2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Fruits and Vegetables

Consumed vegetables on 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 5,959 4,781 78.4 77.1-79.7 1,178 21.6 20.3-22.9
-Piedmont 3,018 2,454 79.4 77.6-81.2 564 20.6 18.8-22.4
GENDER
Male 1,278 985 75.7 72.7-78.4 293 24.3 21.6-27.3
Female 1,740 1,469 82.8 80.4-84.9 271 17.2 15.1-19.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,969 1,653 83.0 80.8-84.9 316 17.0 15.1-19.2
Non-Hispanic Black 605 429 67.3 62.5-71.7 176 32.7 28.3-37.5
Other 409 341 81.2 75.8-85.5 68 18.8 14.5-24.2
AGE
18-34 604 480 77.6 73.3-81.3 124 22.4 18.7-26.7
35-44 484 403 80.9 76.4-84.8 81 19.1 15.2-23.6
45-54 584 481 80.6 76.6-84.1 103 19.4 15.9-23.4
55-64 566 476 83.3 79.2-86.6 90 16.7 13.4-20.8
65-74 467 374 77.1 71.8-81.7 93 22.9 18.3-28.2
75+ 276 213 75.9 69.5-81.3 63 24.1 18.7-30.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 301 205 65.4 58.5-71.7 96 34.6 28.3-41.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 716 512 70.4 66.3-74.2 204 29.6 25.8-33.7
Some Post-H.S. 794 662 83.2 80.1-85.9 132 16.8 14.1-19.9
College Graduate 1,192 1,066 89.3 87.2-91.2 126 10.7 8.8-12.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 244 170 70.2 62.9-76.6 74 29.8 23.4-37.1
$15,000- 24,999 449 349 76.6 71.5-81.0 100 23.4 19.0-28.5
$25,000- 34,999 271 219 78.8 71.7-84.6 52 21.2 15.4-28.3
$35,000- 49,999 322 252 75.7 69.4-81.0 70 24.3 19.0-30.6
$50,000- 74,999 368 309 82.4 76.5-87.1 59 17.6 12.9-23.5
$75,000+ 790 713 88.1 85.0-90.6 77 11.9 9.4-15.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 673 531 77.7 73.7-81.3 142 22.3 18.7-26.3
No 2,335 1,914 79.8 77.7-81.8 421 20.2 18.2-22.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 331 261 78.2 72.4-83.0 70 21.8 17.0-27.6
Non-Veteran 2,679 2,186 79.6 77.6-81.4 493 20.4 18.6-22.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,624 1,341 80.5 78.0-82.8 283 19.5 17.2-22.0
Regional City or Suburban 806 645 78.9 75.3-82.1 161 21.1 17.9-24.7
Rural 588 468 77.2 72.6-81.3 120 22.8 18.7-27.4

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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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