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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption per day*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than once or never 1 to less than 3 times 3 to less than 5 times 5 or more times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,867 617 5.4 4.7- 6.3 4,445 36.9 35.4-38.5 4,889 37.0 35.5-38.6 2,916 20.6 19.5-21.8
-New Hanover County 400 18 5.7 2.7-11.6 129 36.8 29.4-44.9 160 38.1 31.0-45.6 93 19.4 14.1-26.0
GENDER
Male 153 11 8.7 3.4-20.6 55 42.0 30.4-54.5 69 40.5 29.4-52.6 18 8.9 4.9-15.5
Female 247 7 3.0 1.2- 7.1 74 31.9 23.1-42.2 91 35.8 27.5-45.1 75 29.4 20.9-39.7
RACE
White 342 12 4.7 1.8-12.1 101 36.9 28.6-46.0 143 39.9 32.1-48.4 86 18.4 13.6-24.6
Other 56 6 10.9 4.2-25.8 27 36.1 21.7-53.5 16 28.4 15.3-46.6 7 24.6 9.3-50.9
AGE
18-44 85 3 6.0 1.6-20.3 35 42.5 28.9-57.3 29 33.1 21.2-47.7 18 18.3 9.6-32.2
45+ 308 14 5.4 2.8-10.3 93 32.0 25.7-38.9 129 42.9 36.5-49.5 72 19.8 15.4-25.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 8 4.3 1.7-10.4 51 50.7 36.0-65.2 40 28.1 18.2-40.7 25 16.9 8.7-30.2
Some College + 276 10 6.4 2.5-15.3 78 30.2 22.9-38.7 120 42.8 34.2-51.9 68 20.6 14.4-28.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 11 6.4 2.9-13.5 56 37.3 25.7-50.5 65 41.6 30.0-54.1 34 14.8 9.4-22.6
$50,000+ 173 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 54 38.0 28.5-48.5 76 40.0 30.8-49.9 40 20.7 13.5-30.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the fruits and vegetables questions.

^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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