2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-African Americans

Consumed fruit one or more times per day.
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,478 5,001 57.1 55.7-58.6 3,477 42.9 41.4-44.3
-African Americans 1,596 922 54.5 51.0-57.9 674 45.5 42.1-49.0
GENDER
Male 551 282 52.3 47.0-57.6 269 47.7 42.4-53.0
Female 1,045 640 56.2 51.7-60.6 405 43.8 39.4-48.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,573 909 54.4 50.9-57.8 664 45.6 42.2-49.1
AGE
18-34 281 154 55.1 48.0-62.0 127 44.9 38.0-52.0
35-44 218 116 44.4 36.4-52.7 102 55.6 47.3-63.6
45-54 297 161 52.6 45.1-60.1 136 47.4 39.9-54.9
55-64 354 218 60.8 53.8-67.3 136 39.2 32.7-46.2
65-74 267 163 60.2 51.5-68.4 104 39.8 31.6-48.5
75+ 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 248 129 50.9 42.1-59.6 119 49.1 40.4-57.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 505 280 52.1 46.2-57.9 225 47.9 42.1-53.8
Some Post-H.S. 462 281 57.2 50.8-63.4 181 42.8 36.6-49.2
College Graduate 380 232 58.0 51.5-64.2 148 42.0 35.8-48.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 320 177 49.4 41.8-56.9 143 50.6 43.1-58.2
$15,000- 24,999 361 211 56.7 49.9-63.3 150 43.3 36.7-50.1
$25,000- 34,999 199 116 53.5 44.1-62.7 83 46.5 37.3-55.9
$35,000- 49,999 178 105 54.8 44.6-64.6 73 45.2 35.4-55.4
$50,000- 74,999 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 491 281 52.9 46.5-59.3 210 47.1 40.7-53.5
No 1,098 637 55.1 51.0-59.1 461 44.9 40.9-49.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 189 107 55.0 46.0-63.6 82 45.0 36.4-54.0
Non-Veteran 1,407 815 54.4 50.7-58.1 592 45.6 41.9-49.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 764 448 54.9 49.8-60.0 316 45.1 40.0-50.2
No 832 474 54.0 49.3-58.6 358 46.0 41.4-50.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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