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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 1,165 897 75.5 71.9-78.8 231 21.4 18.3-24.9 21 1.5 0.9- 2.4 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 15 1.6 0.8- 3.1
GENDER
Male 412 294 70.3 64.3-75.7 101 25.8 20.6-31.8 12 2.2 1.2- 4.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.7 0.6- 4.5
Female 753 603 80.0 75.8-83.6 130 17.7 14.3-21.6 9 0.8 0.4- 1.7 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 10 1.5 0.6- 3.8
RACE
White 1,021 794 77.4 73.9-80.5 200 20.0 17.0-23.3 16 1.4 0.8- 2.5 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 10 1.2 0.5- 2.7
African American 60 45 67.2 46.5-82.8 11 23.9 10.8-44.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.2 1.9-29.2
Other Minorities 84 58 62.3 44.2-77.4 20 34.5 19.6-53.2 4 2.8 0.9- 8.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 41 20 46.2 26.6-67.0 15 42.6 23.0-64.8 3 3.4 0.9-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.8 1.8-28.4
Non-Hispanic 1,123 877 77.6 74.2-80.6 215 19.9 17.0-23.1 18 1.4 0.8- 2.3 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 12 1.2 0.5- 2.5
AGE
18-24 56 47 81.7 65.1-91.5 8 15.5 6.7-32.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.8 0.4-17.2
25-34 168 123 69.1 59.5-77.3 34 24.6 17.1-34.0 5 2.8 1.1- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.5 1.2- 9.8
35-44 178 133 70.4 60.6-78.5 40 27.4 19.3-37.2 3 1.3 0.4- 4.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.0 0.3- 4.1
45-54 200 152 78.6 71.1-84.6 41 18.4 12.8-25.6 6 2.1 0.9- 4.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4
55-64 213 159 74.9 67.4-81.2 45 22.2 16.2-29.7 6 2.0 0.8- 4.9 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 2 0.7 0.1- 3.1
65-74 179 143 80.0 72.5-86.0 36 20.0 14.0-27.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 167 136 79.9 71.9-86.1 27 18.1 12.2-26.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.0 0.3- 3.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 172 118 68.1 57.2-77.3 44 27.3 18.5-38.2 7 3.5 1.4- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 342 266 73.2 65.6-79.7 63 22.1 16.1-29.5 7 1.3 0.6- 3.0 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.3 1.3- 8.7
Some Post-H.S. 302 235 81.5 76.1-86.0 60 16.7 12.5-22.0 4 0.8 0.2- 2.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6
College Graduate 347 277 77.0 71.0-82.1 63 21.5 16.5-27.5 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 145 106 70.6 58.2-80.6 30 24.6 15.1-37.5 6 2.7 1.1- 6.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 2 1.8 0.4- 7.1
$15,000- 24,999 239 179 75.2 66.9-82.0 49 20.0 13.9-27.9 5 2.5 0.9- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.4 0.7- 7.7
$25,000- 34,999 165 124 71.0 60.5-79.7 38 26.8 18.3-37.4 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5
$35,000- 49,999 166 122 72.7 63.8-80.0 40 24.6 17.6-33.3 3 1.3 0.4- 4.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1
$50,000-74,999 140 110 79.8 70.9-86.4 29 19.7 13.1-28.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 134 116 87.3 79.3-92.5 16 12.2 7.1-20.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 391 298 76.0 69.5-81.4 76 20.8 15.6-27.2 11 2.0 1.0- 4.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 5 1.2 0.4- 3.2
No 751 584 75.6 71.1-79.6 149 21.6 17.8-25.9 8 1.0 0.5- 2.2 0 0.0 . - . 10 1.8 0.8- 4.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 160 126 78.6 70.2-85.2 32 20.8 14.3-29.3 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 1,005 771 75.0 71.1-78.6 199 21.5 18.1-25.3 19 1.6 1.0- 2.7 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 15 1.8 0.9- 3.6

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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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