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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

Not counting carrots, potatoes, or salad, how many servings of vegetables do you usually eat?

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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 12,555 9,065 69.1 67.5-70.6 2,978 26.3 24.8-27.8 368 3.2 2.6- 3.8 19 0.1 0.0- 0.1 125 1.4 1.0- 2.0
-Piedmont NC 6,430 4,653 69.0 67.0-71.0 1,527 26.0 24.1-28.0 182 3.4 2.6- 4.5 10 0.1 0.0- 0.2 58 1.4 1.0- 2.1
GENDER
Male 2,418 1,594 63.1 59.7-66.4 709 30.0 27.0-33.2 83 4.8 3.3- 7.0 3 0.1 0.0- 0.3 29 2.0 1.2- 3.4
Female 4,012 3,059 74.6 72.2-76.9 818 22.2 20.0-24.7 99 2.2 1.6- 2.8 7 0.1 0.0- 0.2 29 0.9 0.5- 1.5
RACE
White 5,191 3,786 70.4 68.2-72.5 1,223 25.3 23.3-27.4 141 3.3 2.5- 4.4 6 0.1 0.0- 0.2 35 0.9 0.6- 1.5
African American 875 622 68.6 63.4-73.3 212 26.6 22.0-31.7 28 2.9 1.7- 5.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 11 1.8 0.9- 3.9
Other Minorities 315 210 63.1 53.2-71.9 80 28.8 21.1-38.1 13 5.4 1.7-16.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 11 2.6 1.2- 5.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 218 120 51.7 40.4-62.8 73 36.0 26.2-47.1 14 8.0 3.1-19.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 10 4.2 1.4-11.6
Non-Hispanic 6,193 4,520 70.6 68.6-72.5 1,450 25.1 23.3-27.0 166 3.0 2.3- 3.8 9 0.1 0.0- 0.2 48 1.2 0.8- 1.8
AGE
18-24 170 104 60.2 50.2-69.4 53 31.5 23.3-41.2 5 4.6 1.4-14.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 3.7 1.7- 7.6
25-34 609 420 65.0 59.0-70.5 156 29.4 24.1-35.4 21 3.5 1.9- 6.2 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 10 2.0 0.7- 5.5
35-44 1,030 737 69.9 65.7-73.8 251 25.0 21.4-28.9 32 3.9 2.3- 6.6 0 0.0 . - . 10 1.2 0.6- 2.6
45-54 1,306 918 68.6 64.6-72.3 323 25.9 22.3-29.7 48 3.9 2.6- 5.9 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6 13 1.4 0.7- 3.0
55-64 1,316 961 72.5 68.9-75.8 301 24.0 20.8-27.5 41 2.8 1.8- 4.2 3 0.2 0.0- 0.9 10 0.5 0.2- 1.0
65+ 1,937 1,465 76.5 73.6-79.1 429 21.3 18.7-24.1 35 1.9 1.2- 3.1 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 7 0.3 0.1- 0.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 741 492 61.2 53.1-68.7 196 29.9 23.3-37.5 37 7.8 3.9-15.0 5 0.3 0.1- 0.7 11 0.8 0.4- 1.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,747 1,191 63.9 59.6-68.0 468 28.6 24.8-32.6 58 3.7 2.4- 5.9 3 0.1 0.0- 0.4 27 3.7 2.2- 6.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,564 1,132 68.3 64.2-72.2 381 27.5 23.8-31.7 42 3.3 2.1- 5.0 0 0.0 . - . 9 0.9 0.4- 2.0
College Graduate 2,370 1,831 76.1 73.3-78.6 481 21.8 19.3-24.4 45 1.8 1.2- 2.6 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 11 0.4 0.2- 0.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 563 359 60.0 51.4-68.1 162 32.3 24.6-41.0 32 5.8 3.1-10.6 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0 7 1.5 0.5- 4.8
$15,000- 24,999 890 642 63.5 57.2-69.3 214 31.3 25.7-37.5 26 3.0 1.6- 5.6 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 6 2.2 0.6- 7.4
$25,000- 34,999 616 419 63.7 56.6-70.4 167 30.0 23.7-37.1 23 4.4 2.3- 8.5 0 0.0 . - . 7 1.8 0.7- 4.5
$35,000- 49,999 811 585 70.2 64.5-75.4 194 26.5 21.5-32.2 23 2.2 1.2- 3.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 8 1.0 0.5- 2.1
$50,000-74,999 941 707 73.0 68.0-77.6 211 24.3 19.9-29.3 17 2.0 0.9- 4.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 0.6 0.3- 1.6
$75,000+ 1,648 1,261 74.8 71.5-77.8 344 21.9 19.0-25.1 35 2.6 1.6- 4.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 6 0.6 0.2- 1.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,063 1,450 66.5 62.7-70.1 512 27.0 23.6-30.7 78 5.1 3.6- 7.2 4 0.1 0.0- 0.4 19 1.2 0.6- 2.4
No 4,143 3,051 69.7 67.1-72.1 950 25.7 23.4-28.1 99 2.9 1.9- 4.4 6 0.1 0.0- 0.2 37 1.6 1.0- 2.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 754 520 68.9 63.5-73.8 206 26.0 21.6-31.0 25 4.4 2.2- 8.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.7 0.2- 3.0
Non-Veteran 5,143 3,732 68.5 66.1-70.8 1,207 26.6 24.4-28.9 145 3.5 2.5- 4.7 8 0.1 0.0- 0.2 51 1.4 0.9- 2.0

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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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