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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 456 347 72.5 66.5-77.7 89 20.0 15.9-25.0 11 2.8 1.4- 5.5 2 1.4 0.2- 8.1 7 3.2 1.2- 8.7
GENDER
Male 151 99 62.4 52.0-71.7 41 25.8 18.6-34.7 3 2.0 0.5- 8.1 2 3.1 0.5-16.2 6 6.7 2.4-17.6
Female 305 248 81.4 75.6-86.0 48 14.9 10.8-20.3 8 3.5 1.7- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
RACE
White 257 210 82.1 76.2-86.9 42 15.4 11.1-21.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.7 0.5- 5.3
Other 196 134 63.4 53.7-72.1 47 24.4 17.7-32.7 9 4.7 2.2- 9.8 2 2.8 0.5-14.8 4 4.7 1.3-15.8
AGE
18-44 227 164 69.4 60.9-76.8 48 20.7 15.1-27.6 7 2.6 1.2- 5.8 1 2.1 0.3-13.3 7 5.2 1.9-13.5
45+ 228 182 77.5 69.8-83.7 41 19.1 13.6-26.2 4 3.1 0.9-10.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 90 57.2 45.4-68.1 39 27.0 18.8-37.1 7 5.1 2.2-11.7 2 3.7 0.6-19.2 4 7.0 2.1-20.7
Some College + 314 257 82.1 76.5-86.5 50 15.7 11.5-21.0 4 1.4 0.4- 4.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 227 157 62.2 53.0-70.7 55 25.7 19.1-33.7 8 4.0 1.7- 8.9 2 2.7 0.5-14.6 5 5.3 1.7-15.6
$50,000+ 173 149 85.9 79.2-90.7 23 13.7 9.0-20.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9

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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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