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

Fruits and Vegetables

How often do you drink fruit juices such as orange, grapefruit, or tomato?

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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 (Excludes Buncombe) 741 284 38.6 34.0-43.5 254 35.2 30.6-40.1 93 12.1 9.5-15.3 14 1.8 0.9- 3.5 96 12.3 9.3-16.0
GENDER
Male 260 105 35.9 28.9-43.6 77 32.9 25.3-41.6 46 17.1 12.3-23.3 5 2.3 0.8- 6.2 27 11.8 7.2-18.7
Female 481 179 40.9 35.0-47.1 177 37.2 31.8-42.9 47 8.0 5.6-11.2 9 1.3 0.6- 3.0 69 12.7 9.3-17.0
RACE
White 658 259 38.9 34.1-43.9 222 35.0 30.2-40.1 81 12.4 9.6-16.0 13 1.9 0.9- 3.9 83 11.8 8.8-15.5
Other 83 25 36.7 21.8-54.8 32 37.1 22.8-54.1 12 9.7 4.6-19.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 13 15.9 6.9-32.3
AGE
18-44 243 70 31.8 24.2-40.5 103 41.1 33.0-49.7 39 12.1 8.2-17.7 4 1.9 0.6- 5.8 27 13.1 8.2-20.5
45+ 495 212 44.4 39.3-49.7 151 30.2 25.5-35.4 53 12.1 8.9-16.1 10 1.7 0.8- 3.6 69 11.6 8.8-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 351 124 33.2 26.7-40.3 119 35.2 28.1-43.0 48 14.0 10.0-19.2 7 1.9 0.6- 5.2 53 15.8 11.0-22.3
Some College + 390 160 44.4 38.2-50.8 135 35.3 29.7-41.3 45 10.1 7.0-14.3 7 1.7 0.7- 3.8 43 8.6 5.8-12.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 464 173 35.4 29.9-41.3 159 33.9 28.5-39.9 56 12.8 9.3-17.3 8 2.1 0.8- 4.9 68 15.8 11.5-21.4
$50,000+ 157 63 41.6 31.5-52.4 52 35.6 25.2-47.6 25 14.1 8.8-21.7 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 15 7.6 4.3-13.1

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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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