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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 1,137 429 33.0 29.6-36.6 533 48.8 45.0-52.7 122 13.8 11.2-16.8 12 0.8 0.4- 1.5 41 3.7 2.3- 5.8
GENDER
Male 396 113 25.1 20.0-30.8 209 53.2 46.8-59.6 50 15.8 11.6-21.2 6 1.1 0.4- 2.7 18 4.8 2.4- 9.2
Female 741 316 40.9 36.7-45.1 324 44.5 40.3-48.8 72 11.7 9.0-15.1 6 0.4 0.2- 1.0 23 2.5 1.6- 4.0
RACE
White 676 264 33.5 29.1-38.2 306 49.8 44.7-54.8 74 13.1 10.0-16.8 7 0.5 0.2- 1.2 25 3.1 1.9- 5.0
African American 404 137 29.5 24.3-35.3 203 47.8 41.5-54.2 44 16.1 11.3-22.4 5 1.3 0.5- 3.7 15 5.3 2.3-11.6
Other Minorities 52 26 44.5 29.7-60.2 22 46.4 31.2-62.3 4 9.1 3.2-23.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 36 15 33.6 19.0-52.2 20 66.0 47.3-80.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,101 414 33.0 29.5-36.6 513 47.8 43.9-51.8 122 14.6 11.8-17.8 11 0.8 0.4- 1.6 41 3.9 2.4- 6.1
AGE
18-24 34 9 21.9 9.7-42.2 15 52.5 33.4-70.8 9 23.0 11.3-41.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.4-16.5
25-34 122 35 25.9 18.1-35.7 66 52.4 41.6-63.0 18 18.5 11.3-28.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.1 0.7-12.6
35-44 170 51 25.9 19.0-34.2 91 55.6 46.4-64.4 20 14.5 8.6-23.2 1 1.1 0.2- 7.2 7 3.0 1.3- 6.9
45-54 261 90 33.8 27.1-41.2 124 45.6 38.3-53.0 30 12.9 8.6-18.7 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3 13 6.7 2.9-14.6
55-64 239 93 38.3 31.4-45.6 110 46.4 39.1-53.9 27 12.6 8.4-18.6 2 0.6 0.2- 2.4 7 2.1 0.9- 4.7
65-74 172 79 44.4 36.0-53.2 69 42.6 34.1-51.6 14 8.7 4.9-14.9 5 2.0 0.7- 5.4 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8
75+ 132 68 45.3 36.2-54.7 56 47.4 38.1-56.8 4 4.4 1.4-12.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.9 1.0- 8.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 231 73 26.8 20.3-34.4 109 51.5 42.9-60.0 31 14.3 9.6-20.9 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 16 7.2 2.9-16.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 423 150 30.8 25.2-37.0 199 48.6 42.1-55.3 52 15.8 11.3-21.7 7 1.4 0.6- 3.3 15 3.4 1.8- 6.2
Some Post-H.S. 250 100 34.4 27.4-42.1 117 47.4 39.2-55.6 26 15.0 9.9-22.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 4 2.5 0.7- 8.2
College Graduate 231 105 42.2 35.0-49.7 107 48.5 41.0-56.0 13 7.2 3.9-12.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.2 0.9- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 187 68 31.7 23.9-40.7 81 48.4 39.1-57.8 24 14.1 8.8-21.9 4 1.0 0.4- 3.0 10 4.7 2.4- 9.1
$15,000- 24,999 221 69 25.1 18.7-32.9 112 54.1 44.6-63.2 24 10.9 6.7-17.4 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8 13 8.8 3.8-18.7
$25,000- 34,999 151 62 39.3 28.5-51.1 70 44.9 33.8-56.5 16 15.0 7.9-26.5 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9
$35,000- 49,999 133 44 26.7 19.6-35.3 72 56.7 46.9-66.1 12 14.0 7.5-24.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 4 2.2 0.8- 6.4
$50,000-74,999 127 47 35.3 26.1-45.7 63 48.2 38.0-58.5 14 14.5 8.0-24.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8
$75,000+ 127 53 38.4 29.5-48.2 57 43.6 34.1-53.6 12 12.9 7.1-22.3 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 4 3.5 1.2- 9.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 454 183 38.5 32.7-44.7 199 44.9 38.9-51.1 48 12.1 8.8-16.4 8 1.5 0.6- 3.5 16 3.0 1.8- 5.2
No 658 237 29.8 25.7-34.1 320 50.8 45.8-55.8 72 15.0 11.5-19.3 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2 25 4.1 2.2- 7.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 156 50 28.4 20.8-37.6 82 53.8 43.8-63.5 13 11.3 5.9-20.7 4 2.2 0.7- 6.7 7 4.3 1.6-10.7
Non-Veteran 977 377 33.8 30.1-37.8 449 47.8 43.6-52.0 109 14.3 11.5-17.7 8 0.5 0.2- 1.1 34 3.6 2.1- 6.0

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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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