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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

Consumed five or more servings of fruits or vegetables per day*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,867 9,951 79.4 78.2-80.5 2,916 20.6 19.5-21.8
-Piedmont NC 6,578 5,053 78.8 77.2-80.3 1,525 21.2 19.7-22.8
GENDER
Male 2,478 2,028 82.3 79.8-84.6 450 17.7 15.4-20.2
Female 4,100 3,025 75.5 73.4-77.4 1,075 24.5 22.6-26.6
RACE
White 5,307 4,062 77.8 76.0-79.6 1,245 22.2 20.4-24.0
African American 895 702 79.3 75.2-82.8 193 20.7 17.2-24.8
Other Minorities 324 253 84.9 79.2-89.2 71 15.1 10.8-20.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 229 185 83.4 75.6-89.1 44 16.6 10.9-24.4
Non-Hispanic 6,327 4,850 78.3 76.7-79.9 1,477 21.7 20.1-23.3
AGE
18-24 176 137 81.1 73.0-87.2 39 18.9 12.8-27.0
25-34 618 474 78.6 73.9-82.6 144 21.4 17.4-26.1
35-44 1,048 809 78.2 74.6-81.4 239 21.8 18.6-25.4
45-54 1,317 1,030 79.4 76.4-82.2 287 20.6 17.8-23.6
55-64 1,344 1,041 79.2 76.3-81.8 303 20.8 18.2-23.7
65+ 2,012 1,514 76.7 73.9-79.2 498 23.3 20.8-26.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 796 688 89.8 86.0-92.7 108 10.2 7.3-14.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,791 1,460 82.8 79.4-85.7 331 17.2 14.3-20.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,596 1,238 78.9 75.6-81.9 358 21.1 18.1-24.4
College Graduate 2,385 1,660 71.7 69.1-74.1 725 28.3 25.9-30.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 593 482 85.6 80.1-89.8 111 14.4 10.2-19.9
$15,000- 24,999 918 741 83.6 79.4-87.2 177 16.4 12.8-20.6
$25,000- 34,999 628 504 83.3 78.3-87.3 124 16.7 12.7-21.7
$35,000- 49,999 821 646 80.1 75.4-84.1 175 19.9 15.9-24.6
$50,000-74,999 945 686 72.5 67.6-76.9 259 27.5 23.1-32.4
$75,000+ 1,663 1,200 73.6 70.7-76.4 463 26.4 23.6-29.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,134 1,699 82.1 79.4-84.5 435 17.9 15.5-20.6
No 4,198 3,166 77.7 75.8-79.5 1,032 22.3 20.5-24.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 771 616 80.0 75.3-84.1 155 20.0 15.9-24.7
Non-Veteran 5,261 4,026 78.6 76.8-80.3 1,235 21.4 19.7-23.2

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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