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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 6,137 338 5.8 5.1- 6.7 2,223 37.6 35.9-39.3 2,381 38.0 36.4-39.7 1,195 18.6 17.3-19.9
Female 10,990 363 3.7 3.2- 4.3 3,237 29.1 28.0-30.2 4,483 41.0 39.8-42.2 2,907 26.2 25.2-27.3
RACE
White 12,946 442 3.9 3.4- 4.4 3,890 31.4 30.3-32.5 5,286 40.5 39.4-41.7 3,328 24.2 23.2-25.1
African American 2,994 198 7.6 6.3- 9.1 1,134 37.9 35.5-40.3 1,119 37.0 34.6-39.5 543 17.5 15.7-19.4
Asian 115 3 4.5 1.4-14.0 36 33.9 24.0-45.3 51 42.9 32.6-53.9 25 18.6 12.0-27.7
Native American 294 21 5.9 3.4-10.1 112 33.2 26.8-40.2 112 41.1 34.0-48.6 49 19.8 14.2-26.9
Other Minorities 721 35 5.9 3.6- 9.6 275 40.7 35.6-46.0 272 34.9 30.4-39.6 139 18.5 14.6-23.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 876 45 6.1 4.0- 9.3 337 41.6 37.1-46.3 334 36.0 31.9-40.3 160 16.3 13.3-19.8
-English Speaking 266 11 3.8 1.8- 7.8 75 26.8 20.6-34.1 116 46.9 39.2-54.7 64 22.5 16.6-29.8
-Spanish Speaking 610 34 6.8 4.2-10.8 262 45.9 40.5-51.4 218 32.8 28.2-37.9 96 14.5 11.2-18.6
Non-Hispanic 16,237 654 4.6 4.1- 5.1 5,117 32.4 31.4-33.4 6,528 39.9 38.9-40.9 3,938 23.1 22.2-24.0
AGE
18-24 814 47 6.8 4.9- 9.5 280 34.3 30.2-38.7 301 37.3 33.1-41.8 186 21.5 18.1-25.4
25-34 2,381 142 6.9 5.6- 8.4 819 35.5 33.1-38.1 926 38.4 36.0-40.9 494 19.1 17.3-21.1
35-44 3,166 121 3.8 3.1- 4.7 1,138 37.5 35.4-39.7 1,207 37.5 35.5-39.7 700 21.2 19.5-23.0
45-54 3,313 139 4.4 3.5- 5.4 1,082 33.4 31.4-35.5 1,307 39.7 37.7-41.8 785 22.5 20.8-24.3
55-64 3,136 112 3.3 2.6- 4.2 971 30.8 28.8-32.8 1,266 41.2 39.1-43.3 787 24.7 23.0-26.6
65-74 2,365 74 3.2 2.4- 4.3 705 28.3 26.2-30.5 973 41.7 39.4-44.1 613 26.8 24.7-29.0
75+ 1,868 62 3.3 2.4- 4.6 444 24.2 21.8-26.6 842 45.3 42.6-48.0 520 27.2 24.8-29.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,712 207 7.9 6.3- 9.7 1,107 41.8 39.0-44.7 991 35.0 32.3-37.8 407 15.3 13.4-17.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 5,165 258 6.1 5.2- 7.2 1,892 37.8 36.0-39.7 2,026 38.1 36.3-40.0 989 17.9 16.5-19.5
Some Post-H.S. 4,173 130 3.7 2.9- 4.6 1,263 30.5 28.6-32.4 1,703 40.7 38.6-42.8 1,077 25.2 23.4-27.0
College Graduate 5,044 103 2.3 1.8- 2.9 1,186 25.7 24.1-27.2 2,132 42.8 41.1-44.5 1,623 29.2 27.7-30.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2,070 156 6.9 5.6- 8.5 787 38.6 35.6-41.7 756 36.8 33.9-39.9 371 17.6 15.4-20.1
$15,000- 24,999 3,070 146 5.8 4.6- 7.2 1,139 39.8 37.2-42.5 1,170 36.0 33.6-38.4 615 18.5 16.6-20.5
$25,000- 34,999 2,112 100 6.8 5.1- 9.1 691 34.1 31.3-37.1 849 38.3 35.5-41.2 472 20.8 18.3-23.4
$35,000- 49,999 2,335 80 4.2 3.1- 5.6 750 31.9 29.6-34.4 948 41.6 39.0-44.3 557 22.2 20.2-24.4
$50,000-74,999 2,234 59 3.3 2.4- 4.4 614 29.7 27.2-32.4 948 42.8 40.1-45.5 613 24.2 22.1-26.5
$75,000+ 2,779 44 1.7 1.2- 2.4 694 26.9 24.9-29.0 1,209 43.2 40.9-45.5 832 28.3 26.3-30.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,391 288 5.5 4.7- 6.4 1,817 34.1 32.3-35.9 2,093 38.3 36.5-40.1 1,193 22.2 20.5-23.9
No 11,361 376 4.3 3.7- 4.9 3,499 32.9 31.7-34.1 4,640 40.1 38.8-41.3 2,846 22.8 21.8-23.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,308 98 3.8 3.0- 4.9 713 30.9 28.5-33.4 986 43.3 40.8-46.0 511 22.0 20.0-24.1
Non-Veteran 14,809 601 4.9 4.3- 5.4 4,745 33.6 32.5-34.7 5,875 39.0 37.9-40.1 3,588 22.6 21.7-23.5

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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.

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