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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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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 12,627 3,836 29.1 27.7-30.6 4,209 37.4 35.8-39.0 1,979 16.3 15.2-17.4 316 2.0 1.7- 2.4 2,287 15.2 14.2-16.3
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,718 595 33.6 30.0-37.4 628 39.4 35.5-43.5 229 12.9 10.2-16.2 31 1.7 1.0- 3.1 235 12.3 9.9-15.2
GENDER
Male 560 180 31.5 25.8-37.7 244 45.1 38.7-51.6 63 10.5 7.1-15.3 11 1.8 0.6- 4.8 62 11.2 7.8-15.8
Female 1,158 415 35.3 30.7-40.2 384 35.0 30.2-40.3 166 14.9 11.1-19.6 20 1.7 0.9- 3.3 173 13.1 9.9-17.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 7 26.4 8.2-58.9 5 47.6 16.7-80.4 3 25.2 7.1-59.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 6.3
Non-Hispanic 1,701 587 33.7 30.1-37.5 623 39.3 35.3-43.5 226 12.8 10.1-16.1 31 1.7 1.0- 3.1 234 12.4 10.0-15.4
AGE
18-24 82 36 30.4 19.7-43.8 32 42.3 28.2-57.8 8 15.1 5.8-33.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 5 11.5 4.4-26.9
25-34 194 83 47.2 37.4-57.2 68 35.2 26.5-45.1 18 8.1 4.6-14.0 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 22 9.0 5.2-15.2
35-44 267 88 29.6 22.8-37.6 95 39.8 31.3-49.0 43 15.0 9.9-22.1 5 1.2 0.4- 3.1 36 14.4 9.0-22.3
45-54 378 99 26.4 19.5-34.8 156 41.8 34.5-49.6 62 15.6 11.1-21.4 12 4.4 1.6-11.5 49 11.7 7.8-17.2
55-64 375 104 26.8 20.7-33.9 143 40.3 33.2-47.9 57 14.3 10.2-19.6 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6 69 17.8 13.1-23.8
65+ 408 181 45.2 37.9-52.7 129 36.0 28.7-44.1 38 7.3 4.9-11.0 8 2.5 1.1- 5.5 52 9.0 6.2-12.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 292 113 36.6 27.7-46.5 87 39.2 29.6-49.8 43 14.6 9.3-22.2 3 0.6 0.1- 2.3 46 9.0 5.9-13.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 609 213 37.1 30.3-44.3 216 32.3 25.8-39.6 82 13.7 8.3-21.6 10 2.8 1.2- 6.9 88 14.1 10.2-19.3
Some Post-H.S. 420 144 29.2 23.0-36.4 166 44.4 36.5-52.7 55 13.0 8.9-18.5 9 1.1 0.5- 2.3 46 12.2 6.8-20.9
College Graduate 394 124 30.8 24.8-37.5 158 45.6 38.4-52.9 48 10.8 7.6-15.0 9 1.3 0.6- 3.0 55 11.5 7.8-16.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 326 120 36.0 28.2-44.5 88 25.9 18.9-34.3 51 17.4 11.7-25.2 8 1.7 0.6- 4.6 59 19.0 11.5-29.8
$15,000- 24,999 367 138 42.1 33.9-50.7 130 34.5 27.2-42.5 45 8.3 5.1-13.2 7 2.7 0.7- 9.9 47 12.4 8.3-18.3
$25,000- 34,999 195 69 42.2 30.0-55.5 79 38.0 27.2-50.3 22 10.6 6.0-18.2 3 1.1 0.3- 4.5 22 8.0 4.6-13.8
$35,000-49,999 203 53 22.2 14.8-32.0 94 55.4 43.0-67.2 24 10.7 6.2-17.8 4 1.6 0.6- 4.6 28 10.1 6.0-16.7
$50,000- 74,999 193 52 27.3 19.0-37.6 85 41.3 31.4-52.0 27 10.6 6.5-16.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5 27 20.4 12.0-32.5
$75,000+ 188 61 30.0 22.0-39.5 73 50.8 40.8-60.7 34 14.4 9.4-21.5 2 0.7 0.1- 3.9 18 4.1 2.4- 7.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 672 211 32.4 26.2-39.4 237 33.5 27.8-39.7 102 14.5 11.0-18.9 16 3.2 1.4- 7.5 106 16.3 11.5-22.7
No 959 347 34.3 29.8-39.1 368 42.1 37.0-47.3 116 12.3 8.6-17.4 14 1.0 0.5- 1.9 114 10.3 7.7-13.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 202 72 32.9 24.1-43.0 86 40.9 31.6-50.9 20 11.8 6.3-21.1 4 4.3 0.8-20.4 20 10.1 5.6-17.5
Non-Veteran 1,372 484 34.7 30.7-39.0 485 38.9 34.6-43.4 187 13.0 9.9-16.8 24 1.1 0.7- 1.8 192 12.3 9.6-15.7

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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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