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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

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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
-Eastern NC 5,377 1,861 34.3 32.5-36.0 1,962 38.7 36.9-40.5 703 12.8 11.7-14.1 86 1.4 1.1- 1.8 765 12.8 11.8-14.0
GENDER
Male 1,858 642 34.0 31.1-37.0 763 42.6 39.6-45.6 235 12.8 11.0-14.9 25 1.1 0.7- 1.8 193 9.4 8.0-11.1
Female 3,519 1,219 34.5 32.5-36.5 1,199 35.1 33.1-37.2 468 12.8 11.6-14.3 61 1.6 1.2- 2.2 572 15.9 14.5-17.4
RACE
White 3,596 1,195 32.4 30.4-34.5 1,277 38.1 36.0-40.3 509 14.2 12.8-15.7 65 1.6 1.2- 2.1 550 13.7 12.4-15.2
African American 1,311 525 40.2 36.7-43.8 472 37.5 34.0-41.0 147 9.9 8.1-12.0 16 1.2 0.7- 2.1 151 11.3 9.3-13.8
Other Minorities 455 134 32.0 25.1-39.7 209 45.5 38.8-52.4 45 11.2 7.3-17.0 5 0.9 0.3- 2.5 62 10.4 7.6-14.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 241 74 31.3 23.7-40.0 121 47.6 39.4-55.9 13 8.4 4.1-16.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 32 12.7 8.5-18.7
Non-Hispanic 5,130 1,787 34.5 32.8-36.3 1,839 37.9 36.2-39.8 690 13.2 12.1-14.4 85 1.5 1.2- 2.0 729 12.8 11.7-13.9
AGE
18-24 269 113 44.1 36.4-52.1 107 38.7 31.4-46.4 25 10.1 6.4-15.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 23 6.9 4.3-11.1
25-34 753 251 31.5 27.6-35.7 300 41.4 37.2-45.8 116 15.5 12.7-18.9 8 1.0 0.5- 2.1 78 10.6 8.2-13.5
35-44 960 259 27.0 23.7-30.6 421 46.5 42.6-50.3 149 13.7 11.3-16.6 14 1.2 0.7- 2.1 117 11.6 9.4-14.2
45-54 1,108 310 27.0 23.9-30.4 428 40.5 36.9-44.2 152 13.8 11.5-16.4 21 2.1 1.2- 3.6 197 16.6 14.1-19.5
55-64 1,008 348 34.9 31.4-38.6 336 34.1 30.6-37.8 145 14.1 11.8-16.8 27 2.7 1.7- 4.3 152 14.1 11.7-16.9
65-74 743 295 39.4 35.3-43.6 219 29.7 26.0-33.8 87 11.5 9.2-14.4 13 1.6 0.8- 3.2 129 17.8 14.7-21.2
75+ 507 276 55.6 50.4-60.7 142 26.9 22.7-31.6 25 5.3 3.1- 8.7 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 62 11.9 9.0-15.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 827 287 35.1 30.5-40.1 285 36.5 31.9-41.4 91 11.4 8.5-15.2 11 1.3 0.6- 2.9 153 15.6 12.6-19.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,774 573 32.2 29.0-35.6 670 39.9 36.7-43.2 242 13.5 11.5-15.7 35 1.6 1.0- 2.4 254 12.8 11.0-14.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,371 469 34.7 31.5-38.0 501 38.6 35.3-42.0 195 12.9 10.8-15.2 27 1.7 1.1- 2.7 179 12.1 10.1-14.4
College Graduate 1,397 531 36.3 33.3-39.3 503 38.5 35.4-41.6 175 12.9 10.9-15.3 13 0.8 0.5- 1.5 175 11.5 9.8-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 724 264 37.9 33.2-42.7 237 33.4 29.0-38.2 80 9.5 7.3-12.4 15 2.1 1.0- 4.3 128 17.0 13.8-20.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,006 342 32.6 28.5-37.0 396 41.8 37.5-46.2 106 10.9 8.4-14.2 15 1.0 0.5- 1.8 147 13.6 11.0-16.8
$25,000- 34,999 689 250 35.8 30.1-41.9 248 39.1 33.6-44.8 98 14.1 10.7-18.2 12 1.5 0.8- 2.9 81 9.6 7.4-12.4
$35,000- 49,999 764 253 33.8 29.8-38.0 289 41.2 37.0-45.6 114 12.8 10.3-15.7 9 1.0 0.5- 2.1 99 11.2 9.0-13.9
$50,000-74,999 703 243 34.5 30.3-39.0 251 36.7 32.4-41.2 110 15.6 12.6-19.2 18 2.8 1.6- 4.9 81 10.4 8.1-13.1
$75,000+ 738 222 28.5 24.9-32.4 277 40.7 36.4-45.1 116 15.3 12.3-18.7 11 1.2 0.6- 2.2 112 14.4 11.7-17.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,818 650 36.3 33.1-39.7 607 33.2 30.3-36.2 213 11.5 9.7-13.7 34 1.8 1.1- 2.7 314 17.1 15.0-19.5
No 3,451 1,169 33.1 31.1-35.2 1,315 41.1 38.9-43.3 483 13.7 12.2-15.2 51 1.2 0.9- 1.7 433 10.9 9.7-12.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 868 356 39.3 35.4-43.5 309 38.7 34.5-43.0 93 9.5 7.5-11.8 14 1.6 0.9- 2.8 96 10.9 8.6-13.8
Non-Veteran 4,503 1,505 33.2 31.2-35.2 1,649 38.6 36.7-40.6 610 13.6 12.3-15.0 72 1.4 1.0- 1.8 667 13.2 12.1-14.5

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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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