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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Fruits and Vegetables

Not counting juice, how often do you eat fruit?

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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
-New Hanover County 393 172 33.0 26.9-39.8 163 49.3 41.5-57.1 38 13.5 8.2-21.3 4 1.7 0.4- 7.7 16 2.5 1.3- 4.6
GENDER
Male 149 52 25.1 17.1-35.4 69 51.5 39.3-63.6 19 17.4 9.3-30.2 3 3.4 0.7-15.4 6 2.5 0.9- 7.1
Female 244 120 40.5 31.8-49.7 94 47.2 37.3-57.2 19 9.8 4.3-20.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 10 2.4 1.2- 4.9
RACE
White 339 155 34.1 27.3-41.6 138 47.7 39.1-56.4 31 14.3 8.3-23.5 4 2.1 0.4- 9.1 11 1.8 0.9- 3.7
Other 53 16 26.8 14.4-44.4 25 58.1 39.6-74.6 7 9.2 3.4-22.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 5.9 1.7-18.2
AGE
18-44 84 29 23.0 14.1-35.2 47 60.2 45.5-73.3 6 15.2 6.4-32.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.6 0.3- 7.0
45+ 302 140 42.2 35.9-48.8 113 39.2 32.9-45.8 32 12.1 8.2-17.5 4 3.4 0.8-14.3 13 3.1 1.6- 5.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 46 25.0 16.3-36.3 53 54.3 39.1-68.7 15 17.6 7.2-37.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.1 1.0- 9.6
Some College + 273 126 36.8 29.2-45.1 110 46.9 38.0-56.1 23 11.5 6.5-19.5 4 2.6 0.6-11.0 10 2.2 1.1- 4.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 67 28.6 20.5-38.5 66 47.7 35.6-60.1 19 20.0 9.6-37.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 9 3.3 1.5- 7.3
$50,000+ 173 79 40.8 31.5-50.9 73 45.5 35.5-55.9 14 8.6 4.7-15.3 3 3.8 0.7-16.8 4 1.3 0.4- 3.6

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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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