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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 492 373 71.2 65.7-76.1 106 25.3 20.6-30.6 9 2.7 1.3- 5.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4
GENDER
Male 161 104 61.3 51.8-70.1 50 34.5 26.1-44.1 3 2.3 0.7- 7.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.8 0.6- 5.2
Female 331 269 79.6 73.9-84.3 56 17.4 13.2-22.7 6 3.0 1.2- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 312 250 77.7 71.7-82.7 56 19.8 15.1-25.6 3 1.7 0.5- 5.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8
Other 179 122 63.1 53.6-71.8 50 32.1 23.8-41.6 6 4.0 1.6- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4
AGE
18-44 148 106 66.9 56.9-75.5 35 27.4 19.4-37.3 6 4.9 2.0-11.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7
45+ 340 263 74.1 67.8-79.5 71 23.9 18.7-30.1 3 1.2 0.3- 4.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 275 196 65.9 58.3-72.7 70 29.5 23.0-37.0 7 3.6 1.5- 8.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.0 0.3- 4.1
Some College + 217 177 78.5 70.8-84.7 36 19.5 13.6-27.1 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 296 216 68.2 60.7-74.9 73 28.8 22.4-36.3 4 2.0 0.6- 6.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6
$50,000+ 118 90 70.7 60.2-79.4 26 27.3 18.8-37.8 1 1.1 0.1- 7.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5

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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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