2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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 4,665 801 17.9 16.4-19.5 3,864 82.1 80.5-83.6
Region 8 694 109 17.3 13.9-21.3 585 82.7 78.7-86.1
GENDER
Male 303 49 18.9 14.1-25.0 254 81.1 75.0-85.9
Female 391 60 15.7 11.4-21.1 331 84.3 78.9-88.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 393 66 18.6 14.3-23.8 327 81.4 76.2-85.7
Non-Hispanic Black 135 20 13.5 7.6-22.8 115 86.5 77.2-92.4
Other 166 23 16.0 9.6-25.4 143 84.0 74.6-90.4
AGE
18-44 221 45 21.1 15.4-28.2 176 78.9 71.8-84.6
45-64 243 32 13.2 8.8-19.2 211 86.8 80.8-91.2
65+ 227 32 15.2 10.2-22.0 195 84.8 78.0-89.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 294 41 13.9 9.8-19.4 253 86.1 80.6-90.2
Some College + 399 68 20.1 15.3-26.0 331 79.9 74.0-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 363 65 19.8 14.8-26.0 298 80.2 74.0-85.2
$50,000+ 203 33 16.5 11.4-23.2 170 83.5 76.8-88.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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