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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Fruits and Vegetables

Not counting juice, how often do you eat fruit?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,611 5,217 37.0 35.6-38.5 5,490 46.1 44.5-47.7 1,394 12.8 11.7-14.0 130 1.1 0.8- 1.5 380 3.0 2.6- 3.6
-Mecklenburg County 595 273 39.8 34.8-45.0 243 41.9 36.6-47.3 55 13.3 9.3-18.7 6 1.5 0.6- 3.9 18 3.5 1.9- 6.5
GENDER
Male 222 75 31.9 25.1-39.6 99 42.6 34.8-50.8 34 17.4 12.0-24.7 3 2.3 0.7- 7.7 11 5.7 2.7-11.8
Female 373 198 46.8 39.8-54.1 144 41.2 34.1-48.6 21 9.7 4.6-19.1 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8 7 1.5 0.6- 3.7
RACE
White 416 201 43.4 37.6-49.4 162 40.6 34.6-46.8 34 10.3 6.9-14.9 5 2.2 0.7- 6.2 14 3.6 1.7- 7.3
Other 168 65 32.2 24.0-41.6 77 44.5 34.5-54.9 21 19.1 10.9-31.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 4 3.6 1.2-10.6
AGE
18-44 184 73 33.7 26.1-42.2 83 44.1 35.3-53.3 21 16.3 9.6-26.3 3 2.0 0.5- 7.0 4 3.9 1.4-10.3
45+ 404 195 45.8 40.2-51.5 158 39.6 34.1-45.3 34 10.4 7.3-14.7 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6 14 3.1 1.8- 5.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 61 33.7 24.2-44.6 59 43.3 31.8-55.6 12 14.0 7.3-25.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 7 8.8 3.7-19.6
Some College + 452 210 41.8 36.1-47.7 184 41.6 35.8-47.6 43 13.2 8.6-19.7 5 2.0 0.7- 5.3 10 1.4 0.7- 2.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 91 32.7 24.6-41.9 101 44.2 34.8-54.0 19 18.1 9.8-31.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.9 9 4.2 1.8- 9.7
$50,000+ 276 132 44.0 37.4-50.9 113 43.8 36.9-51.0 28 10.7 7.1-15.9 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9

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^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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