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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Home Meals

On how many days per week do you usually eat a main meal that is prepared at home?

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  Total
Respond.^		 1-3 days 4-5 days 7 days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,961 1,136 16.6 15.3-18.1 2,376 35.0 33.3-36.7 3,276 46.5 44.7-48.3 173 1.9 1.5- 2.5
GENDER
Male 2,482 433 18.2 16.0-20.7 862 34.5 31.8-37.3 1,104 45.1 42.1-48.0 83 2.2 1.6- 3.0
Female 4,479 703 15.1 13.6-16.8 1,514 35.4 33.4-37.4 2,172 47.8 45.6-49.9 90 1.7 1.2- 2.4
RACE
White 5,436 822 15.6 14.1-17.2 1,994 39.2 37.3-41.2 2,479 43.2 41.3-45.1 141 2.0 1.6- 2.6
African American 1,037 265 26.8 22.8-31.2 267 26.6 22.9-30.7 480 45.0 40.5-49.5 25 1.6 1.0- 2.7
Asian 40 6 19.3 7.6-41.1 10 30.4 15.0-52.0 24 50.3 30.7-69.8 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 134 26 25.2 13.4-42.4 32 24.5 15.8-35.9 73 48.5 36.0-61.2 3 1.8 0.4- 6.8
Other Minorities 297 14 3.6 1.7- 7.4 65 18.1 13.0-24.5 214 76.0 68.8-81.9 4 2.4 0.8- 7.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 296 16 4.4 2.2- 8.5 69 18.9 13.7-25.6 208 75.2 67.9-81.3 3 1.5 0.4- 6.1
-English Speaking 116 13 11.8 6.0-21.8 44 39.8 28.3-52.6 58 48.2 36.0-60.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6
-Spanish Speaking 180 3 1.7 0.3- 8.5 25 11.5 6.7-19.1 150 84.8 76.3-90.6 2 2.0 0.4- 8.2
Non-Hispanic 6,644 1,118 17.8 16.3-19.3 2,301 36.4 34.7-38.2 3,056 43.8 42.0-45.6 169 2.0 1.6- 2.5
AGE
18-24 216 38 20.6 14.3-28.7 70 29.4 22.5-37.3 102 47.6 39.4-56.0 6 2.4 1.0- 5.6
25-34 759 118 15.1 12.0-18.8 298 37.7 33.2-42.4 336 46.1 41.3-51.0 7 1.1 0.4- 3.1
35-44 1,099 186 17.4 14.4-20.7 425 38.7 35.0-42.6 474 42.5 38.7-46.4 14 1.4 0.7- 2.9
45-54 1,400 291 19.2 16.8-22.0 507 36.2 33.0-39.5 569 42.9 39.6-46.3 33 1.6 1.0- 2.5
55-64 1,427 242 17.5 15.0-20.4 473 35.0 31.9-38.3 667 44.7 41.4-48.0 45 2.8 2.0- 3.9
65-74 1,170 185 14.6 12.4-17.1 364 32.3 29.0-35.7 591 51.4 47.9-54.9 30 1.8 1.2- 2.6
75+ 859 72 6.7 5.1- 8.8 228 26.5 23.0-30.4 521 62.4 58.2-66.3 38 4.4 2.9- 6.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 976 147 10.9 8.3-14.2 198 19.4 15.6-23.8 600 67.7 62.7-72.3 31 2.0 1.3- 3.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,094 383 20.5 17.7-23.7 655 31.4 28.5-34.6 1,004 46.1 42.8-49.4 52 2.0 1.3- 3.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,839 313 17.5 14.8-20.6 664 37.3 34.0-40.7 823 43.9 40.5-47.3 39 1.3 0.9- 2.0
College Graduate 2,048 293 14.7 12.7-16.9 858 44.4 41.4-47.4 846 38.5 35.6-41.5 51 2.5 1.6- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 702 119 14.6 11.0-19.1 129 15.4 12.1-19.3 429 67.2 61.6-72.4 25 2.8 1.7- 4.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,179 200 17.0 13.7-20.9 296 25.4 21.3-30.0 651 55.7 51.0-60.3 32 1.9 1.0- 3.6
$25,000- 34,999 814 151 19.5 15.3-24.7 253 29.3 25.1-34.0 381 48.2 43.1-53.4 29 2.9 1.5- 5.5
$35,000- 49,999 970 178 18.2 15.1-21.9 341 35.2 31.0-39.7 427 44.4 39.9-49.0 24 2.2 1.1- 4.4
$50,000-74,999 1,011 145 16.3 12.6-20.8 468 45.8 41.4-50.3 373 36.2 32.1-40.4 25 1.8 1.1- 2.8
$75,000+ 1,375 227 17.1 14.4-20.2 619 48.5 44.9-52.1 509 33.1 29.9-36.5 20 1.3 0.8- 2.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,596 408 15.8 13.7-18.1 712 27.9 25.5-30.6 1,395 54.0 51.1-56.9 81 2.2 1.7- 3.0
No 4,319 719 17.0 15.3-18.9 1,647 38.1 36.0-40.3 1,863 43.0 40.8-45.3 90 1.8 1.3- 2.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,017 161 18.1 14.4-22.6 342 33.1 29.2-37.3 469 45.9 41.5-50.3 45 2.9 2.0- 4.0
Non-Veteran 5,944 975 16.4 15.0-17.9 2,034 35.2 33.4-37.1 2,807 46.6 44.6-48.5 128 1.8 1.4- 2.4

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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.

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