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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Fruits and Vegetables

How often do you drink fruit juices such as orange, grapefruit, or tomato?

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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 16,669 5,770 34.2 33.2-35.2 6,109 39.4 38.4-40.5 2,143 12.7 12.0-13.4 317 1.6 1.4- 1.9 2,330 12.1 11.4-12.7
-Buncombe County 438 151 31.4 26.3-37.1 167 41.6 35.5-47.9 55 14.4 9.9-20.5 9 2.2 1.1- 4.3 56 10.4 7.5-14.2
GENDER
Male 155 57 31.8 23.6-41.3 62 43.4 33.4-53.9 16 13.8 7.0-25.4 6 3.2 1.3- 7.4 14 7.9 4.2-14.4
Female 283 94 31.1 25.3-37.6 105 39.8 33.2-46.9 39 15.0 10.3-21.3 3 1.2 0.3- 3.8 42 12.9 9.1-18.0
RACE
White 372 118 29.8 24.4-35.8 145 42.7 36.5-49.2 49 14.2 10.3-19.3 8 2.2 1.0- 4.5 52 11.1 8.1-15.1
Other 66 33 38.6 24.2-55.2 22 36.6 21.0-55.8 6 15.3 3.8-45.2 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 4 7.3 1.9-24.4
AGE
18-44 165 49 27.0 19.8-35.7 75 47.2 37.7-56.9 21 15.7 9.0-26.1 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 18 8.9 5.1-15.1
45+ 272 101 37.2 31.1-43.6 92 34.1 28.3-40.5 34 12.8 9.0-17.8 7 3.5 1.6- 7.6 38 12.5 8.9-17.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 59 29.7 21.8-39.2 61 40.5 30.0-51.9 21 16.0 7.9-29.8 4 1.9 0.7- 5.3 27 11.8 7.6-18.0
Some College + 263 90 32.4 25.9-39.6 105 42.3 35.1-49.7 34 13.5 9.2-19.4 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8 29 9.5 5.9-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 252 79 31.1 24.2-38.9 98 42.8 34.8-51.2 33 12.4 8.2-18.2 5 2.2 0.8- 5.7 37 11.5 7.5-17.2
$50,000+ 120 41 34.7 25.9-44.6 48 41.3 32.1-51.3 15 12.2 7.1-20.1 3 2.4 0.7- 7.7 13 9.4 5.3-16.3

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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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