BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Consumed five or more servings of fruits or vegetables per day*)

	Total Respond.^	Consume < 5 times per day	Consume 5 or more times per day
North Carolina	17,127	13,025	77.5	76.6-78.3	4,102	22.5	21.7-23.4
-Gaston County	448	361	81.9	77.3-85.6	87	18.1	14.4-22.7
GENDER
Male	150	127	86.4	79.0-91.5	23	13.6	8.5-21.0
Female	298	234	78.1	72.4-82.9	64	21.9	17.1-27.6
RACE
White	390	311	81.3	76.4-85.4	79	18.7	14.6-23.6
Other	58	50	85.3	70.5-93.4	8	14.7	6.6-29.5
AGE
18-44	144	119	84.9	77.1-90.4	25	15.1	9.6-22.9
45+	301	240	79.6	74.1-84.2	61	20.4	15.8-25.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	200	86.5	80.4-91.0	31	13.5	9.0-19.6
Some College +	216	160	76.6	69.5-82.4	56	23.4	17.6-30.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	216	87.8	82.7-91.6	37	12.2	8.4-17.3
$50,000+	122	88	73.1	63.7-80.8	34	26.9	19.2-36.3

*Data in this table were derived from the fruits and vegetables questions.

^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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Fruits and Vegetables

Consumed five or more servings of fruits or vegetables per day*

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	Total Respond.^	Consume < 5 times per day			Consume 5 or more times per day
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,127	13,025	77.5	76.6-78.3	4,102	22.5	21.7-23.4
-Gaston County	448	361	81.9	77.3-85.6	87	18.1	14.4-22.7
GENDER
Male	150	127	86.4	79.0-91.5	23	13.6	8.5-21.0
Female	298	234	78.1	72.4-82.9	64	21.9	17.1-27.6
RACE
White	390	311	81.3	76.4-85.4	79	18.7	14.6-23.6
Other	58	50	85.3	70.5-93.4	8	14.7	6.6-29.5
AGE
18-44	144	119	84.9	77.1-90.4	25	15.1	9.6-22.9
45+	301	240	79.6	74.1-84.2	61	20.4	15.8-25.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	200	86.5	80.4-91.0	31	13.5	9.0-19.6
Some College +	216	160	76.6	69.5-82.4	56	23.4	17.6-30.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	216	87.8	82.7-91.6	37	12.2	8.4-17.3
$50,000+	122	88	73.1	63.7-80.8	34	26.9	19.2-36.3