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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 876 33 5.2 3.3- 8.0 270 33.0 29.0-37.1 334 37.4 33.5-41.5 239 24.4 21.2-28.0
GENDER
Male 313 13 5.5 2.7-10.9 115 38.2 31.7-45.1 114 35.5 29.4-42.1 71 20.8 15.9-26.6
Female 563 20 4.9 2.9- 8.1 155 27.8 23.5-32.6 220 39.3 34.6-44.2 168 28.0 24.0-32.3
RACE
White 602 13 2.9 1.5- 5.7 170 28.6 24.4-33.3 231 39.4 34.8-44.4 188 29.0 24.8-33.6
Other 270 20 9.5 5.3-16.5 100 41.5 33.9-49.6 102 33.9 27.2-41.2 48 15.1 10.9-20.5
AGE
18-44 343 21 7.9 4.6-13.1 128 38.8 32.5-45.5 122 34.7 28.8-41.1 72 18.6 14.2-24.0
45+ 524 12 2.2 1.2- 4.1 138 25.7 21.7-30.2 208 40.6 35.8-45.5 166 31.5 27.1-36.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 227 17 10.3 5.5-18.5 79 42.3 33.2-51.8 75 25.9 19.3-33.7 56 21.5 15.3-29.4
Some College + 647 16 3.1 1.7- 5.7 189 28.9 25.0-33.1 259 42.3 37.8-46.9 183 25.7 22.1-29.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 359 20 7.5 4.1-13.6 122 37.5 30.8-44.8 128 34.8 28.4-41.8 89 20.1 15.8-25.2
$50,000+ 383 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8 106 28.1 23.2-33.5 153 40.3 34.7-46.2 121 30.7 25.5-36.6

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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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