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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 857 383 41.8 37.8-46.0 391 48.2 44.0-52.4 53 5.9 4.3- 7.9 5 0.6 0.2- 1.4 25 3.5 2.2- 5.6
GENDER
Male 306 107 34.1 27.9-40.9 169 56.4 49.5-63.0 18 5.7 3.4- 9.4 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7 8 2.8 1.2- 6.4
Female 551 276 49.4 44.4-54.3 222 40.2 35.5-45.2 35 6.0 4.2- 8.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 17 4.3 2.5- 7.2
RACE
White 594 278 45.8 40.8-50.8 265 44.7 39.9-49.7 35 6.3 4.3- 9.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 14 2.9 1.6- 5.1
Other 259 103 34.1 27.5-41.4 124 54.9 47.1-62.4 18 5.1 3.0- 8.3 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 11 4.9 2.3-10.0
AGE
18-44 338 132 37.6 31.4-44.2 162 50.7 44.1-57.4 25 5.8 3.8- 8.9 3 0.5 0.2- 1.6 16 5.3 3.1- 9.1
45+ 510 249 47.4 42.5-52.3 223 44.8 39.9-49.8 28 6.0 3.8- 9.3 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 9 1.6 0.8- 3.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 220 100 38.0 29.6-47.1 95 51.0 41.6-60.2 18 7.2 4.0-12.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 6 3.6 1.3- 9.4
Some College + 635 283 43.6 39.1-48.2 295 47.0 42.4-51.5 35 5.3 3.7- 7.6 4 0.7 0.3- 1.9 18 3.5 2.1- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 351 153 37.6 31.2-44.4 160 52.0 44.9-59.0 25 6.2 4.0- 9.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 11 3.7 1.7- 8.0
$50,000+ 376 171 45.8 40.0-51.8 175 45.6 39.8-51.5 18 5.2 3.0- 8.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 10 3.0 1.5- 5.8

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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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