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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 427 156 36.5 30.1-43.5 189 45.0 38.8-51.3 60 11.8 8.8-15.6 5 2.5 0.9- 6.6 17 4.2 2.4- 7.0
GENDER
Male 143 45 33.8 22.2-47.8 69 47.1 35.9-58.6 20 9.7 5.8-15.9 3 4.6 1.5-13.7 6 4.7 2.0-10.6
Female 284 111 38.8 32.6-45.4 120 43.2 36.8-50.0 40 13.5 9.5-18.7 2 0.7 0.2- 3.4 11 3.8 2.0- 7.1
RACE
White 370 141 38.8 31.7-46.5 162 43.7 37.0-50.5 49 12.0 8.7-16.3 4 2.0 0.6- 6.2 14 3.5 2.0- 6.2
Other 57 15 23.0 12.8-37.9 27 52.9 37.4-67.8 11 10.6 5.5-19.4 1 5.4 0.8-29.6 3 8.1 2.4-23.7
AGE
18-44 139 48 38.7 27.0-51.8 66 44.5 33.7-55.9 19 10.8 6.3-17.9 3 3.4 1.0-10.9 3 2.6 0.8- 8.4
45+ 285 107 34.6 28.8-40.9 122 45.5 39.0-52.2 40 12.6 9.1-17.2 2 1.8 0.3- 9.4 14 5.6 3.1- 9.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 66 30.7 21.7-41.4 99 47.9 38.8-57.2 35 13.1 8.9-18.8 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 14 6.8 3.8-12.0
Some College + 212 90 42.7 33.9-52.0 90 41.9 33.8-50.5 25 10.4 6.5-16.2 4 3.5 1.1-10.6 3 1.4 0.4- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 81 31.6 23.0-41.6 101 43.6 35.3-52.4 44 16.3 11.5-22.6 4 3.8 1.2-11.3 10 4.6 2.3- 9.3
$50,000+ 121 50 38.0 29.0-47.9 58 51.0 41.0-60.9 10 7.6 3.8-14.4 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 2 1.8 0.5- 7.1

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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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