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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 16,689 716 4.4 4.0- 4.9 11,157 67.5 66.5-68.4 3,491 20.5 19.7-21.4 172 1.0 0.8- 1.2 1,153 6.6 6.1- 7.1
-Eastern NC 5,341 234 5.0 4.2- 6.0 3,493 65.4 63.6-67.1 1,181 22.5 21.0-24.1 49 0.8 0.5- 1.1 384 6.3 5.6- 7.2
GENDER
Male 1,865 104 6.0 4.6- 7.7 1,256 65.9 63.0-68.7 373 22.0 19.6-24.7 17 0.8 0.5- 1.4 115 5.3 4.2- 6.5
Female 3,476 130 4.1 3.3- 5.1 2,237 64.9 62.9-66.9 808 23.0 21.2-24.8 32 0.7 0.5- 1.1 269 7.3 6.3- 8.5
RACE
White 3,599 179 5.4 4.4- 6.6 2,480 68.8 66.6-70.8 685 20.4 18.6-22.3 24 0.5 0.3- 0.7 231 5.0 4.3- 5.8
African American 1,274 40 4.6 3.0- 7.1 693 53.3 49.6-56.9 411 31.2 27.9-34.6 21 1.7 1.0- 2.9 109 9.2 7.2-11.6
Other Minorities 454 14 3.3 1.7- 6.3 312 71.1 64.9-76.6 85 17.0 12.7-22.3 4 0.6 0.2- 2.0 39 8.0 5.3-11.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 241 7 5.0 1.6-14.6 162 65.6 56.8-73.4 45 19.2 13.3-27.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 26 10.0 6.3-15.6
Non-Hispanic 5,095 227 5.0 4.2- 5.9 3,330 65.4 63.6-67.1 1,134 22.8 21.2-24.4 48 0.8 0.6- 1.2 356 6.0 5.2- 6.8
AGE
18-24 264 16 6.6 3.4-12.6 165 62.2 54.3-69.5 65 25.4 19.2-32.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 17 5.6 3.2- 9.5
25-34 755 27 4.3 2.8- 6.5 488 63.1 58.8-67.2 180 25.2 21.5-29.3 8 1.0 0.5- 2.2 52 6.3 4.5- 8.8
35-44 962 38 4.4 3.0- 6.4 634 65.9 62.1-69.5 235 24.2 21.0-27.7 8 0.8 0.3- 2.1 47 4.6 3.3- 6.4
45-54 1,106 40 4.2 2.9- 6.1 707 66.2 62.7-69.6 270 22.7 19.8-25.9 13 1.1 0.6- 2.1 76 5.8 4.5- 7.4
55-64 1,008 45 5.7 4.0- 8.0 640 64.2 60.4-67.8 219 20.3 17.4-23.6 7 0.4 0.2- 0.9 97 9.4 7.3-11.9
65-74 721 31 4.9 3.3- 7.2 494 69.8 65.8-73.6 130 18.0 15.0-21.5 9 1.0 0.5- 1.9 57 6.3 4.7- 8.5
75+ 497 37 6.7 4.6- 9.6 349 71.0 66.0-75.5 75 15.1 11.6-19.4 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7 33 6.7 4.5-10.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 804 47 8.6 5.5-13.2 522 63.4 58.2-68.2 153 18.5 15.0-22.7 11 1.0 0.5- 1.9 71 8.6 6.2-11.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,775 87 5.0 3.9- 6.4 1,142 63.7 60.5-66.9 402 24.2 21.3-27.4 18 0.8 0.5- 1.4 126 6.2 5.0- 7.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,367 52 3.8 2.8- 5.3 909 67.9 64.7-71.0 317 22.9 20.1-25.9 8 0.6 0.2- 1.4 81 4.8 3.7- 6.3
College Graduate 1,388 48 3.8 2.7- 5.2 916 66.4 63.4-69.3 306 22.4 19.8-25.2 12 0.8 0.4- 1.6 106 6.6 5.3- 8.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 705 43 5.7 4.0- 8.1 439 64.4 59.7-68.9 155 20.3 16.8-24.4 7 1.1 0.4- 2.8 61 8.4 6.1-11.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,002 50 6.4 4.2- 9.7 646 62.2 57.6-66.5 227 24.5 20.7-28.8 15 1.2 0.6- 2.1 64 5.8 4.2- 7.9
$25,000- 34,999 696 25 3.4 2.1- 5.3 453 66.0 60.5-71.2 167 25.1 20.3-30.5 8 0.8 0.4- 1.8 43 4.7 3.3- 6.7
$35,000- 49,999 763 21 3.0 1.8- 4.8 516 69.4 65.4-73.1 182 22.6 19.3-26.3 4 0.4 0.1- 1.0 40 4.7 3.3- 6.6
$50,000-74,999 701 35 6.0 4.1- 8.7 468 65.4 60.9-69.6 145 22.2 18.6-26.3 6 1.1 0.4- 2.8 47 5.4 3.8- 7.5
$75,000+ 740 25 3.7 2.3- 5.8 488 67.3 63.1-71.2 165 21.1 17.8-24.9 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 59 7.6 5.6-10.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,808 92 5.1 4.0- 6.5 1,172 66.1 63.0-68.9 376 20.2 17.9-22.8 22 1.0 0.6- 1.7 146 7.6 6.1- 9.4
No 3,428 133 4.6 3.6- 5.7 2,252 65.4 63.3-67.6 787 23.5 21.6-25.6 27 0.7 0.4- 1.1 229 5.7 4.9- 6.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 880 42 5.2 3.7- 7.4 597 67.0 62.8-70.9 165 20.6 17.1-24.6 9 1.1 0.5- 2.4 67 6.1 4.6- 7.9
Non-Veteran 4,456 192 5.0 4.1- 6.1 2,892 65.0 63.0-66.9 1,016 23.0 21.3-24.7 40 0.7 0.5- 1.0 316 6.4 5.5- 7.3

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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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