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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 495 184 33.7 28.7-39.2 239 49.9 44.2-55.7 48 12.0 8.6-16.5 5 0.5 0.2- 1.2 19 3.8 2.0- 7.1
GENDER
Male 171 51 27.1 19.6-36.1 92 54.9 45.2-64.3 18 13.2 7.9-21.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 9 4.5 1.7-11.5
Female 324 133 40.2 34.1-46.6 147 45.1 39.0-51.4 30 10.9 7.3-15.9 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 10 3.2 1.6- 6.2
RACE
White 227 86 35.9 27.9-44.8 107 50.7 41.7-59.7 23 10.1 6.4-15.5 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 8 2.7 1.3- 5.5
Other 264 96 31.8 25.5-38.8 131 49.6 42.2-57.1 25 13.7 8.7-20.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 10 4.5 1.8-10.7
AGE
18-44 132 39 28.1 19.5-38.7 75 56.2 44.7-67.1 12 10.4 5.2-19.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 5.3 1.7-15.3
45+ 361 144 36.7 30.8-43.0 164 46.8 40.6-53.0 36 13.0 9.0-18.3 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 12 2.8 1.5- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 309 110 31.4 25.0-38.5 144 50.1 42.4-57.7 35 14.4 9.7-20.7 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9 15 3.5 2.0- 6.0
Some College + 184 73 37.7 29.9-46.3 94 49.7 41.3-58.2 13 8.1 4.4-14.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.5 1.3-14.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 322 107 29.2 23.1-36.0 166 54.3 46.8-61.6 31 11.5 7.4-17.3 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 13 4.3 1.9- 9.4
$50,000+ 86 34 41.2 30.1-53.3 41 45.4 34.2-57.1 8 10.0 4.8-19.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.3 1.1-10.0

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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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