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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 442 348 78.9 73.1-83.8 80 18.6 14.0-24.4 7 1.5 0.6- 3.4 0 0.0 . - . 7 1.0 0.4- 2.1
GENDER
Male 159 115 72.7 62.3-81.1 40 24.9 16.8-35.4 2 1.4 0.4- 5.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6
Female 283 233 85.1 80.3-89.0 40 12.3 8.8-17.0 5 1.5 0.6- 3.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.0 0.4- 2.4
RACE
White 377 300 81.0 75.4-85.6 66 16.6 12.3-22.1 5 1.3 0.5- 3.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 1.1 0.5- 2.5
Other 65 48 69.9 50.1-84.3 14 27.4 13.5-47.7 2 2.3 0.4-10.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
AGE
18-44 165 133 79.3 69.5-86.5 27 18.5 11.5-28.4 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7
45+ 276 214 78.4 72.6-83.3 53 18.9 14.3-24.5 4 1.3 0.4- 3.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.4 0.5- 3.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 133 74.7 63.1-83.6 35 21.9 13.4-33.9 4 1.9 0.6- 5.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6
Some College + 265 214 82.0 75.8-86.8 44 16.2 11.5-22.2 3 1.2 0.3- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 257 193 76.0 68.1-82.4 54 20.8 14.6-28.6 7 2.5 1.1- 5.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4
$50,000+ 119 102 87.4 79.7-92.5 16 12.3 7.3-20.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2

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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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