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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Fruits and Vegetables

Consumed five or more servings of fruits or vegetables per day*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,580 11,293 78.4 77.3-79.4 3,287 21.6 20.6-22.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 343 269 76.7 67.7-83.8 74 23.3 16.2-32.3
Buncombe 347 246 74.7 68.6-79.9 101 25.3 20.1-31.4
Cabarrus 353 273 82.0 76.4-86.5 80 18.0 13.5-23.6
Catawba 403 321 80.1 73.2-85.6 82 19.9 14.4-26.8
Cumberland 374 311 83.5 78.0-87.9 63 16.5 12.1-22.0
Davidson 361 288 79.3 73.1-84.3 73 20.7 15.7-26.9
Durham 323 234 73.5 66.3-79.7 89 26.5 20.3-33.7
Forsyth 372 281 79.7 74.0-84.4 91 20.3 15.6-26.0
Gaston 380 306 82.0 76.4-86.5 74 18.0 13.5-23.6
Guilford 383 298 74.4 66.8-80.7 85 25.6 19.3-33.2
Iredell 387 308 80.2 74.2-85.1 79 19.8 14.9-25.8
Johnston 432 366 80.2 70.4-87.4 66 19.8 12.6-29.6
Mecklenburg 668 508 77.5 73.0-81.4 160 22.5 18.6-27.0
New Hanover 384 284 78.4 72.6-83.2 100 21.6 16.8-27.4
Onslow 375 298 78.7 72.6-83.8 77 21.3 16.2-27.4
Orange 342 240 76.5 70.4-81.6 102 23.5 18.4-29.6
Pitt 379 299 80.9 75.0-85.6 80 19.1 14.4-25.0
Randolph 372 299 83.7 78.3-88.0 73 16.3 12.0-21.7
Robeson 407 346 85.3 79.1-89.9 61 14.7 10.1-20.9
Rowan 446 346 77.9 72.2-82.7 100 22.1 17.3-27.8
Union 368 278 74.3 67.4-80.1 90 25.7 19.9-32.6
Wake 600 464 78.2 73.7-82.2 136 21.8 17.8-26.3
Wayne 354 289 83.4 78.2-87.5 65 16.6 12.5-21.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,726 3,811 81.5 79.8-83.1 915 18.5 16.9-20.2
Piedmont 7,000 5,398 77.8 76.2-79.3 1,602 22.2 20.7-23.8
Western NC 2,854 2,084 74.3 72.1-76.3 770 25.7 23.7-27.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,885 1,366 73.7 70.9-76.3 519 26.3 23.7-29.1
Northwest 3,062 2,356 77.1 74.6-79.4 706 22.9 20.6-25.4
Charlotte 1,998 1,540 77.9 75.1-80.4 458 22.1 19.6-24.9
Greensboro 1,643 1,257 76.4 72.7-79.7 386 23.6 20.3-27.3
Southern Regional 1,350 1,102 81.1 77.8-84.1 248 18.9 15.9-22.2
Coastal 755 601 85.0 81.8-87.7 154 15.0 12.3-18.2
Wake 1,564 1,239 78.9 75.6-81.8 325 21.1 18.2-24.4
Area L 398 321 81.6 75.9-86.1 77 18.4 13.9-24.1
Eastern 1,925 1,511 80.1 77.5-82.5 414 19.9 17.5-22.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the fruits and vegetables questions.

^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.

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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