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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption per day*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than once or never 1 to less than 3 times 3 to less than 5 times 5 or more times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,127 701 4.7 4.3- 5.2 5,460 33.2 32.2-34.2 6,864 39.5 38.5-40.6 4,102 22.5 21.7-23.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 764 34 4.9 3.2- 7.6 204 30.4 25.9-35.5 303 36.6 32.3-41.1 223 28.0 23.9-32.6
GENDER
Male 266 20 7.2 4.2-12.0 88 41.1 33.2-49.6 96 33.2 26.6-40.5 62 18.5 13.4-25.0
Female 498 14 3.1 1.4- 6.7 116 21.7 17.4-26.8 207 39.4 34.0-45.1 161 35.8 30.1-41.9
RACE
White 679 23 3.7 2.2- 6.2 177 29.8 25.0-35.0 279 37.9 33.4-42.7 200 28.6 24.3-33.3
Other 85 11 13.6 5.8-28.6 27 35.5 21.2-52.8 24 27.2 15.9-42.3 23 23.8 11.7-42.3
AGE
18-44 250 20 8.2 4.8-13.7 75 36.5 28.4-45.5 82 26.6 20.4-33.9 73 28.7 21.6-37.0
45+ 511 14 2.1 1.1- 3.9 129 25.3 20.9-30.2 219 45.6 40.4-50.9 149 27.1 22.8-31.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 366 21 6.1 3.4-10.7 128 41.6 34.3-49.2 143 32.3 26.5-38.7 74 20.0 14.8-26.5
Some College + 398 13 3.7 1.9- 7.0 76 18.6 14.3-23.8 160 41.2 35.2-47.5 149 36.5 30.5-42.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 481 28 7.0 4.3-11.1 141 34.7 29.0-40.9 190 35.3 30.0-40.9 122 23.0 18.5-28.3
$50,000+ 160 3 1.2 0.3- 4.5 25 21.1 11.6-35.1 68 42.8 33.0-53.2 64 34.9 25.9-45.1

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*Data in this table were derived from the fruits and vegetables questions.

^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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