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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 499 383 75.0 69.1-80.1 103 22.7 17.7-28.5 7 1.3 0.5- 3.6 0 0.0 . - . 6 1.0 0.4- 2.6
GENDER
Male 176 126 69.1 58.8-77.8 43 27.7 19.2-38.1 3 1.8 0.4- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.5 0.4- 4.8
Female 323 257 80.8 75.3-85.2 60 17.8 13.5-23.2 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3
RACE
White 232 186 77.7 67.2-85.5 42 21.1 13.4-31.7 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
Other 263 195 72.8 65.6-79.0 60 24.1 18.2-31.1 4 1.8 0.5- 6.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.4 0.4- 4.5
AGE
18-44 138 108 75.6 62.6-85.1 28 23.5 14.0-36.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
45+ 359 274 74.7 68.6-80.0 75 22.3 17.4-28.2 5 1.6 0.5- 5.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.3 0.5- 3.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 309 225 71.6 63.4-78.6 73 25.9 19.1-34.2 6 1.1 0.5- 2.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.3 0.4- 3.9
Some College + 189 157 80.7 72.8-86.7 30 17.2 11.7-24.5 1 1.7 0.2-10.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 326 244 72.9 65.0-79.6 73 24.3 17.8-32.3 6 1.8 0.6- 5.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.9 0.2- 3.7
$50,000+ 91 79 87.1 77.8-92.8 11 12.1 6.5-21.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9

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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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