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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 448 201 40.6 35.1-46.4 197 48.5 42.6-54.5 32 7.0 4.6-10.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 17 3.6 2.0- 6.3
GENDER
Male 145 47 31.0 22.7-40.7 82 60.4 50.4-69.6 9 5.2 2.4-11.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 3.4 1.5- 7.3
Female 303 154 48.4 41.7-55.2 115 38.9 32.3-45.8 23 8.4 5.2-13.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 10 3.8 1.7- 8.2
RACE
White 336 155 41.1 34.9-47.7 149 48.7 42.0-55.4 20 6.2 3.6-10.6 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 11 3.6 1.8- 7.2
Other 110 45 38.5 27.5-50.8 47 48.6 36.4-61.0 12 9.2 5.0-16.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.7 1.5- 8.7
AGE
18-44 150 57 34.4 25.7-44.4 67 51.6 41.4-61.7 15 8.3 4.4-14.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 10 5.1 2.4-10.6
45+ 296 142 45.9 39.6-52.3 130 45.9 39.6-52.4 17 5.9 3.5- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 2.3 1.0- 5.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 65 38.4 28.7-49.0 69 50.3 39.6-60.9 15 7.6 4.3-13.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 5 3.1 0.9-10.1
Some College + 293 136 41.9 35.4-48.8 128 47.5 40.6-54.5 17 6.6 3.7-11.5 0 0.0 . - . 12 3.9 2.2- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 102 40.0 32.0-48.6 94 49.0 40.2-57.9 15 6.3 3.3-11.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 8 4.2 1.8- 9.5
$50,000+ 162 69 38.4 30.3-47.2 74 50.4 41.4-59.4 11 7.2 3.6-14.0 0 0.0 . - . 8 4.0 1.9- 8.3

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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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