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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Fruits and Vegetables

How often do you drink fruit juices such as orange, grapefruit, or tomato?

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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 16,669 5,770 34.2 33.2-35.2 6,109 39.4 38.4-40.5 2,143 12.7 12.0-13.4 317 1.6 1.4- 1.9 2,330 12.1 11.4-12.7
-Gaston County 434 140 34.1 27.7-41.2 141 34.1 28.6-40.0 58 12.1 9.0-16.2 12 3.3 1.7- 6.4 83 16.4 12.8-20.7
GENDER
Male 147 51 41.3 29.8-53.9 54 33.7 24.9-43.8 21 12.6 7.6-20.3 5 3.8 1.3-10.8 16 8.5 4.8-14.6
Female 287 89 28.0 22.8-33.9 87 34.3 28.0-41.3 37 11.7 8.3-16.3 7 2.9 1.4- 6.2 67 23.0 17.9-29.1
RACE
White 376 116 33.3 26.2-41.3 122 33.8 27.9-40.2 50 11.4 8.4-15.4 11 3.7 1.8- 7.3 77 17.7 13.7-22.6
Other 58 24 38.7 25.1-54.4 19 35.6 22.4-51.3 8 16.3 7.0-33.4 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 6 8.3 3.4-18.9
AGE
18-44 142 35 31.1 19.7-45.4 59 39.7 29.8-50.6 19 12.4 7.4-20.2 4 1.8 0.6- 4.9 25 15.0 9.7-22.5
45+ 289 104 36.8 30.7-43.4 80 28.8 23.2-35.0 39 12.0 8.6-16.5 8 4.7 2.0-10.3 58 17.8 13.4-23.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 77 34.5 25.7-44.6 71 33.9 26.4-42.4 27 12.6 8.0-19.2 5 1.7 0.7- 4.3 46 17.2 12.2-23.8
Some College + 208 63 33.6 24.8-43.8 70 34.2 26.7-42.6 31 11.6 7.9-16.8 7 5.1 2.2-11.6 37 15.4 10.8-21.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 245 84 34.3 25.8-44.1 77 33.8 26.5-42.0 32 12.2 8.0-18.2 8 4.4 1.9-10.0 44 15.2 10.7-21.1
$50,000+ 120 34 30.4 21.6-40.8 41 34.3 25.4-44.5 22 16.8 10.8-25.3 3 2.6 0.8- 8.1 20 15.9 10.0-24.4

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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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