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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 865 661 74.4 70.2-78.1 164 19.5 16.3-23.2 23 3.4 1.9- 5.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 16 2.6 1.3- 4.9
GENDER
Male 306 222 71.6 64.6-77.7 66 22.0 16.6-28.5 10 3.7 1.5- 8.8 0 0.0 . - . 8 2.7 1.2- 6.0
Female 559 439 77.0 72.3-81.1 98 17.1 13.8-21.0 13 3.1 1.7- 5.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 8 2.4 0.9- 6.7
RACE
White 594 470 79.2 74.9-83.0 102 16.8 13.4-20.8 13 2.3 1.2- 4.2 0 0.0 . - . 9 1.7 0.7- 4.1
Other 267 188 65.2 56.9-72.7 61 24.6 18.2-32.4 10 5.5 2.3-12.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 7 4.2 1.6-10.3
AGE
18-44 337 241 69.4 62.6-75.4 71 21.6 16.5-27.8 16 5.2 2.7- 9.8 0 0.0 . - . 9 3.7 1.7- 8.3
45+ 519 414 80.4 76.2-84.0 90 16.5 13.2-20.4 7 1.4 0.6- 3.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 224 168 67.8 57.9-76.4 40 21.0 14.1-30.2 8 5.7 2.2-14.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 7 4.8 1.8-12.0
Some College + 639 492 77.2 73.1-80.9 124 18.9 15.6-22.8 14 2.1 1.2- 3.8 0 0.0 . - . 9 1.7 0.7- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 353 261 69.8 62.2-76.5 70 21.8 16.2-28.8 12 4.1 1.6-10.3 0 0.0 . - . 10 4.2 1.8- 9.4
$50,000+ 380 306 79.1 73.7-83.7 65 18.3 14.0-23.7 6 1.8 0.8- 4.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8

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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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