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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 444 342 73.5 67.7-78.6 88 22.9 18.1-28.6 9 2.1 1.0- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.5 0.5- 4.2
GENDER
Male 142 103 71.0 60.9-79.4 37 27.7 19.4-37.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
Female 302 239 75.5 68.6-81.4 51 19.1 13.9-25.8 8 3.1 1.4- 6.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.2 0.6- 7.3
RACE
White 332 265 77.0 70.7-82.3 55 18.4 13.6-24.3 8 2.8 1.3- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.9 0.6- 5.8
Other 110 76 64.5 51.5-75.8 32 34.7 23.6-47.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5
AGE
18-44 151 106 67.1 56.8-76.0 37 28.6 20.1-38.9 4 1.8 0.6- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.6 0.7- 8.4
45+ 291 234 79.4 73.5-84.2 51 17.8 13.3-23.4 5 2.4 0.9- 6.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 152 102 61.4 50.3-71.4 41 31.7 22.3-42.8 5 3.8 1.5- 9.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.1 0.9-10.6
Some College + 292 240 80.6 74.2-85.7 47 17.8 12.9-24.1 4 1.1 0.3- 3.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 158 68.0 59.1-75.8 53 27.6 20.2-36.3 5 2.2 0.8- 5.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.2 0.5- 8.3
$50,000+ 163 134 78.5 68.8-85.9 25 18.3 11.4-28.1 3 2.4 0.7- 7.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5

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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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