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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 1,949 1,504 74.9 72.1-77.4 390 22.0 19.6-24.7 31 1.4 0.9- 2.2 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 23 1.7 1.0- 2.9
GENDER
Male 690 498 69.5 64.9-73.9 167 26.3 22.2-30.9 15 1.8 1.0- 3.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 2.3 1.1- 4.8
Female 1,259 1,006 79.3 76.1-82.2 223 18.3 15.6-21.4 16 1.1 0.6- 2.1 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 13 1.2 0.5- 2.6
RACE
White 1,740 1,360 76.9 74.2-79.4 339 20.5 18.2-23.1 25 1.2 0.8- 2.0 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 15 1.3 0.6- 2.5
African American 88 65 69.7 53.0-82.3 19 23.7 12.7-39.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.2 1.4-22.9
Other Minorities 120 79 56.5 42.9-69.1 31 35.8 23.6-50.2 5 3.8 1.2-11.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 3.9 1.2-12.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 75 34 40.7 27.2-55.8 30 46.8 32.1-62.2 5 4.3 1.4-12.6 0 0.0 . - . 6 8.2 3.1-20.1
Non-Hispanic 1,873 1,470 77.6 75.0-80.0 359 20.0 17.8-22.4 26 1.2 0.8- 1.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 17 1.2 0.6- 2.3
AGE
18-24 99 80 78.4 66.4-87.0 18 19.9 11.7-31.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.2
25-34 261 189 66.5 58.8-73.4 56 25.5 19.3-33.0 6 2.6 1.1- 6.3 0 0.0 . - . 10 5.4 2.5-10.9
35-44 301 220 69.3 62.1-75.7 72 28.1 21.8-35.4 6 1.7 0.7- 4.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8
45-54 345 268 80.0 74.7-84.4 67 17.6 13.5-22.7 8 1.4 0.6- 3.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8
55-64 371 283 76.5 71.0-81.3 77 21.3 16.7-26.7 7 1.6 0.7- 3.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9
65-74 298 238 79.4 73.6-84.2 56 19.5 14.8-25.2 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
75+ 267 220 80.5 74.3-85.4 43 18.3 13.4-24.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 332 229 66.0 58.3-73.0 84 28.8 22.1-36.6 11 3.5 1.7- 7.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 1.6 0.7- 3.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 594 461 73.7 68.2-78.6 116 21.7 17.3-26.9 8 0.8 0.4- 1.9 0 0.0 . - . 9 3.7 1.8- 7.7
Some Post-H.S. 474 375 80.8 76.1-84.7 89 17.7 13.9-22.2 7 0.9 0.4- 1.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5
College Graduate 542 435 77.3 72.6-81.4 98 21.2 17.2-25.9 5 1.1 0.4- 2.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 264 196 74.5 66.4-81.2 55 21.7 15.3-29.9 7 1.8 0.8- 4.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 5 1.8 0.7- 4.8
$15,000- 24,999 409 299 68.8 62.0-74.9 90 24.9 19.3-31.4 11 2.9 1.4- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 9 3.4 1.4- 7.9
$25,000- 34,999 268 212 76.1 68.3-82.5 50 20.8 14.8-28.5 3 1.1 0.3- 3.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.0 0.6- 6.8
$35,000- 49,999 289 215 72.4 65.6-78.3 70 25.9 20.2-32.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8
$50,000-74,999 210 168 81.3 74.4-86.6 41 18.4 13.0-25.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 224 192 84.5 77.9-89.4 29 14.5 9.8-21.1 2 0.8 0.2- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 655 510 77.4 72.7-81.5 120 19.5 15.6-24.2 16 1.8 1.0- 3.2 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 8 1.1 0.5- 2.5
No 1,256 967 73.9 70.4-77.1 261 23.0 19.9-26.4 13 1.1 0.6- 2.1 0 0.0 . - . 15 2.0 1.0- 3.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 258 207 79.3 72.8-84.6 49 20.3 15.1-26.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 1,691 1,297 74.2 71.2-77.0 341 22.3 19.6-25.2 29 1.6 1.0- 2.4 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 23 2.0 1.1- 3.4

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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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