2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

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 6,085 3,597 56.7 55.2-58.3 2,488 43.3 41.7-44.8
-Piedmont 3,068 1,839 58.0 56.0-60.1 1,229 42.0 39.9-44.0
GENDER
Male 1,299 710 52.8 49.7-56.0 589 47.2 44.0-50.3
Female 1,769 1,129 62.7 60.0-65.3 640 37.3 34.7-40.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 2,002 1,189 57.7 55.1-60.2 813 42.3 39.8-44.9
Non-Hispanic Black 604 351 55.4 50.7-60.0 253 44.6 40.0-49.3
Other 421 276 64.8 59.1-70.1 145 35.2 29.9-40.9
AGE
18-34 621 374 60.2 55.7-64.6 247 39.8 35.4-44.3
35-44 482 286 56.8 51.8-61.7 196 43.2 38.3-48.2
45-54 588 333 56.2 51.7-60.6 255 43.8 39.4-48.3
55-64 566 329 54.7 49.9-59.4 237 45.3 40.6-50.1
65-74 471 289 57.6 52.2-62.9 182 42.4 37.1-47.8
75+ 303 205 64.7 58.3-70.7 98 35.3 29.3-41.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 303 158 52.4 45.7-59.0 145 47.6 41.0-54.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 741 399 53.7 49.6-57.9 342 46.3 42.1-50.4
Some Post-H.S. 807 480 57.5 53.5-61.4 327 42.5 38.6-46.5
College Graduate 1,201 792 64.6 61.5-67.5 409 35.4 32.5-38.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 248 120 51.0 43.6-58.5 128 49.0 41.5-56.4
$15,000- 24,999 463 268 57.8 52.4-63.0 195 42.2 37.0-47.6
$25,000- 34,999 266 158 57.3 49.8-64.6 108 42.7 35.4-50.2
$35,000- 49,999 330 208 55.5 49.0-61.9 122 44.5 38.1-51.0
$50,000- 74,999 375 215 55.2 49.2-61.0 160 44.8 39.0-50.8
$75,000+ 795 517 62.8 58.9-66.5 278 37.2 33.5-41.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 688 389 52.9 48.4-57.3 299 47.1 42.7-51.6
No 2,369 1,445 59.5 57.1-61.8 924 40.5 38.2-42.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 337 206 59.7 53.6-65.6 131 40.3 34.4-46.4
Non-Veteran 2,722 1,624 57.7 55.5-59.9 1,098 42.3 40.1-44.5
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,657 1,038 60.7 57.9-63.4 619 39.3 36.6-42.1
Regional City or Suburban 813 458 54.1 50.0-58.1 355 45.9 41.9-50.0
Rural 598 343 56.2 51.3-61.0 255 43.8 39.0-48.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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