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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 416 202 46.5 40.2-52.9 179 45.7 39.4-52.1 26 6.2 3.9- 9.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 7 1.4 0.6- 3.5
GENDER
Male 158 63 35.8 27.7-44.9 80 54.5 45.0-63.7 12 7.8 4.2-14.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.9 0.5- 6.5
Female 258 139 57.1 49.1-64.8 99 36.9 29.6-44.8 14 4.5 2.5- 8.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8
RACE
White 347 182 53.6 47.1-60.1 139 39.3 33.2-45.7 20 6.1 3.7-10.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 5 0.7 0.3- 2.0
Other 66 19 21.0 11.6-34.9 38 68.3 52.9-80.5 6 6.4 2.6-15.2 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 2 3.9 0.9-14.9
AGE
18-44 165 75 44.9 35.2-54.9 78 48.1 38.3-58.1 10 6.0 3.0-11.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2
45+ 248 126 48.9 41.9-56.0 99 42.0 35.1-49.2 16 6.5 3.8-11.1 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6 5 1.9 0.6- 6.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 89 31 29.1 18.7-42.3 43 57.7 43.6-70.6 13 11.6 6.1-20.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.6 0.3- 7.8
Some College + 326 170 52.7 45.9-59.4 136 41.4 35.0-48.1 13 4.2 2.2- 7.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 5 1.4 0.5- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 67 39.3 28.8-50.9 73 48.1 36.9-59.5 19 10.0 5.9-16.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.6 0.9- 7.5
$50,000+ 191 109 55.9 47.9-63.6 75 40.2 32.7-48.2 5 3.3 1.2- 8.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6 0 0.0 . - .

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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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