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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 465 19 6.4 3.5-11.3 128 28.1 23.3-33.5 178 38.0 32.4-43.8 140 27.5 22.4-33.3
GENDER
Male 158 15 11.8 6.2-21.4 46 29.1 21.5-38.2 62 34.4 26.1-43.7 35 24.7 16.5-35.2
Female 307 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 82 27.2 21.6-33.6 116 41.3 34.5-48.4 105 30.1 24.5-36.4
RACE
White 259 9 3.5 1.7- 7.0 52 21.3 15.9-28.0 105 42.8 35.8-50.1 93 32.4 26.3-39.2
Other 203 10 9.0 4.2-18.2 75 34.1 26.4-42.7 73 33.9 25.9-42.9 45 23.0 15.5-32.7
AGE
18-44 230 11 6.0 2.8-12.6 70 29.2 22.7-36.6 84 37.0 29.5-45.2 65 27.8 20.8-36.1
45+ 234 8 7.1 2.8-16.7 58 26.5 20.0-34.3 93 39.2 31.8-47.1 75 27.2 20.9-34.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 12 12.5 6.1-23.9 54 31.9 23.1-42.2 46 32.8 23.1-44.2 36 22.9 14.1-34.9
Some College + 317 7 2.5 1.1- 5.6 74 25.7 20.3-31.8 132 41.3 35.2-47.7 104 30.5 25.0-36.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 10 6.6 2.9-14.6 85 37.7 30.0-46.2 80 31.1 23.9-39.3 56 24.5 17.1-33.9
$50,000+ 174 5 3.3 1.3- 8.0 25 15.8 10.5-23.3 75 45.1 36.9-53.7 69 35.8 28.3-44.0

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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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