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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption per day*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than once or never 1 to less than 3 times 3 to less than 5 times 5 or more times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,127 701 4.7 4.3- 5.2 5,460 33.2 32.2-34.2 6,864 39.5 38.5-40.6 4,102 22.5 21.7-23.4
-Gaston County 448 29 6.2 4.0- 9.3 149 32.1 26.9-37.7 183 43.6 37.3-50.2 87 18.1 14.4-22.7
GENDER
Male 150 9 6.8 3.3-13.2 50 29.6 21.3-39.4 68 50.1 38.9-61.3 23 13.6 8.5-21.0
Female 298 20 5.7 3.5- 9.1 99 34.1 28.1-40.7 115 38.3 32.2-44.8 64 21.9 17.1-27.6
RACE
White 390 24 5.5 3.5- 8.7 128 31.5 26.0-37.6 159 44.3 37.3-51.4 79 18.7 14.6-23.6
Other 58 5 10.1 3.7-25.0 21 35.3 22.1-51.2 24 39.8 26.0-55.4 8 14.7 6.6-29.5
AGE
18-44 144 8 6.0 2.8-12.2 49 31.4 22.7-41.5 62 47.6 36.2-59.2 25 15.1 9.6-22.9
45+ 301 21 6.4 3.9-10.2 98 32.5 26.7-38.9 121 40.7 34.6-47.2 61 20.4 15.8-25.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 18 7.9 4.6-13.3 85 34.1 26.8-42.3 97 44.5 35.7-53.8 31 13.5 9.0-19.6
Some College + 216 11 4.3 2.2- 8.1 63 29.6 22.6-37.8 86 42.7 33.9-52.0 56 23.4 17.6-30.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 17 6.4 3.6-11.3 95 38.6 30.9-47.0 104 42.8 34.2-51.8 37 12.2 8.4-17.3
$50,000+ 122 2 2.0 0.5- 7.8 29 21.5 14.7-30.3 57 49.6 39.7-59.5 34 26.9 19.2-36.3

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*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.

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