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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-MALES

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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
-MALES 4,705 1,625 30.7 28.4-33.0 2,194 49.1 46.5-51.7 652 15.0 13.2-17.0 67 1.6 1.0- 2.5 167 3.7 2.9- 4.6
RACE
White 3,782 1,329 30.5 28.2-33.0 1,741 47.8 45.0-50.5 522 16.1 13.9-18.4 54 1.8 1.1- 3.0 136 3.8 2.9- 4.9
African American 547 154 26.0 20.6-32.2 268 49.1 42.6-55.6 93 18.0 13.5-23.6 6 1.0 0.3- 3.2 26 5.9 3.6- 9.3
Other Minorities 335 125 34.9 26.4-44.6 165 56.9 46.9-66.3 34 6.3 3.3-11.8 7 1.3 0.5- 3.6 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9
AGE
18-24 190 48 25.9 17.7-36.1 100 50.7 40.1-61.2 34 18.9 12.0-28.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 7 4.3 2.0- 9.1
25-34 403 119 29.1 23.0-36.0 215 55.0 47.6-62.1 51 11.1 7.4-16.3 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8 11 2.8 1.3- 5.7
35-44 689 210 30.6 26.0-35.7 341 47.4 42.0-52.9 102 16.8 12.9-21.5 10 2.0 0.5- 7.2 26 3.1 1.9- 5.1
45-54 989 291 28.2 24.4-32.2 476 47.4 42.8-52.0 164 17.6 14.1-21.8 17 2.2 1.1- 4.3 41 4.7 3.1- 7.0
55-64 1,051 364 30.8 27.1-34.7 473 49.4 45.1-53.8 162 14.6 11.9-17.7 16 1.1 0.6- 2.2 36 4.1 2.5- 6.5
65+ 1,363 581 39.9 36.3-43.7 582 44.5 40.7-48.4 138 10.8 8.5-13.8 16 1.4 0.7- 2.6 46 3.3 2.1- 5.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 622 175 23.3 17.2-30.6 291 53.0 44.7-61.2 109 17.4 12.1-24.4 11 1.6 0.7- 3.6 36 4.7 2.9- 7.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,360 397 26.3 22.4-30.7 645 47.8 42.8-52.8 225 18.9 15.2-23.2 30 2.7 1.3- 5.6 63 4.3 3.0- 6.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,120 381 29.1 24.7-34.0 513 47.5 42.3-52.8 167 17.7 14.1-22.0 18 1.7 0.9- 3.2 41 4.0 2.5- 6.3
College Graduate 1,595 668 39.3 35.9-42.9 742 49.7 46.1-53.3 151 8.2 6.5-10.2 8 0.5 0.2- 1.7 26 2.3 1.4- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 384 109 23.9 15.8-34.4 157 49.0 37.9-60.1 76 17.6 11.8-25.5 11 2.9 1.2- 6.8 31 6.6 4.0-10.9
$15,000- 24,999 681 207 28.1 22.5-34.6 334 52.7 45.9-59.5 101 11.9 8.6-16.2 14 3.1 0.9- 9.6 25 4.2 2.4- 7.2
$25,000- 34,999 477 165 29.9 23.6-36.9 207 43.6 35.5-52.0 73 21.3 13.9-31.3 8 2.0 0.7- 5.9 24 3.2 1.9- 5.2
$35,000- 49,999 623 211 27.9 22.9-33.4 298 54.2 48.1-60.2 83 14.2 10.5-18.8 14 1.8 0.9- 3.4 17 2.0 1.1- 3.7
$50,000- 74,999 704 232 29.3 24.4-34.9 333 46.6 40.7-52.6 119 20.0 15.3-25.7 7 1.5 0.5- 4.0 13 2.6 1.2- 5.4
$75,000+ 1,292 511 36.8 32.8-41.1 622 48.4 44.0-52.9 126 10.8 8.3-14.0 7 0.5 0.2- 1.3 26 3.4 2.0- 5.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,573 537 28.6 25.0-32.6 685 47.7 43.2-52.3 241 16.0 13.2-19.4 28 1.8 1.0- 3.2 82 5.8 4.2- 7.9
No 2,958 1,037 32.0 29.2-34.9 1,418 49.3 46.2-52.5 390 14.4 12.2-16.8 36 1.6 0.8- 2.8 77 2.7 2.0- 3.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,460 558 33.1 29.3-37.1 639 44.5 40.2-48.9 200 17.0 13.9-20.6 18 1.4 0.6- 3.0 45 4.0 2.5- 6.3
Non-Veteran 2,858 925 28.9 26.3-31.8 1,379 51.4 48.2-54.7 399 14.2 12.0-16.7 48 1.8 1.1- 3.0 107 3.6 2.7- 4.7

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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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