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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 454 214 39.8 34.1-45.7 187 47.8 41.8-53.8 38 8.3 5.8-11.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 13 3.7 1.7- 7.9
GENDER
Male 155 52 31.3 22.9-41.1 77 51.8 41.9-61.5 18 10.6 6.3-17.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 7 5.9 2.2-14.8
Female 299 162 47.7 40.9-54.6 110 44.0 37.1-51.1 20 6.2 3.8- 9.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8
RACE
White 254 135 47.3 40.2-54.5 94 43.2 36.0-50.7 17 5.8 3.5- 9.5 2 1.0 0.2- 3.8 6 2.8 1.2- 6.4
Other 197 77 33.0 24.7-42.4 92 51.9 42.5-61.1 21 10.6 6.5-17.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 4.5 1.5-13.0
AGE
18-44 228 97 39.0 31.3-47.4 104 48.2 40.0-56.4 19 7.9 4.7-13.0 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 6 4.2 1.5-11.5
45+ 225 116 40.7 33.4-48.5 83 47.3 39.0-55.7 19 9.1 5.4-14.9 0 0.0 . - . 7 2.9 1.3- 6.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 66 39.0 28.5-50.7 49 44.3 33.1-56.0 18 10.1 5.6-17.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 7 6.2 2.0-17.3
Some College + 313 148 40.3 34.2-46.6 138 50.0 43.5-56.4 20 7.2 4.5-11.5 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 223 88 33.8 26.0-42.5 104 50.4 41.6-59.3 23 10.3 6.3-16.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 6 4.6 1.5-13.4
$50,000+ 173 99 49.0 40.6-57.4 61 42.9 34.6-51.6 10 6.5 3.4-12.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1

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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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