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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-FEMALES

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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
-FEMALES 7,906 3,592 43.0 41.2-44.8 3,296 43.2 41.3-45.2 742 10.7 9.4-12.2 63 0.6 0.4- 0.9 213 2.4 1.9- 3.0
RACE
White 6,258 2,909 43.9 41.9-45.9 2,575 43.4 41.3-45.5 572 9.9 8.7-11.2 42 0.4 0.3- 0.6 160 2.4 1.9- 3.1
African American 1,155 468 38.7 34.1-43.5 497 41.8 36.8-47.0 137 15.4 11.0-21.3 15 1.4 0.7- 3.1 38 2.7 1.6- 4.5
Other Minorities 454 191 46.3 39.2-53.5 213 44.6 37.6-51.8 31 6.5 3.8-11.1 5 0.4 0.2- 1.0 14 2.2 1.0- 4.7
AGE
18-24 195 59 22.8 16.3-30.9 107 60.8 50.6-70.2 24 14.1 7.5-24.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.3 0.9- 6.0
25-34 770 320 45.6 40.7-50.5 362 41.4 36.8-46.1 76 10.6 7.6-14.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 11 2.4 1.1- 5.1
35-44 1,204 480 41.2 37.2-45.4 549 44.8 40.7-48.9 138 11.2 8.8-14.2 5 0.4 0.1- 1.0 32 2.5 1.6- 3.8
45-54 1,473 598 41.4 37.8-45.1 631 41.7 38.1-45.4 179 13.0 10.5-16.0 22 1.6 0.8- 3.2 43 2.2 1.5- 3.3
55-64 1,620 718 45.5 42.0-49.0 670 39.7 36.3-43.1 171 11.4 9.2-14.0 16 0.7 0.4- 1.3 45 2.7 1.7- 4.2
65+ 2,555 1,376 53.5 50.5-56.4 934 37.5 34.6-40.4 152 5.8 4.6- 7.3 19 0.7 0.4- 1.3 74 2.5 1.7- 3.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 951 367 36.6 31.0-42.4 409 45.5 39.2-51.9 116 13.6 9.9-18.3 17 1.1 0.6- 1.9 42 3.3 1.9- 5.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,357 919 35.3 31.9-38.8 1,062 46.1 42.3-50.0 264 14.2 11.1-17.8 27 1.0 0.5- 2.1 85 3.4 2.4- 4.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,097 937 41.6 38.1-45.1 902 45.7 42.1-49.4 197 10.2 7.9-13.1 13 0.5 0.3- 1.1 48 2.0 1.3- 3.0
College Graduate 2,492 1,366 53.4 50.4-56.3 920 37.7 34.9-40.6 162 7.0 5.6- 8.8 6 0.2 0.1- 0.6 38 1.7 0.9- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 967 374 34.7 29.2-40.6 406 43.6 37.7-49.8 126 17.0 12.2-23.4 12 0.6 0.3- 1.2 49 4.1 2.7- 6.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,306 547 39.7 35.1-44.5 568 44.3 39.5-49.1 138 12.7 9.3-17.0 17 0.9 0.5- 1.7 36 2.4 1.5- 3.9
$25,000- 34,999 821 350 39.6 34.2-45.3 371 46.7 40.7-52.7 74 10.8 7.7-14.8 4 0.5 0.1- 1.5 22 2.5 1.3- 5.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,027 453 39.5 34.5-44.7 443 47.7 42.1-53.3 99 10.2 7.7-13.4 8 0.6 0.3- 1.4 24 2.0 1.1- 3.8
$50,000- 74,999 1,068 510 50.3 45.7-54.9 440 38.8 34.6-43.2 92 8.3 6.1-11.3 6 0.5 0.1- 1.4 20 2.1 1.0- 4.3
$75,000+ 1,425 762 51.2 47.3-55.0 544 40.7 36.8-44.6 92 6.2 4.7- 8.1 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 25 1.8 1.0- 3.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,831 1,204 38.9 35.9-42.0 1,172 42.1 38.9-45.4 326 14.6 12.0-17.7 38 1.4 0.8- 2.4 91 3.0 2.2- 4.1
No 4,810 2,268 44.8 42.5-47.1 2,009 43.6 41.3-46.0 392 9.0 7.5-10.8 24 0.3 0.2- 0.5 117 2.3 1.7- 3.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 178 74 43.2 32.3-54.9 80 46.5 35.7-57.7 19 7.7 4.3-13.7 3 0.9 0.2- 3.4 2 1.6 0.4- 6.6
Non-Veteran 7,055 3,203 43.0 41.1-45.0 2,942 43.3 41.3-45.3 658 10.8 9.3-12.4 54 0.5 0.4- 0.7 198 2.4 1.9- 3.0

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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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