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

Fruits and Vegetables

Not counting juice, how often do you eat fruit?

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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 16,674 6,645 37.2 36.2-38.2 7,756 48.8 47.8-49.9 1,588 9.9 9.3-10.5 146 0.8 0.6- 1.0 539 3.3 2.9- 3.7
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 742 328 43.7 38.8-48.7 320 43.3 38.5-48.2 66 9.8 7.3-13.0 6 0.6 0.2- 1.5 22 2.7 1.5- 4.7
GENDER
Male 253 96 35.9 28.2-44.3 115 47.4 39.2-55.6 30 12.1 8.0-18.0 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 10 4.1 1.9- 8.7
Female 489 232 49.9 43.9-55.8 205 40.0 34.5-45.9 36 7.9 5.2-11.8 4 0.6 0.2- 2.1 12 1.6 0.8- 3.1
RACE
White 658 299 45.6 40.5-50.8 278 40.9 36.0-45.9 61 10.6 7.8-14.2 6 0.7 0.3- 1.7 14 2.3 1.2- 4.6
Other 84 29 30.2 17.3-47.2 42 60.5 43.9-74.9 5 4.1 1.5-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.3 1.8-14.2
AGE
18-44 248 88 36.5 28.4-45.5 125 48.5 40.1-56.9 25 11.2 7.2-17.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 9 3.7 1.7- 8.1
45+ 491 238 50.0 44.6-55.3 194 38.7 33.6-44.1 41 8.5 5.9-12.2 5 1.1 0.4- 2.8 13 1.8 0.9- 3.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 351 131 37.7 30.6-45.4 169 46.4 39.1-53.9 35 10.8 7.3-15.7 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6 13 4.2 2.2- 8.1
Some College + 391 197 50.0 43.7-56.4 151 39.9 33.9-46.2 31 8.7 5.5-13.4 3 0.3 0.1- 1.5 9 1.1 0.4- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 469 192 36.8 31.3-42.6 205 46.0 40.0-52.1 52 13.0 9.4-17.7 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 17 3.5 1.8- 6.7
$50,000+ 155 80 52.8 42.0-63.4 61 40.9 30.9-51.6 10 5.0 2.2-10.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 3 1.3 0.3- 5.2

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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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