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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption per day*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than once or never 1 to less than 3 times 3 to less than 5 times 5 or more times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,127 701 4.7 4.3- 5.2 5,460 33.2 32.2-34.2 6,864 39.5 38.5-40.6 4,102 22.5 21.7-23.4
-Onslow County 394 15 3.6 1.9- 6.7 122 29.1 23.7-35.0 154 40.7 34.5-47.3 103 26.6 20.7-33.5
GENDER
Male 135 5 3.0 1.0- 8.7 40 25.8 17.6-36.1 57 46.2 35.3-57.5 33 25.0 15.2-38.1
Female 259 10 4.1 1.9- 8.5 82 32.0 25.8-39.0 97 35.7 29.3-42.8 70 28.1 22.0-35.2
RACE
White 307 12 4.0 2.0- 7.8 96 29.1 23.1-36.0 113 37.1 30.3-44.3 86 29.9 22.8-38.0
Other 86 3 2.3 0.7- 7.7 25 28.5 18.5-41.1 41 55.0 41.7-67.7 17 14.2 8.2-23.5
AGE
18-44 198 8 4.1 1.9- 8.7 60 29.0 21.9-37.2 74 37.9 29.8-46.8 56 29.0 20.9-38.7
45+ 195 7 2.6 1.1- 5.9 62 29.3 22.9-36.7 79 46.4 38.5-54.5 47 21.7 16.1-28.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 7 5.1 2.1-11.6 68 33.3 25.0-42.9 62 37.8 28.2-48.4 37 23.8 14.4-36.8
Some College + 220 8 2.3 1.1- 4.9 54 25.2 18.6-33.3 92 43.3 35.6-51.4 66 29.1 22.5-36.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 11 4.0 1.9- 8.3 79 31.8 24.8-39.7 87 39.3 31.5-47.7 63 24.9 19.0-32.0
$50,000+ 109 2 1.4 0.3- 5.5 25 22.9 15.4-32.7 51 50.4 40.0-60.8 31 25.3 17.3-35.3

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*Data in this table were derived from the fruits and vegetables questions.

^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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