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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 356 17 6.6 3.4-12.2 119 31.3 25.2-38.2 143 41.0 33.9-48.5 77 21.1 16.3-26.9
GENDER
Male 113 8 9.4 3.8-21.3 40 33.8 24.2-45.0 40 33.6 24.2-44.4 25 23.2 15.0-34.0
Female 243 9 4.9 1.9-11.8 79 29.8 22.2-38.7 103 45.6 36.2-55.3 52 19.8 14.3-26.6
RACE
White 310 15 6.4 3.2-12.3 102 29.3 23.3-36.2 128 43.1 35.4-51.2 65 21.2 16.0-27.5
Other 46 2 7.7 1.5-31.7 17 40.3 23.2-60.2 15 31.5 17.7-49.5 12 20.5 10.1-37.1
AGE
18-44 138 10 9.8 4.7-19.6 44 30.9 21.9-41.6 52 37.4 27.1-49.0 32 21.8 14.8-30.9
45+ 215 7 2.4 1.0- 5.2 74 31.9 24.9-39.8 91 46.0 37.5-54.6 43 19.8 14.2-26.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 125 8 9.0 3.7-20.4 50 37.6 27.3-49.2 50 35.8 26.2-46.8 17 17.5 10.0-28.9
Some College + 231 9 5.4 2.1-13.0 69 28.2 20.9-36.7 93 43.6 34.5-53.2 60 22.9 17.0-30.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 139 9 7.9 3.1-18.8 48 33.9 24.8-44.3 58 39.8 30.2-50.3 24 18.4 11.0-29.2
$50,000+ 174 5 2.7 1.0- 6.9 54 28.4 20.7-37.6 70 44.5 34.1-55.3 45 24.4 17.6-32.8

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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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