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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

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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 16,669 5,770 34.2 33.2-35.2 6,109 39.4 38.4-40.5 2,143 12.7 12.0-13.4 317 1.6 1.4- 1.9 2,330 12.1 11.4-12.7
-Western NC 1,935 712 35.8 33.0-38.7 694 38.0 35.1-40.9 239 12.8 10.9-15.0 29 1.5 0.9- 2.3 261 12.0 10.2-14.0
GENDER
Male 691 271 35.6 31.2-40.3 244 37.9 33.1-42.9 99 15.2 12.0-19.1 13 1.9 1.0- 3.6 64 9.3 6.8-12.8
Female 1,244 441 36.0 32.5-39.6 450 38.0 34.7-41.5 140 10.7 8.7-13.0 16 1.1 0.6- 1.9 197 14.3 12.0-16.9
RACE
White 1,722 631 35.8 32.9-38.8 615 37.8 34.8-40.9 215 12.7 10.8-14.8 27 1.6 1.0- 2.5 234 12.2 10.4-14.3
African American 90 38 43.0 28.7-58.6 31 30.0 18.6-44.4 8 18.4 6.9-40.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 12 8.1 3.7-16.9
Other Minorities 122 42 30.4 20.1-43.2 48 45.6 33.1-58.6 16 10.7 5.0-21.5 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1 15 12.2 5.7-24.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 78 31 38.4 25.3-53.3 30 43.7 29.7-58.7 9 10.7 4.3-24.2 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 7 6.8 2.4-17.9
Non-Hispanic 1,856 681 35.6 32.8-38.5 664 37.5 34.6-40.5 230 13.0 11.1-15.2 28 1.5 1.0- 2.4 253 12.4 10.5-14.5
AGE
18-24 100 41 41.8 30.3-54.3 40 39.4 27.9-52.3 11 12.0 5.8-23.4 0 0.0 . - . 8 6.7 2.8-15.0
25-34 263 92 32.5 26.1-39.6 108 39.2 32.5-46.3 25 10.7 6.7-16.6 5 2.7 1.0- 6.8 33 14.9 9.8-22.0
35-44 300 77 23.7 18.5-29.9 136 49.8 42.9-56.8 48 15.5 11.3-20.9 3 0.9 0.3- 2.7 36 10.1 6.7-14.8
45-54 341 98 28.4 23.0-34.4 128 40.2 34.2-46.5 62 18.4 13.9-23.9 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 48 12.1 8.8-16.3
55-64 364 126 35.1 29.5-41.1 131 37.1 31.3-43.3 42 11.3 8.1-15.5 7 1.6 0.6- 4.0 58 14.9 11.1-19.8
65-74 299 128 45.0 38.6-51.5 93 28.9 23.5-34.9 31 11.0 7.5-15.7 6 3.1 1.3- 7.3 41 12.1 8.5-16.9
75+ 261 146 57.1 50.1-63.8 57 21.0 15.9-27.1 19 9.0 5.4-14.5 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 36 12.1 8.4-17.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 326 99 26.3 20.4-33.1 112 39.8 31.8-48.4 43 16.0 10.5-23.6 5 0.7 0.2- 2.2 67 17.2 12.4-23.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 590 217 35.4 30.4-40.8 209 36.3 31.2-41.6 75 13.5 10.3-17.6 10 2.0 0.9- 4.3 79 12.8 9.4-17.0
Some Post-H.S. 466 179 41.0 35.1-47.1 177 39.1 33.6-44.9 49 8.4 6.1-11.5 7 1.4 0.6- 3.3 54 10.1 7.1-14.2
College Graduate 546 213 38.1 33.4-43.1 194 37.6 32.8-42.6 72 13.8 10.6-17.8 7 1.4 0.6- 3.1 60 9.0 6.6-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 265 110 44.5 36.3-53.0 90 33.3 26.1-41.4 18 5.2 3.1- 8.6 3 1.2 0.3- 4.6 44 15.8 10.4-23.2
$15,000- 24,999 399 147 34.6 28.5-41.2 130 32.5 26.5-39.1 49 13.5 9.6-18.7 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 69 18.4 13.3-24.8
$25,000- 34,999 262 84 32.6 25.9-40.1 103 42.3 34.9-50.1 37 13.1 9.1-18.7 5 1.4 0.5- 4.0 33 10.5 6.8-15.8
$35,000- 49,999 289 100 28.8 23.1-35.4 106 43.6 36.6-50.9 44 14.2 10.2-19.5 5 2.9 1.0- 8.1 34 10.4 7.0-15.0
$50,000-74,999 209 83 39.2 30.8-48.4 76 38.6 29.3-48.8 26 13.5 8.9-20.1 3 1.2 0.3- 4.2 21 7.5 4.6-12.0
$75,000+ 224 69 35.2 27.8-43.5 93 41.6 34.4-49.3 33 11.8 7.9-17.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 27 10.4 6.8-15.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 645 257 41.2 36.1-46.5 206 33.5 28.8-38.6 70 10.9 8.3-14.3 11 1.5 0.7- 3.0 101 12.9 10.1-16.2
No 1,248 439 33.5 30.1-36.9 476 40.0 36.4-43.7 162 13.6 11.1-16.4 17 1.5 0.8- 2.6 154 11.6 9.3-14.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 255 122 44.3 37.3-51.5 77 31.4 24.9-38.7 30 15.1 10.3-21.5 9 3.7 1.8- 7.6 17 5.5 3.3- 9.3
Non-Veteran 1,680 590 34.6 31.6-37.7 617 38.9 35.8-42.1 209 12.5 10.5-14.8 20 1.1 0.6- 2.0 244 12.9 10.9-15.2

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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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