 4.0 1.6- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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