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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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 12,867 9,951 79.4 78.2-80.5 2,916 20.6 19.5-21.8
-Mecklenburg County 601 461 78.3 73.8-82.2 140 21.7 17.8-26.2
GENDER
Male 224 187 84.7 78.5-89.4 37 15.3 10.6-21.5
Female 377 274 72.4 65.8-78.2 103 27.6 21.8-34.2
RACE
White 418 321 79.2 74.2-83.5 97 20.8 16.5-25.8
Other 172 132 77.4 68.5-84.5 40 22.6 15.5-31.5
AGE
18-44 186 143 79.7 72.1-85.6 43 20.3 14.4-27.9
45+ 408 313 76.7 71.6-81.1 95 23.3 18.9-28.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 144 119 81.2 70.0-88.9 25 18.8 11.1-30.0
Some College + 454 341 77.5 72.6-81.7 113 22.5 18.3-27.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 177 77.2 67.7-84.6 47 22.8 15.4-32.3
$50,000+ 277 204 75.8 69.8-80.9 73 24.2 19.1-30.2

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

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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