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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 1,144 883 74.7 71.0-78.1 229 21.5 18.5-24.9 20 2.8 1.4- 5.6 0 0.0 . - . 12 0.9 0.5- 1.8
GENDER
Male 401 281 69.1 62.7-74.8 103 25.9 20.8-31.8 9 3.8 1.4- 9.8 0 0.0 . - . 8 1.2 0.5- 2.8
Female 743 602 80.3 76.6-83.6 126 17.2 14.1-20.7 11 1.8 0.9- 3.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9
RACE
White 677 547 78.8 73.9-83.1 114 17.5 13.9-21.7 10 2.8 1.0- 8.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 0.8 0.4- 2.0
African American 411 298 69.4 63.1-75.0 98 26.1 20.7-32.2 10 3.3 1.6- 6.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.2 0.4- 3.4
Other Minorities 51 35 66.5 50.3-79.6 16 33.5 20.4-49.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 36 23 61.5 41.9-78.0 11 31.4 16.8-50.8 1 4.3 0.6-24.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.8 0.4-17.8
Non-Hispanic 1,108 860 75.5 71.7-78.9 218 20.9 17.9-24.4 19 2.7 1.3- 5.7 0 0.0 . - . 11 0.8 0.4- 1.6
AGE
18-24 35 26 73.2 51.7-87.4 6 15.2 6.2-32.9 3 11.6 2.7-38.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 126 89 67.9 56.3-77.6 33 28.0 18.7-39.7 3 3.1 0.9-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
35-44 174 138 75.9 67.3-82.8 32 22.1 15.4-30.6 2 1.1 0.2- 4.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0
45-54 260 199 74.4 67.3-80.4 52 21.8 16.2-28.6 6 3.0 1.2- 7.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0
55-64 243 186 75.5 68.2-81.7 48 21.5 15.6-28.8 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.6 0.5- 5.0
65-74 169 136 80.9 72.8-87.0 32 17.8 12.0-25.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7
75+ 130 103 78.0 68.6-85.2 26 21.7 14.5-31.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 232 159 68.8 60.6-75.9 65 27.9 21.2-35.8 4 2.0 0.6- 7.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.3 0.4- 4.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 421 314 69.1 62.0-75.4 91 25.0 19.5-31.5 12 4.8 1.8-12.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2
Some Post-H.S. 255 213 83.1 76.5-88.1 37 15.0 10.3-21.5 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.8 0.3- 2.8
College Graduate 235 196 81.7 75.1-86.9 36 16.2 11.4-22.5 2 1.8 0.4- 7.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 188 131 64.2 54.3-72.9 47 27.7 19.8-37.2 7 5.5 2.1-13.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.6 0.7- 8.9
$15,000- 24,999 222 157 70.7 60.8-78.9 59 23.3 17.1-30.9 4 5.4 1.1-21.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.7 0.1- 3.1
$25,000- 34,999 155 123 69.6 56.8-80.0 31 29.9 19.6-42.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 136 110 79.1 69.8-86.0 22 18.5 11.9-27.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.0 0.6- 6.7
$50,000-74,999 131 110 82.5 73.7-88.9 19 15.7 9.7-24.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7
$75,000+ 128 105 80.1 71.0-87.0 21 18.1 11.6-27.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 457 351 72.3 66.0-77.9 91 24.6 19.2-30.9 10 2.2 1.0- 4.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 0.9 0.3- 2.5
No 662 514 76.1 71.3-80.3 132 20.0 16.4-24.2 9 2.9 1.1- 7.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 1.0 0.5- 2.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 157 119 73.1 62.1-81.9 34 25.5 16.8-36.6 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5
Non-Veteran 983 761 75.0 71.0-78.6 194 20.8 17.7-24.4 18 3.2 1.5- 6.6 0 0.0 . - . 10 1.0 0.5- 2.0

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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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