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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

How often do you drink fruit juices such as orange, grapefruit, or tomato?

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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 12,627 3,836 29.1 27.7-30.6 4,209 37.4 35.8-39.0 1,979 16.3 15.2-17.4 316 2.0 1.7- 2.4 2,287 15.2 14.2-16.3
-Piedmont NC 6,465 1,930 28.9 27.1-30.9 2,170 38.2 36.1-40.3 1,031 15.6 14.3-17.0 176 2.1 1.7- 2.7 1,158 15.2 13.8-16.6
GENDER
Male 2,444 774 30.8 27.8-34.0 868 39.9 36.6-43.3 413 14.9 13.0-17.1 45 1.5 1.0- 2.5 344 12.8 10.9-15.0
Female 4,021 1,156 27.1 24.9-29.5 1,302 36.6 34.0-39.2 618 16.2 14.5-18.1 131 2.7 2.1- 3.5 814 17.4 15.6-19.3
RACE
White 5,214 1,512 28.2 26.2-30.4 1,690 35.3 33.1-37.5 877 17.7 16.1-19.3 152 2.4 1.9- 3.0 983 16.4 15.0-17.9
African American 878 306 33.5 28.8-38.5 328 40.8 35.7-46.1 112 10.7 8.4-13.5 14 1.8 0.8- 4.2 118 13.2 9.8-17.5
Other Minorities 322 95 24.7 18.1-32.9 136 54.5 45.2-63.5 32 8.6 5.4-13.3 8 1.1 0.5- 2.4 51 11.0 6.7-17.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 227 69 27.5 19.0-38.0 105 54.7 43.7-65.3 22 7.8 4.0-14.7 3 0.3 0.1- 0.8 28 9.7 5.2-17.4
Non-Hispanic 6,219 1,855 29.1 27.3-31.1 2,059 36.7 34.7-38.7 1,006 16.2 14.9-17.6 173 2.3 1.8- 2.9 1,126 15.7 14.3-17.1
AGE
18-24 175 56 32.0 23.7-41.7 76 46.9 37.2-56.8 25 11.3 7.0-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 18 9.8 5.5-17.2
25-34 610 180 32.6 27.3-38.4 252 42.7 37.1-48.6 99 13.4 10.4-17.1 10 1.1 0.5- 2.3 69 10.2 7.3-14.1
35-44 1,030 239 23.7 20.3-27.3 394 41.5 37.2-46.0 193 17.0 14.2-20.2 32 2.7 1.6- 4.4 172 15.2 12.5-18.5
45-54 1,307 296 22.0 18.8-25.7 467 37.3 33.7-41.1 244 19.4 16.5-22.5 40 3.2 1.9- 5.3 260 18.1 15.5-21.0
55-64 1,319 367 27.5 24.4-31.0 403 30.7 27.4-34.3 246 19.1 16.3-22.3 42 2.6 1.8- 3.8 261 20.0 17.0-23.3
65+ 1,962 773 39.3 36.2-42.6 556 30.0 27.0-33.2 216 11.6 9.5-14.0 50 2.6 1.7- 3.9 367 16.5 14.3-18.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 767 222 25.9 20.0-33.0 250 46.5 38.7-54.5 92 10.2 7.2-14.2 24 2.3 1.2- 4.4 179 15.1 11.2-20.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,753 524 29.9 25.8-34.2 548 34.4 30.3-38.8 285 15.7 13.1-18.6 45 2.5 1.4- 4.2 351 17.6 14.9-20.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,578 461 28.8 25.2-32.6 542 37.5 33.8-41.5 256 16.8 14.1-19.8 49 1.8 1.3- 2.6 270 15.0 12.3-18.3
College Graduate 2,359 720 29.4 26.9-32.1 827 38.4 35.5-41.3 397 16.7 14.7-18.9 58 2.0 1.5- 2.8 357 13.5 11.7-15.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 579 195 29.5 22.6-37.5 150 36.0 28.0-44.8 91 16.0 11.3-22.3 15 1.3 0.6- 3.0 128 17.1 11.7-24.4
$15,000- 24,999 895 291 31.9 26.5-37.8 288 35.0 29.5-40.9 117 12.1 9.1-15.8 25 2.8 1.3- 5.9 174 18.3 14.0-23.5
$25,000- 34,999 615 196 33.3 26.3-41.1 197 33.5 27.6-40.0 97 18.3 13.7-24.1 12 1.4 0.6- 2.9 113 13.5 10.3-17.5
$35,000- 49,999 813 232 27.2 22.3-32.7 278 40.2 34.2-46.5 143 16.2 12.9-20.3 31 2.6 1.7- 3.9 129 13.8 10.8-17.4
$50,000-74,999 936 244 28.7 24.0-34.0 356 38.4 33.6-43.4 156 14.7 11.9-18.0 23 1.7 0.9- 3.0 157 16.5 13.1-20.7
$75,000+ 1,651 450 26.7 23.9-29.7 596 39.9 36.5-43.4 296 17.4 15.1-20.0 41 1.9 1.4- 2.8 268 14.0 12.0-16.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,085 653 29.9 26.5-33.6 632 33.4 29.8-37.1 329 16.8 14.5-19.5 54 2.9 1.8- 4.7 417 16.9 14.4-19.8
No 4,140 1,197 28.6 26.4-31.0 1,449 39.0 36.5-41.5 678 15.8 14.2-17.6 121 2.0 1.6- 2.5 695 14.6 13.0-16.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 760 267 33.7 28.8-39.0 251 33.4 28.4-38.8 124 16.6 12.9-21.2 19 3.1 1.4- 6.7 99 13.2 10.0-17.3
Non-Veteran 5,173 1,508 28.1 26.1-30.3 1,739 39.0 36.6-41.4 813 15.4 14.0-17.0 138 1.8 1.4- 2.2 975 15.7 14.2-17.3

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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.

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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