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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Fruits and Vegetables

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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 16,669 5,770 34.2 33.2-35.2 6,109 39.4 38.4-40.5 2,143 12.7 12.0-13.4 317 1.6 1.4- 1.9 2,330 12.1 11.4-12.7
-Northeastern Partnership 1,149 427 35.8 32.2-39.6 404 37.4 33.7-41.2 161 15.6 12.9-18.8 15 1.1 0.6- 1.9 142 10.2 8.4-12.3
GENDER
Male 409 151 36.2 30.3-42.6 163 39.7 33.8-46.0 53 15.7 11.4-21.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 40 8.0 5.6-11.5
Female 740 276 35.4 31.4-39.5 241 35.0 30.9-39.4 108 15.5 12.6-18.9 13 1.8 0.9- 3.4 102 12.4 10.0-15.2
RACE
White 674 237 31.6 27.2-36.4 237 39.1 34.2-44.2 104 18.2 14.4-22.9 12 1.3 0.7- 2.6 84 9.7 7.6-12.4
African American 416 162 41.3 35.0-47.8 149 34.2 28.7-40.2 49 11.7 8.3-16.1 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0 54 12.2 8.9-16.7
Other Minorities 53 25 42.6 28.2-58.4 18 40.2 25.7-56.6 6 12.5 5.3-26.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 3 3.8 1.1-13.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 36 12 36.1 19.1-57.4 18 49.4 30.4-68.6 2 5.7 1.2-23.1 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 3 8.3 2.4-24.7
Non-Hispanic 1,113 415 35.8 32.1-39.6 386 36.7 33.0-40.5 159 16.2 13.4-19.5 14 1.1 0.6- 2.0 139 10.3 8.5-12.5
AGE
18-24 36 10 28.9 14.7-48.8 17 45.9 28.2-64.7 7 22.6 9.9-43.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.7 0.6-10.3
25-34 124 34 29.8 20.2-41.5 49 40.2 30.4-50.8 29 20.3 13.6-29.0 2 1.5 0.3- 6.6 10 8.3 3.9-16.9
35-44 174 55 35.3 26.9-44.7 76 41.6 33.1-50.7 25 14.8 9.5-22.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0 16 7.0 4.0-11.8
45-54 259 77 31.9 25.0-39.8 98 37.5 30.5-44.9 39 17.2 12.2-23.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 44 13.2 9.3-18.4
55-64 243 92 36.6 29.9-43.8 82 35.2 28.3-42.7 33 14.0 9.6-20.0 7 3.0 1.3- 6.8 29 11.2 7.6-16.4
65-74 169 77 45.1 36.5-53.9 45 28.8 21.2-37.9 20 10.2 6.2-16.2 3 1.2 0.3- 4.4 24 14.7 9.6-22.0
75+ 137 80 53.8 44.3-63.0 34 26.9 19.2-36.3 8 6.5 3.1-13.3 0 0.0 . - . 15 12.8 7.2-21.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 235 85 34.0 26.4-42.6 78 37.4 29.4-46.1 34 14.4 9.7-20.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 36 13.7 9.3-19.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 425 149 33.1 27.2-39.5 158 40.8 34.5-47.5 63 16.8 12.2-22.8 7 1.1 0.4- 2.6 48 8.2 5.9-11.4
Some Post-H.S. 254 101 41.5 33.6-49.9 71 26.5 20.3-33.8 43 18.1 12.5-25.5 6 2.3 1.0- 5.5 33 11.6 7.7-17.2
College Graduate 233 91 36.0 29.3-43.3 97 44.5 37.1-52.1 21 11.0 6.9-17.0 0 0.0 . - . 24 8.6 5.4-13.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 192 79 36.6 28.4-45.7 59 34.7 26.0-44.5 27 14.8 9.6-22.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 25 13.4 8.1-21.4
$15,000- 24,999 225 86 34.2 26.3-43.1 79 41.6 32.4-51.4 23 11.5 6.6-19.3 3 1.0 0.2- 4.7 34 11.7 7.6-17.7
$25,000- 34,999 152 60 40.5 29.7-52.4 53 35.8 26.2-46.7 22 17.2 9.2-30.1 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 15 5.8 3.3-10.2
$35,000- 49,999 131 44 32.9 24.4-42.7 49 41.0 31.6-51.2 20 14.3 8.8-22.3 3 2.6 0.8- 8.1 15 9.1 5.3-15.2
$50,000-74,999 131 52 41.6 31.8-52.2 43 33.5 24.7-43.6 22 15.4 9.6-23.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0 12 8.2 4.3-15.1
$75,000+ 129 42 31.3 23.0-41.0 50 35.6 27.0-45.3 19 19.9 12.5-30.2 2 1.8 0.4- 6.9 16 11.4 6.7-18.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 462 173 37.2 31.5-43.2 152 33.4 28.1-39.1 62 14.9 10.4-20.9 9 1.8 0.8- 3.9 66 12.7 9.6-16.7
No 665 244 34.5 29.9-39.5 244 39.8 34.9-44.8 98 16.2 12.9-20.1 6 0.7 0.3- 1.7 73 8.8 6.7-11.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 159 79 50.8 40.9-60.7 51 33.4 24.9-43.2 10 6.2 3.2-11.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 18 9.0 5.4-14.8
Non-Veteran 986 347 33.0 29.3-37.1 350 37.9 33.9-42.0 151 17.5 14.4-21.1 14 1.2 0.6- 2.1 124 10.5 8.5-12.8

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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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