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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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 12,867 617 5.4 4.7- 6.3 4,445 36.9 35.4-38.5 4,889 37.0 35.5-38.6 2,916 20.6 19.5-21.8
-Mecklenburg County 601 24 7.5 4.2-13.3 208 34.7 29.8-39.9 229 36.0 31.1-41.3 140 21.7 17.8-26.2
GENDER
Male 224 12 10.0 5.4-17.8 97 40.0 32.6-47.8 78 34.8 27.4-43.1 37 15.3 10.6-21.5
Female 377 12 5.4 1.6-16.8 111 30.0 23.7-37.1 151 37.1 30.8-43.9 103 27.6 21.8-34.2
RACE
White 418 11 4.0 1.7- 9.2 146 38.4 32.4-44.7 164 36.8 31.3-42.7 97 20.8 16.5-25.8
Other 172 13 13.5 6.3-26.5 57 29.0 21.2-38.2 62 35.0 26.1-45.2 40 22.6 15.5-31.5
AGE
18-44 186 9 11.0 5.2-21.8 70 35.9 27.9-44.7 64 32.8 25.0-41.6 43 20.3 14.4-27.9
45+ 408 15 3.9 2.0- 7.6 138 34.1 29.0-39.7 160 38.6 33.3-44.3 95 23.3 18.9-28.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 144 11 11.6 5.4-23.1 49 33.8 23.7-45.6 59 35.8 25.7-47.4 25 18.8 11.1-30.0
Some College + 454 13 6.1 2.5-13.9 158 35.1 29.7-40.9 170 36.3 30.8-42.1 113 22.5 18.3-27.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 15 11.5 4.7-25.7 76 32.1 24.4-40.9 86 33.6 25.5-42.9 47 22.8 15.4-32.3
$50,000+ 277 3 1.7 0.5- 6.2 94 34.9 28.5-41.8 107 39.2 32.4-46.4 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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