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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 508 34 7.0 4.7-10.3 186 42.2 36.9-47.8 179 32.7 28.1-37.7 109 18.0 14.6-22.1
GENDER
Male 169 18 9.2 5.4-15.1 69 47.5 38.5-56.7 54 28.5 21.5-36.7 28 14.8 9.8-21.7
Female 339 16 5.2 2.8- 9.3 117 37.6 31.6-43.9 125 36.4 30.7-42.5 81 20.8 16.5-25.9
RACE
White 320 15 4.8 2.6- 8.6 110 40.0 33.8-46.5 117 35.0 29.4-41.2 78 20.2 15.9-25.2
Other 187 19 9.8 5.8-16.1 75 44.9 35.8-54.3 62 30.0 22.8-38.3 31 15.4 10.2-22.5
AGE
18-44 150 8 6.2 2.9-12.9 61 47.2 37.8-56.9 46 29.4 21.8-38.3 35 17.2 11.7-24.5
45+ 354 26 7.7 4.9-11.8 124 38.9 32.8-45.5 131 34.8 29.3-40.8 73 18.6 14.4-23.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 289 29 10.3 6.7-15.6 122 46.3 39.2-53.6 91 29.1 23.4-35.5 47 14.3 10.3-19.5
Some College + 219 5 2.3 0.8- 6.0 64 36.4 28.5-45.1 88 38.0 30.6-46.0 62 23.4 17.7-30.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 305 21 6.2 3.7-10.3 125 47.8 40.7-55.1 99 29.8 24.1-36.3 60 16.1 12.0-21.3
$50,000+ 118 4 5.2 1.9-13.3 34 31.5 23.0-41.5 50 39.6 30.3-49.8 30 23.7 16.0-33.5

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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.

** 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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