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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 5,390 4,160 76.1 74.5-77.6 1,069 20.0 18.6-21.5 108 2.8 2.1- 3.7 3 0.1 0.0- 0.2 50 1.0 0.7- 1.4
GENDER
Male 1,863 1,330 71.1 68.2-73.7 460 23.9 21.5-26.6 46 3.9 2.6- 5.7 3 0.1 0.0- 0.4 24 1.0 0.6- 1.6
Female 3,527 2,830 80.6 79.0-82.2 609 16.5 15.0-18.0 62 1.9 1.4- 2.5 0 0.0 . - . 26 1.0 0.6- 1.6
RACE
White 3,617 2,870 78.4 76.4-80.2 656 18.0 16.4-19.7 57 2.5 1.7- 3.8 3 0.1 0.0- 0.3 31 1.0 0.7- 1.6
African American 1,315 976 72.7 69.4-75.7 291 22.8 20.0-25.9 39 4.0 2.7- 5.8 0 0.0 . - . 9 0.6 0.3- 1.2
Other Minorities 444 304 68.8 62.3-74.6 120 27.3 21.7-33.6 12 2.1 1.0- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 8 1.9 0.9- 4.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 234 135 54.6 46.0-63.0 72 33.9 26.0-42.7 16 7.2 3.9-12.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 10 4.0 2.1- 7.6
Non-Hispanic 5,152 4,023 77.8 76.3-79.3 995 18.9 17.6-20.3 92 2.5 1.8- 3.4 2 0.0 0.0- 0.2 40 0.8 0.5- 1.1
AGE
18-24 267 202 76.3 69.0-82.3 45 15.7 11.0-22.0 15 7.0 3.7-13.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 0.9 0.4- 2.4
25-34 751 559 72.9 68.7-76.7 161 22.1 18.6-26.1 18 3.0 1.6- 5.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 12 1.8 1.0- 3.3
35-44 970 744 74.9 71.3-78.1 200 22.1 19.0-25.5 17 2.0 1.2- 3.3 0 0.0 . - . 9 1.1 0.5- 2.3
45-54 1,116 866 76.9 73.6-79.9 217 20.1 17.3-23.3 23 2.1 1.3- 3.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 9 0.7 0.4- 1.5
55-64 1,020 778 76.2 72.8-79.4 215 20.7 17.8-23.9 19 2.1 1.1- 4.0 0 0.0 . - . 8 1.0 0.4- 2.7
65-74 740 581 77.9 74.2-81.3 147 20.5 17.3-24.2 7 0.9 0.4- 1.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 0.7 0.3- 2.0
75+ 500 406 80.8 76.1-84.7 83 16.2 12.7-20.3 8 2.7 1.1- 6.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 818 564 66.6 61.6-71.2 210 26.9 22.6-31.7 29 4.0 2.5- 6.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 14 2.4 1.3- 4.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,782 1,350 75.3 72.4-78.0 367 19.7 17.3-22.2 46 4.0 2.6- 6.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 18 1.0 0.6- 1.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,387 1,099 78.7 75.6-81.5 255 18.4 15.9-21.1 20 2.1 1.0- 4.5 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 12 0.8 0.4- 1.6
College Graduate 1,398 1,142 81.0 78.4-83.3 237 17.6 15.4-20.1 13 1.1 0.6- 2.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 0.3 0.1- 0.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 723 518 70.1 65.6-74.3 164 22.9 19.3-27.1 27 4.8 2.9- 7.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.4 13 2.1 1.1- 3.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,003 727 69.9 65.3-74.0 236 24.2 20.4-28.4 27 4.3 2.5- 7.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 12 1.5 0.8- 2.8
$25,000- 34,999 695 533 76.2 71.4-80.4 141 19.9 16.1-24.3 16 3.2 1.6- 6.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4
$35,000- 49,999 775 613 79.0 75.3-82.2 146 19.2 16.1-22.8 10 1.0 0.5- 2.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 0.8 0.3- 1.9
$50,000-74,999 706 567 78.8 74.8-82.3 131 19.6 16.3-23.5 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 0.8 0.2- 2.7
$75,000+ 746 605 80.2 76.4-83.5 130 18.2 15.0-21.9 7 0.9 0.4- 2.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 0.7 0.2- 2.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,830 1,410 77.3 74.6-79.7 358 18.8 16.6-21.3 39 2.3 1.6- 3.4 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 21 1.5 0.9- 2.5
No 3,462 2,681 75.7 73.6-77.6 689 20.7 18.9-22.5 65 2.9 2.0- 4.2 0 0.0 . - . 27 0.8 0.5- 1.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 872 660 76.4 72.7-79.7 189 20.9 17.7-24.4 14 1.9 0.9- 3.7 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 8 0.8 0.3- 1.9
Non-Veteran 4,513 3,495 76.0 74.2-77.7 880 19.9 18.3-21.5 94 3.0 2.2- 4.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 42 1.1 0.7- 1.5

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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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