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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 514 20 4.3 2.3- 7.7 188 38.7 33.2-44.5 202 38.6 33.4-44.1 104 18.4 14.4-23.2
GENDER
Male 181 11 6.2 2.8-13.3 72 41.8 32.8-51.5 72 37.1 28.9-46.2 26 14.8 9.1-23.1
Female 333 9 2.4 1.2- 4.8 116 35.6 29.7-41.9 130 40.0 34.1-46.3 78 21.9 17.1-27.7
RACE
White 236 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3 84 36.9 28.4-46.3 96 38.1 30.6-46.3 53 24.0 17.0-32.7
Other 273 16 6.9 3.5-13.0 103 40.5 33.5-47.9 104 38.9 31.9-46.3 50 13.8 10.1-18.6
AGE
18-44 141 5 4.7 1.4-14.2 52 37.7 27.3-49.4 57 39.2 29.5-49.9 27 18.4 11.6-28.0
45+ 371 14 3.9 2.0- 7.4 136 39.5 33.6-45.8 144 38.1 32.4-44.2 77 18.5 14.0-24.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 320 16 3.8 2.1- 6.6 129 42.6 35.2-50.3 123 37.8 31.1-45.0 52 15.8 10.8-22.5
Some College + 192 4 5.2 1.6-15.5 58 31.9 24.8-40.1 78 39.9 32.1-48.2 52 23.0 17.1-30.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 333 13 5.1 2.4-10.5 133 40.4 33.3-47.9 126 39.2 32.6-46.4 61 15.3 10.7-21.4
$50,000+ 92 2 1.9 0.5- 7.4 24 27.5 18.4-38.9 42 45.0 34.0-56.6 24 25.6 17.1-36.4

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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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