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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 430 312 69.7 64.1-74.8 103 24.6 20.1-29.8 10 3.9 1.7- 8.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5
GENDER
Male 159 106 66.3 57.4-74.2 46 27.4 20.4-35.7 3 3.1 0.8-11.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5 3 2.2 0.7- 6.7
Female 271 206 73.2 65.9-79.4 57 21.8 16.4-28.4 7 4.6 1.8-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8
RACE
White 281 214 76.9 70.7-82.1 59 19.7 14.9-25.6 5 1.7 0.7- 4.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5
Other 149 98 58.3 48.1-67.9 44 32.4 23.9-42.2 5 7.3 2.6-18.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.0 0.5- 7.7
AGE
18-44 172 125 69.9 60.9-77.5 35 20.5 14.4-28.3 8 7.1 3.1-15.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.5 0.9- 6.7
45+ 255 185 69.6 62.4-75.9 67 29.0 22.8-36.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 113 57.6 48.0-66.8 47 31.4 23.4-40.8 7 7.9 3.1-18.4 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8 2 1.9 0.5- 7.3
Some College + 258 197 78.0 71.9-83.1 56 20.0 15.1-25.9 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 236 159 64.3 56.4-71.6 66 28.6 22.1-36.0 8 4.9 2.0-11.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2
$50,000+ 139 110 78.4 69.3-85.3 27 20.4 13.6-29.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2

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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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