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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 425 334 75.9 69.4-81.3 78 19.7 14.6-26.1 10 3.4 1.7- 6.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.0 0.3- 3.7
GENDER
Male 142 107 70.2 57.8-80.2 31 26.0 16.3-38.7 4 3.8 1.4-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Female 283 227 80.2 74.2-85.1 47 15.0 11.0-20.1 6 3.0 1.2- 7.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.8 0.5- 6.4
RACE
White 370 297 77.2 70.0-83.1 65 20.0 14.3-27.2 6 2.4 1.0- 5.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0
Other 55 37 68.1 52.0-80.8 13 18.1 9.7-31.3 4 9.5 3.1-25.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.3 0.6-24.6
AGE
18-44 139 106 71.7 59.3-81.6 26 21.4 12.4-34.5 6 5.5 2.3-12.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0
45+ 283 225 79.0 73.2-83.9 52 18.6 14.0-24.2 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 213 157 73.5 66.0-79.9 46 19.9 14.6-26.6 8 5.8 2.7-12.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4
Some College + 211 176 78.2 66.7-86.5 32 19.6 11.5-31.2 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 238 184 75.2 67.8-81.3 44 17.6 12.7-23.9 8 5.8 2.7-11.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.4 0.3- 7.1
$50,000+ 121 106 88.2 80.7-93.0 15 11.8 7.0-19.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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