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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption per day*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than once or never 1 to less than 3 times 3 to less than 5 times 5 or more times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,580 674 5.4 4.8- 6.1 4,947 35.2 34.0-36.4 5,672 37.8 36.6-39.0 3,287 21.6 20.6-22.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 343 20 6.5 3.8-10.9 122 38.1 31.2-45.5 127 32.2 25.8-39.3 74 23.3 16.2-32.3
Buncombe 347 18 7.0 3.4-13.7 106 32.3 25.7-39.7 122 35.4 29.1-42.2 101 25.3 20.1-31.4
Cabarrus 353 7 1.9 0.8- 4.4 128 39.0 31.3-47.3 138 41.1 33.4-49.3 80 18.0 13.5-23.6
Catawba 403 16 3.5 2.0- 6.0 131 31.3 25.6-37.6 174 45.4 38.6-52.3 82 19.9 14.4-26.8
Cumberland 374 23 6.0 3.6- 9.9 138 39.3 32.6-46.4 150 38.2 31.8-45.1 63 16.5 12.1-22.0
Davidson 361 24 7.2 4.1-12.4 132 39.8 32.3-47.7 132 32.3 26.0-39.3 73 20.7 15.7-26.9
Durham 323 9 4.5 2.1- 9.6 90 27.7 21.7-34.5 135 41.4 33.3-50.0 89 26.5 20.3-33.7
Forsyth 372 18 6.4 3.2-12.2 112 35.4 28.6-42.8 151 37.9 31.6-44.7 91 20.3 15.6-26.0
Gaston 380 20 5.4 3.2- 9.2 147 40.7 33.9-47.9 139 35.9 29.6-42.7 74 18.0 13.5-23.6
Guilford 383 11 3.7 1.5- 8.7 125 32.7 26.9-39.0 162 38.0 31.9-44.5 85 25.6 19.3-33.2
Iredell 387 21 6.9 3.9-12.0 136 38.5 32.2-45.1 151 34.8 29.1-41.0 79 19.8 14.9-25.8
Johnston 432 23 5.8 3.2-10.2 178 45.1 36.8-53.7 165 29.4 23.5-36.0 66 19.8 12.6-29.6
Mecklenburg 668 26 4.1 2.5- 6.5 192 30.6 25.9-35.7 290 42.9 38.0-47.9 160 22.5 18.6-27.0
New Hanover 384 7 4.8 1.8-12.0 113 33.0 25.9-40.9 164 40.6 32.6-49.2 100 21.6 16.8-27.4
Onslow 375 16 3.6 1.9- 6.8 129 38.0 31.4-45.2 153 37.1 30.9-43.7 77 21.3 16.2-27.4
Orange 342 11 2.6 1.4- 4.9 87 34.0 26.1-43.0 142 39.9 32.5-47.7 102 23.5 18.4-29.6
Pitt 379 18 4.8 2.7- 8.3 151 38.7 32.5-45.3 130 37.4 31.2-43.9 80 19.1 14.4-25.0
Randolph 372 26 6.9 4.3-11.0 122 33.1 27.2-39.7 151 43.7 37.0-50.6 73 16.3 12.0-21.7
Robeson 407 33 9.7 6.4-14.3 181 44.9 38.4-51.5 132 30.8 25.0-37.2 61 14.7 10.1-20.9
Rowan 446 21 6.3 3.7-10.3 165 39.1 33.2-45.4 160 32.5 26.8-38.7 100 22.1 17.3-27.8
Union 368 9 1.6 0.8- 3.2 122 33.6 27.7-40.0 147 39.1 32.7-45.9 90 25.7 19.9-32.6
Wake 600 20 5.2 2.6-10.2 179 30.1 25.4-35.2 265 42.9 37.6-48.3 136 21.8 17.8-26.3
Wayne 354 16 3.2 1.8- 5.5 146 44.1 36.9-51.6 127 36.1 29.1-43.7 65 16.6 12.5-21.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,726 262 6.4 5.4- 7.7 1,746 37.9 35.9-40.0 1,803 37.2 35.1-39.3 915 18.5 16.9-20.2
Piedmont 7,000 302 5.1 4.2- 6.2 2,287 34.2 32.5-35.9 2,809 38.5 36.8-40.2 1,602 22.2 20.7-23.8
Western NC 2,854 110 4.6 3.4- 6.1 914 33.5 31.1-36.0 1,060 36.2 33.8-38.6 770 25.7 23.7-27.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,885 70 5.1 3.5- 7.3 582 31.9 28.9-35.0 714 36.7 33.8-39.8 519 26.3 23.7-29.1
Northwest 3,062 147 5.0 3.9- 6.4 1,038 36.3 33.6-39.1 1,171 35.8 33.3-38.4 706 22.9 20.6-25.4
Charlotte 1,998 71 4.0 2.7- 5.8 671 34.2 31.1-37.4 798 39.7 36.6-42.9 458 22.1 19.6-24.9
Greensboro 1,643 82 5.1 3.7- 7.0 512 33.2 29.9-36.6 663 38.1 34.8-41.6 386 23.6 20.3-27.3
Southern Regional 1,350 94 8.1 5.8-11.0 531 41.3 37.3-45.4 477 31.8 28.3-35.5 248 18.9 15.9-22.2
Coastal 755 35 7.2 4.5-11.5 248 36.0 30.7-41.6 318 41.8 36.1-47.8 154 15.0 12.3-18.2
Wake 1,564 62 5.4 3.5- 8.3 524 33.0 29.6-36.6 653 40.5 36.8-44.2 325 21.1 18.2-24.4
Area L 398 23 6.0 3.1-11.4 139 33.7 27.9-40.0 159 41.8 35.4-48.6 77 18.4 13.9-24.1
Eastern 1,925 90 5.5 4.0- 7.5 702 37.8 34.6-41.0 719 36.9 33.9-40.0 414 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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