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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-FEMALES

Not counting carrots, potatoes, or salad, how many servings of vegetables do you usually eat?

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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 12,555 9,065 69.1 67.5-70.6 2,978 26.3 24.8-27.8 368 3.2 2.6- 3.8 19 0.1 0.0- 0.1 125 1.4 1.0- 2.0
-FEMALES 7,890 5,965 74.1 72.2-75.8 1,652 22.9 21.2-24.8 193 2.1 1.7- 2.5 13 0.1 0.1- 0.2 67 0.8 0.6- 1.2
RACE
White 6,238 4,766 75.4 73.4-77.2 1,280 21.9 20.1-23.8 142 2.0 1.6- 2.6 8 0.1 0.0- 0.2 42 0.6 0.4- 0.9
African American 1,163 851 72.1 66.7-76.9 262 24.8 20.0-30.2 34 2.1 1.3- 3.2 3 0.1 0.0- 0.4 13 0.9 0.3- 2.6
Other Minorities 450 317 67.5 60.1-74.2 102 26.2 19.8-33.7 17 2.6 1.4- 4.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 12 3.4 1.6- 6.9
AGE
18-24 191 126 59.3 48.6-69.3 52 36.3 26.6-47.4 7 2.1 0.8- 5.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.2 0.8- 5.9
25-34 766 577 74.9 70.2-79.0 163 22.7 18.6-27.3 19 1.6 0.9- 2.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 6 0.8 0.3- 2.3
35-44 1,209 889 73.6 69.8-77.1 269 23.0 19.7-26.8 36 2.4 1.6- 3.7 3 0.2 0.1- 0.6 12 0.7 0.4- 1.5
45-54 1,474 1,088 76.0 72.7-79.0 313 19.9 17.1-23.1 52 2.9 2.1- 4.1 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 18 1.0 0.6- 1.7
55-64 1,608 1,227 76.4 73.2-79.4 327 21.4 18.6-24.5 38 1.6 0.9- 2.7 4 0.1 0.0- 0.3 12 0.5 0.2- 0.9
65+ 2,554 1,988 78.0 75.4-80.5 510 19.9 17.5-22.5 41 1.6 1.0- 2.6 2 0.0 0.0- 0.2 13 0.4 0.2- 0.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 939 623 59.6 53.0-65.8 257 35.5 29.3-42.2 38 3.4 2.2- 5.2 4 0.2 0.1- 0.7 17 1.3 0.7- 2.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,352 1,700 70.1 66.1-73.8 555 25.9 22.3-29.9 65 2.3 1.5- 3.4 6 0.2 0.1- 0.5 26 1.5 0.8- 2.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,091 1,583 74.2 70.8-77.4 442 22.7 19.6-26.1 52 2.5 1.7- 3.6 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 13 0.6 0.2- 1.3
College Graduate 2,499 2,051 82.5 80.1-84.7 398 16.1 14.0-18.6 37 1.1 0.7- 1.6 2 0.0 0.0- 0.1 11 0.3 0.1- 0.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 956 643 63.3 56.8-69.4 243 30.4 24.3-37.2 49 4.6 3.1- 6.7 5 0.3 0.1- 0.9 16 1.4 0.7- 2.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,310 959 71.9 67.1-76.2 299 24.9 20.7-29.8 43 2.6 1.7- 4.0 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 8 0.5 0.2- 1.2
$25,000- 34,999 821 620 74.9 69.6-79.6 179 22.0 17.6-27.1 14 1.3 0.7- 2.6 0 0.0 . - . 8 1.8 0.7- 4.9
$35,000- 49,999 1,027 797 77.0 71.7-81.6 193 20.3 15.9-25.6 26 2.1 1.2- 3.7 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6 9 0.4 0.2- 0.8
$50,000- 74,999 1,067 846 79.6 75.7-83.0 202 18.8 15.5-22.6 14 1.1 0.5- 2.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 4 0.4 0.1- 1.3
$75,000+ 1,420 1,161 81.9 78.9-84.5 230 16.3 13.8-19.3 23 1.3 0.8- 2.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 5 0.3 0.1- 0.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,828 2,061 71.1 67.9-74.1 630 23.7 20.8-26.9 97 3.8 2.8- 5.1 7 0.2 0.1- 0.5 33 1.2 0.7- 2.0
No 4,803 3,714 75.1 72.8-77.3 962 22.8 20.6-25.1 90 1.4 1.0- 1.8 6 0.1 0.0- 0.2 31 0.7 0.4- 1.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 180 142 79.7 68.5-87.7 30 17.2 9.7-28.8 7 2.4 0.9- 6.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 7,035 5,307 73.4 71.4-75.3 1,485 23.6 21.7-25.6 170 2.1 1.7- 2.5 10 0.1 0.0- 0.2 63 0.9 0.6- 1.3

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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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