2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

Consumed fruits or vegetables or beans five or more times per day*

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,497 1,017 12.3 11.3-13.3 7,480 87.7 86.7-88.7
-Piedmont NC 4,976 596 11.8 10.6-13.1 4,380 88.2 86.9-89.4
GENDER
Male 1,943 166 9.7 8.0-11.6 1,777 90.3 88.4-92.0
Female 3,033 430 13.7 12.1-15.4 2,603 86.3 84.6-87.9
RACE
White 3,619 436 11.9 10.5-13.4 3,183 88.1 86.6-89.5
African American 943 106 12.3 9.6-15.6 837 87.7 84.4-90.4
Other minorities 343 41 9.1 6.3-13.0 302 90.9 87.0-93.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 314 44 12.9 9.3-17.6 270 87.1 82.4-90.7
Non-Hispanic 4,634 551 11.7 10.5-13.1 4,083 88.3 86.9-89.5
AGE
18-34 797 115 13.7 11.1-16.7 682 86.3 83.3-88.9
35-54 1,540 184 11.1 9.3-13.3 1,356 88.9 86.7-90.7
55-64 982 107 10.8 8.6-13.6 875 89.2 86.4-91.4
65-74 879 92 10.4 8.1-13.3 787 89.6 86.7-91.9
75+ 733 96 12.3 9.0-16.5 637 87.7 83.5-91.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 648 44 7.9 5.4-11.4 604 92.1 88.6-94.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,317 115 8.4 6.6-10.6 1,202 91.6 89.4-93.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,313 163 12.6 10.3-15.3 1,150 87.4 84.7-89.7
College Graduate 1,694 274 16.2 14.0-18.6 1,420 83.8 81.4-86.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 547 57 13.0 9.4-17.6 490 87.0 82.4-90.6
$15,000- 24,999 858 72 8.2 6.2-10.8 786 91.8 89.2-93.8
$25,000- 34,999 458 49 10.1 6.5-15.4 409 89.9 84.6-93.5
$35,000- 49,999 572 71 12.2 8.7-16.6 501 87.8 83.4-91.3
$50,000+ 1,573 224 13.5 11.5-15.9 1,349 86.5 84.1-88.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,334 148 10.9 8.8-13.5 1,186 89.1 86.5-91.2
No 3,617 445 12.0 10.6-13.5 3,172 88.0 86.5-89.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 554 47 8.6 6.0-12.1 507 91.4 87.9-94.0
Non-Veteran 4,419 549 12.1 10.9-13.5 3,870 87.9 86.5-89.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,809 193 10.5 8.7-12.5 1,616 89.5 87.5-91.3
No 3,167 403 12.3 10.8-13.9 2,764 87.7 86.1-89.2

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*NOTE: The fruit and vegetable questions for 2011 and 2013 have changed from the FV questions used in in 2009 and earlier years.

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.

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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