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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

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
-Onslow County 384 152 38.9 32.4-45.9 167 44.0 37.6-50.6 43 10.3 7.3-14.3 4 0.8 0.2- 2.5 18 6.0 3.3-10.7
GENDER
Male 131 55 44.3 33.0-56.2 59 42.3 31.7-53.6 7 4.0 1.7- 8.8 2 1.0 0.2- 5.0 8 8.5 3.7-18.4
Female 253 97 34.1 27.8-41.0 108 45.5 38.4-52.8 36 16.0 11.1-22.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9 10 3.8 1.9- 7.3
RACE
White 300 124 42.6 35.1-50.5 123 40.8 33.8-48.1 36 10.5 7.2-14.9 4 1.0 0.3- 3.2 13 5.2 2.4-10.7
Other 83 28 24.6 15.9-36.1 43 56.3 42.6-69.2 7 9.6 3.8-22.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 9.4 3.6-22.5
AGE
18-44 197 72 38.5 29.8-48.0 86 43.4 34.9-52.3 30 12.2 8.1-17.9 0 0.0 . - . 9 5.9 2.6-12.8
45+ 187 80 39.8 32.2-47.9 81 45.2 37.3-53.4 13 6.1 3.4-10.9 4 2.5 0.8- 7.7 9 6.3 3.0-12.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 54 34.9 24.3-47.3 77 46.4 35.9-57.2 22 11.9 7.2-19.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 11 6.6 3.4-12.5
Some College + 219 98 42.4 34.7-50.4 90 41.9 34.2-50.0 21 8.9 5.5-14.0 3 1.3 0.4- 4.7 7 5.5 2.0-14.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 91 37.0 29.6-45.0 99 42.0 34.1-50.4 27 11.5 7.4-17.5 3 0.9 0.2- 3.8 14 8.6 4.4-16.0
$50,000+ 109 44 36.2 26.8-46.8 50 51.9 41.5-62.2 12 9.5 5.3-16.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 2 1.4 0.3- 5.6

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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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