2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

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
-Piedmont NC 4,955 3,861 78.0 76.3-79.5 1,094 22.0 20.5-23.7
GENDER
Male 1,933 1,443 74.7 72.1-77.2 490 25.3 22.8-27.9
Female 3,022 2,418 80.9 78.8-82.8 604 19.1 17.2-21.2
RACE
White 3,603 2,880 80.2 78.3-82.0 723 19.8 18.0-21.7
African American 941 655 68.7 64.5-72.6 286 31.3 27.4-35.5
Other minorities 340 274 81.6 75.9-86.2 66 18.4 13.8-24.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 314 264 83.3 77.8-87.7 50 16.7 12.3-22.2
Non-Hispanic 4,614 3,581 77.5 75.8-79.2 1,033 22.5 20.8-24.2
AGE
18-34 792 597 75.6 71.8-79.0 195 24.4 21.0-28.2
35-54 1,535 1,238 79.6 76.8-82.2 297 20.4 17.8-23.2
55-64 981 783 79.2 75.6-82.4 198 20.8 17.6-24.4
65-74 876 671 78.3 74.6-81.5 205 21.7 18.5-25.4
75+ 726 540 76.2 72.1-80.0 186 23.8 20.0-27.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 645 429 70.7 65.9-75.0 216 29.3 25.0-34.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,307 916 69.4 65.8-72.8 391 30.6 27.2-34.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,312 1,059 82.1 79.1-84.8 253 17.9 15.2-20.9
College Graduate 1,687 1,453 85.1 82.6-87.3 234 14.9 12.7-17.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 547 365 66.8 61.3-71.9 182 33.2 28.1-38.7
$15,000- 24,999 853 621 76.7 72.8-80.1 232 23.3 19.9-27.2
$25,000- 34,999 459 372 81.5 76.1-86.0 87 18.5 14.0-23.9
$35,000- 49,999 568 459 79.8 75.0-83.9 109 20.2 16.1-25.0
$50,000+ 1,566 1,343 84.0 81.3-86.3 223 16.0 13.7-18.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,326 996 76.0 72.7-79.0 330 24.0 21.0-27.3
No 3,604 2,846 78.5 76.6-80.3 758 21.5 19.7-23.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 552 420 77.9 73.4-81.9 132 22.1 18.1-26.6
Non-Veteran 4,400 3,438 77.9 76.2-79.6 962 22.1 20.4-23.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,800 1,383 77.8 75.1-80.3 417 22.2 19.7-24.9
No 3,155 2,478 78.0 76.0-79.9 677 22.0 20.1-24.0

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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.

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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