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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Fruits and Vegetables

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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
-Mountain AHEC 1,155 423 35.9 32.3-39.7 417 37.8 34.0-41.7 144 12.8 10.4-15.7 23 1.9 1.2- 3.2 148 11.6 9.3-14.3
GENDER
Male 408 157 34.0 28.5-40.0 139 37.0 30.8-43.7 60 15.7 11.5-21.0 11 2.6 1.3- 5.2 41 10.6 7.1-15.6
Female 747 266 37.6 33.0-42.5 278 38.4 34.0-43.0 84 10.2 7.9-13.2 12 1.3 0.7- 2.6 107 12.4 9.7-15.7
RACE
White 1,007 366 35.7 31.9-39.7 363 37.9 34.0-42.0 126 12.9 10.5-15.8 21 2.0 1.2- 3.5 131 11.4 9.1-14.3
African American 62 27 46.2 28.5-65.0 21 27.4 14.8-45.0 6 17.7 5.2-45.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 7 7.9 2.9-20.0
Other Minorities 86 30 30.8 18.0-47.4 33 44.0 28.6-60.7 12 8.1 3.7-16.7 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 10 15.5 6.4-32.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 44 19 45.1 26.5-65.2 14 38.5 20.8-59.9 6 5.8 2.3-13.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 4 9.8 2.8-29.2
Non-Hispanic 1,110 404 35.3 31.7-39.1 403 37.7 33.9-41.7 138 13.3 10.8-16.4 22 2.0 1.2- 3.4 143 11.6 9.3-14.5
AGE
18-24 57 23 40.4 25.6-57.1 20 36.4 21.8-54.2 8 13.5 5.4-30.0 0 0.0 . - . 6 9.6 3.8-22.5
25-34 168 55 30.9 23.0-40.1 67 39.1 30.7-48.2 17 10.4 6.1-17.3 4 3.4 1.2- 9.6 25 16.2 9.7-25.7
35-44 177 39 20.5 14.4-28.5 89 54.4 45.4-63.2 34 16.9 11.4-24.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 13 7.3 3.7-13.8
45-54 195 56 28.2 21.0-36.7 74 41.4 33.2-50.1 36 19.0 13.0-26.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.9 26 10.4 6.7-15.9
55-64 208 73 38.6 30.9-46.8 76 35.7 28.3-43.9 21 9.5 5.9-14.9 7 2.6 1.0- 6.4 31 13.6 9.0-20.2
65-74 183 81 49.1 40.7-57.4 59 27.4 20.8-35.0 16 8.2 4.8-13.7 5 4.4 1.7-10.8 22 11.0 6.7-17.6
75+ 163 93 57.7 48.7-66.2 32 18.8 12.8-26.9 11 10.4 5.5-18.7 2 1.2 0.3- 4.6 25 11.9 7.8-17.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 169 51 27.3 18.7-37.9 59 37.6 26.2-50.6 24 17.4 9.8-28.9 4 1.1 0.3- 3.9 31 16.7 10.1-26.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 342 126 34.2 27.8-41.3 119 36.9 30.1-44.2 43 12.9 8.9-18.3 7 2.4 0.9- 6.1 47 13.6 9.2-19.8
Some Post-H.S. 294 111 42.6 35.3-50.3 115 38.9 32.2-46.0 32 8.8 5.9-13.0 5 1.8 0.6- 4.8 31 7.9 4.9-12.6
College Graduate 347 133 36.8 30.9-43.1 123 37.8 31.8-44.3 45 13.7 9.7-19.1 7 2.1 0.9- 4.7 39 9.6 6.5-13.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 143 55 41.9 31.1-53.7 51 31.7 21.9-43.4 8 4.6 2.0-10.0 2 2.0 0.4- 8.7 27 19.8 11.4-32.2
$15,000- 24,999 234 85 34.6 26.6-43.5 79 31.0 23.6-39.6 32 15.8 10.4-23.3 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 35 17.6 11.2-26.6
$25,000- 34,999 161 54 33.3 25.1-42.6 62 44.3 34.8-54.4 22 11.1 6.8-17.7 3 1.3 0.3- 5.4 20 9.9 5.5-17.2
$35,000- 49,999 164 50 26.7 19.5-35.4 63 43.1 34.0-52.6 25 14.2 9.1-21.5 5 4.8 1.7-12.8 21 11.3 6.8-18.1
$50,000-74,999 140 60 41.0 30.3-52.7 49 38.3 26.6-51.6 16 13.1 7.6-21.7 3 1.7 0.5- 5.9 12 5.8 3.0-10.9
$75,000+ 133 43 37.5 27.6-48.5 50 37.4 28.5-47.4 23 13.5 8.3-21.3 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 15 10.1 5.8-16.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 382 144 39.3 32.6-46.3 133 36.2 29.9-43.0 41 11.3 7.8-16.1 6 1.6 0.6- 4.0 58 11.7 8.5-16.1
No 747 265 34.1 29.7-38.7 279 38.7 34.0-43.7 99 13.5 10.4-17.2 16 2.1 1.1- 3.8 88 11.7 8.8-15.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 157 77 47.0 38.0-56.1 42 26.9 19.3-36.0 20 16.1 10.1-24.7 7 5.0 2.3-10.6 11 5.1 2.6- 9.6
Non-Veteran 998 346 34.2 30.3-38.4 375 39.5 35.3-43.8 124 12.3 9.7-15.4 16 1.5 0.8- 2.8 137 12.6 10.0-15.7

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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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