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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 381 304 78.2 72.2-83.1 63 18.2 13.7-23.8 6 1.9 0.7- 5.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 7 1.6 0.6- 3.8
GENDER
Male 129 97 75.4 64.6-83.8 25 19.5 12.1-29.7 2 2.4 0.5-11.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 4 2.5 0.8- 7.5
Female 252 207 80.6 74.2-85.7 38 17.1 12.3-23.4 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5
RACE
White 296 237 77.4 70.3-83.1 51 19.5 14.2-26.1 4 1.7 0.4- 6.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5
Other 84 67 81.5 70.4-89.1 12 13.5 7.2-24.0 2 3.0 0.7-11.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.9 0.6- 6.3
AGE
18-44 193 150 75.6 67.3-82.4 36 20.3 14.2-28.2 3 2.3 0.6- 8.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.8 0.6- 5.3
45+ 187 153 83.4 77.1-88.3 27 14.0 9.5-20.0 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 3 1.2 0.3- 4.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 133 78.0 68.8-85.1 26 16.2 10.5-24.1 3 2.9 0.7-11.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.9 1.0- 7.9
Some College + 214 171 78.3 70.0-84.7 37 20.0 13.7-28.3 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 182 77.3 69.4-83.7 39 19.1 13.2-26.9 4 1.2 0.4- 3.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 5 2.2 0.8- 6.1
$50,000+ 108 89 81.5 71.7-88.5 18 17.8 10.9-27.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6

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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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