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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 419 8 1.3 0.6- 3.0 92 23.9 18.6-30.3 179 42.4 36.5-48.6 140 32.3 26.5-38.7
GENDER
Male 158 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 43 31.8 22.8-42.4 70 41.5 32.6-50.9 43 25.8 18.5-34.8
Female 261 6 1.7 0.6- 4.7 49 16.3 11.7-22.3 109 43.4 35.6-51.5 97 38.6 30.4-47.4
RACE
White 349 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9 72 22.5 17.5-28.4 151 42.7 36.5-49.1 121 34.1 27.8-41.0
Other 67 3 3.6 1.0-11.6 19 29.2 14.8-49.3 27 41.1 26.2-57.8 18 26.2 14.2-43.2
AGE
18-44 165 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 43 28.4 19.8-38.9 69 39.4 30.5-49.0 51 31.8 22.9-42.2
45+ 251 6 2.5 1.0- 6.2 49 19.0 14.1-25.2 108 45.8 38.8-53.0 88 32.7 26.4-39.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 90 5 2.6 0.9- 7.0 33 35.8 22.5-51.6 33 40.0 27.2-54.4 19 21.6 11.8-36.1
Some College + 328 3 0.9 0.2- 3.3 59 19.5 14.7-25.4 145 43.1 36.7-49.8 121 36.5 29.9-43.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 8 3.1 1.3- 6.9 48 29.3 19.8-41.1 60 37.1 27.5-47.9 49 30.5 20.4-42.9
$50,000+ 192 0 0.0 . - . 32 18.4 12.7-25.8 87 45.8 38.1-53.7 73 35.8 28.7-43.6

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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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