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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 490 182 32.5 27.9-37.6 235 48.6 43.2-54.1 53 14.2 10.4-19.2 6 1.2 0.5- 2.9 14 3.4 1.4- 7.8
GENDER
Male 161 41 23.4 16.7-31.6 89 53.0 43.6-62.2 21 16.4 10.0-25.6 5 2.4 0.9- 6.2 5 4.9 1.4-15.7
Female 329 141 40.3 34.4-46.5 146 44.9 38.8-51.3 32 12.4 8.3-18.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 9 2.1 1.0- 4.3
RACE
White 316 124 33.6 28.1-39.4 148 51.4 45.0-57.7 30 11.5 7.7-16.8 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 11 2.9 1.5- 5.5
Other 173 58 31.2 23.4-40.3 86 45.0 35.9-54.4 23 17.9 11.1-27.6 3 1.9 0.6- 6.2 3 4.0 0.8-17.4
AGE
18-44 145 41 22.0 15.7-30.1 76 53.0 43.3-62.5 26 23.6 15.8-33.9 1 1.0 0.1- 6.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
45+ 341 138 39.6 33.6-45.9 158 45.8 39.6-52.1 27 7.6 5.0-11.5 5 1.4 0.6- 3.6 13 5.6 2.3-13.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 93 29.1 23.4-35.6 134 48.4 41.2-55.7 36 16.5 11.0-23.9 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 9 4.4 1.5-12.6
Some College + 214 89 37.3 29.8-45.3 101 49.0 40.8-57.3 17 11.1 6.7-17.9 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 5 2.0 0.8- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 293 109 31.9 25.9-38.6 138 48.0 40.9-55.3 34 14.9 9.8-22.1 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2 8 4.0 1.2-12.4
$50,000+ 116 41 33.6 24.8-43.8 59 49.9 39.9-60.0 12 12.2 6.7-21.1 2 2.3 0.5- 9.5 2 2.0 0.5- 7.6

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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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