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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 437 351 80.2 75.1-84.4 79 17.6 13.7-22.3 5 1.7 0.5- 5.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3
GENDER
Male 156 123 78.1 69.5-84.8 30 19.0 13.0-26.8 2 2.5 0.5-12.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
Female 281 228 82.1 76.0-86.9 49 16.4 11.8-22.3 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
RACE
White 370 297 79.5 73.8-84.2 66 17.8 13.6-23.0 5 2.0 0.6- 7.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
Other 67 54 83.2 70.3-91.1 13 16.8 8.9-29.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 146 108 76.3 67.2-83.5 33 19.5 13.2-27.7 3 3.0 0.7-12.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9
45+ 289 241 83.3 77.5-87.9 46 16.2 11.7-22.0 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 107 75.9 65.7-83.8 32 20.1 13.3-29.3 4 4.0 1.0-14.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 294 244 82.7 77.0-87.2 47 16.2 11.8-21.7 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 165 77.6 69.7-83.8 44 18.6 13.3-25.5 4 3.1 0.8-11.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0
$50,000+ 159 132 80.8 71.9-87.3 26 18.7 12.2-27.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0

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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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