2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-African Americans

Consumed vegetables 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 8,464 6,460 76.3 75.1-77.6 2,004 23.7 22.4-24.9
-African Americans 1,598 1,066 65.1 61.7-68.3 532 34.9 31.7-38.3
GENDER
Male 551 333 60.6 55.3-65.7 218 39.4 34.3-44.7
Female 1,047 733 68.7 64.4-72.7 314 31.3 27.3-35.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,575 1,049 64.8 61.4-68.1 526 35.2 31.9-38.6
AGE
18-34 282 179 58.9 51.8-65.8 103 41.1 34.2-48.2
35-44 218 169 76.8 69.4-82.8 49 23.2 17.2-30.6
45-54 298 198 64.4 56.8-71.3 100 35.6 28.7-43.2
55-64 354 244 66.3 59.3-72.7 110 33.7 27.3-40.7
65-74 267 161 62.9 54.4-70.8 106 37.1 29.2-45.6
75+ 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 249 127 51.0 42.3-59.7 122 49.0 40.3-57.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 508 303 57.2 51.3-62.8 205 42.8 37.2-48.7
Some Post-H.S. 461 342 74.3 68.3-79.5 119 25.7 20.5-31.7
College Graduate 379 293 76.3 70.4-81.4 86 23.7 18.6-29.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 320 203 59.6 51.6-67.1 117 40.4 32.9-48.4
$15,000- 24,999 359 233 64.2 57.3-70.5 126 35.8 29.5-42.7
$25,000- 34,999 200 140 69.2 59.8-77.2 60 30.8 22.8-40.2
$35,000- 49,999 177 127 68.2 58.4-76.6 50 31.8 23.4-41.6
$50,000- 74,999 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 154 123 78.3 67.8-86.0 31 21.7 14.0-32.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 488 319 65.4 58.9-71.3 169 34.6 28.7-41.1
No 1,103 743 64.9 60.9-68.7 360 35.1 31.3-39.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 189 122 67.9 59.4-75.4 67 32.1 24.6-40.6
Non-Veteran 1,409 944 64.6 61.0-68.1 465 35.4 31.9-39.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 765 496 63.8 58.8-68.5 269 36.2 31.5-41.2
No 833 570 66.2 61.6-70.6 263 33.8 29.4-38.4

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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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