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

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 (Excludes Buncombe) 745 567 74.0 69.5-78.1 155 22.7 18.9-27.1 14 1.4 0.8- 2.7 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 8 1.8 0.8- 4.2
GENDER
Male 259 183 68.6 61.0-75.3 63 26.8 20.4-34.2 10 2.6 1.3- 5.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.0 0.6- 6.7
Female 486 384 78.3 72.8-82.9 92 19.5 15.2-24.8 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 5 1.6 0.5- 5.3
RACE
White 665 512 75.9 71.6-79.8 137 21.4 17.8-25.5 11 1.4 0.7- 2.8 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 4 1.2 0.4- 3.5
Other 80 55 59.6 41.3-75.6 18 32.6 17.7-52.1 3 1.7 0.5- 5.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.1 1.5-22.4
AGE
18-44 243 174 68.6 60.4-75.8 57 26.3 19.6-34.4 5 1.5 0.5- 4.2 0 0.0 . - . 7 3.5 1.4- 8.6
45+ 499 390 78.4 73.8-82.4 98 19.8 15.9-24.3 9 1.4 0.7- 2.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 350 261 70.7 63.4-77.0 73 24.3 18.4-31.3 10 2.1 1.0- 4.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.9 1.1- 7.7
Some College + 395 306 77.4 72.0-82.0 82 21.1 16.6-26.4 4 0.7 0.2- 2.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 471 347 71.3 65.5-76.6 107 24.9 19.9-30.6 9 1.6 0.7- 3.5 1 0.0 0.0- 0.4 7 2.1 0.8- 5.2
$50,000+ 158 127 81.5 73.5-87.6 29 17.9 11.9-25.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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