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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 855 297 34.1 30.2-38.2 319 41.1 36.9-45.4 113 13.4 10.8-16.4 13 1.3 0.7- 2.4 113 10.1 8.2-12.4
GENDER
Male 303 117 36.8 30.5-43.6 124 46.2 39.3-53.2 33 10.2 6.9-14.6 5 1.4 0.6- 3.3 24 5.4 3.5- 8.3
Female 552 180 31.4 27.1-36.2 195 36.2 31.6-41.0 80 16.5 12.8-21.0 8 1.3 0.6- 2.8 89 14.6 11.6-18.3
RACE
White 589 196 33.7 29.2-38.6 212 38.2 33.4-43.3 83 14.7 11.4-18.7 13 2.1 1.1- 3.7 85 11.3 8.9-14.2
Other 262 98 34.2 27.2-41.9 106 46.8 39.0-54.8 30 11.0 7.3-16.2 0 0.0 . - . 28 8.0 5.0-12.5
AGE
18-44 335 100 29.3 23.6-35.9 137 46.3 39.7-53.1 53 14.5 10.6-19.5 7 1.7 0.8- 3.6 38 8.1 5.6-11.6
45+ 512 195 39.8 35.0-44.8 178 34.9 30.3-39.7 59 12.1 9.1-16.0 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4 74 12.2 9.6-15.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 220 78 30.7 23.0-39.6 80 48.4 39.1-57.8 26 11.3 7.1-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 36 9.6 6.5-14.0
Some College + 633 219 35.6 31.3-40.2 238 38.0 33.7-42.5 87 14.2 11.2-18.0 13 1.9 1.1- 3.4 76 10.3 8.0-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 353 127 34.8 28.3-41.9 133 42.2 35.2-49.5 43 13.1 9.0-18.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 48 9.4 6.6-13.2
$50,000+ 376 124 34.4 29.0-40.3 144 39.7 34.0-45.6 54 14.3 10.7-19.0 8 1.9 0.9- 3.9 46 9.7 7.1-13.1

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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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