BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (Consumed five or more servings of fruits or vegetables per day*)

	Total Respond.^	Consume < 5 times per day	Consume 5 or more times per day
North Carolina	17,127	13,025	77.5	76.6-78.3	4,102	22.5	21.7-23.4
-Mecklenburg County	876	637	75.6	72.0-78.8	239	24.4	21.2-28.0
GENDER
Male	313	242	79.2	73.4-84.1	71	20.8	15.9-26.6
Female	563	395	72.0	67.7-76.0	168	28.0	24.0-32.3
RACE
White	602	414	71.0	66.4-75.2	188	29.0	24.8-33.6
Other	270	222	84.9	79.5-89.1	48	15.1	10.9-20.5
AGE
18-44	343	271	81.4	76.0-85.8	72	18.6	14.2-24.0
45+	524	358	68.5	63.8-72.9	166	31.5	27.1-36.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	227	171	78.5	70.6-84.7	56	21.5	15.3-29.4
Some College +	647	464	74.3	70.4-77.9	183	25.7	22.1-29.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	359	270	79.9	74.8-84.2	89	20.1	15.8-25.2
$50,000+	383	262	69.3	63.4-74.5	121	30.7	25.5-36.6

*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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Fruits and Vegetables

Consumed five or more servings of fruits or vegetables per day*

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	Total Respond.^	Consume < 5 times per day			Consume 5 or more times per day
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,127	13,025	77.5	76.6-78.3	4,102	22.5	21.7-23.4
-Mecklenburg County	876	637	75.6	72.0-78.8	239	24.4	21.2-28.0
GENDER
Male	313	242	79.2	73.4-84.1	71	20.8	15.9-26.6
Female	563	395	72.0	67.7-76.0	168	28.0	24.0-32.3
RACE
White	602	414	71.0	66.4-75.2	188	29.0	24.8-33.6
Other	270	222	84.9	79.5-89.1	48	15.1	10.9-20.5
AGE
18-44	343	271	81.4	76.0-85.8	72	18.6	14.2-24.0
45+	524	358	68.5	63.8-72.9	166	31.5	27.1-36.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	227	171	78.5	70.6-84.7	56	21.5	15.3-29.4
Some College +	647	464	74.3	70.4-77.9	183	25.7	22.1-29.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	359	270	79.9	74.8-84.2	89	20.1	15.8-25.2
$50,000+	383	262	69.3	63.4-74.5	121	30.7	25.5-36.6