2019 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 4,025 600 14.8 13.6-16.2 3,425 85.2 83.8-86.4
GENDER
Male 1,853 258 14.1 12.3-16.1 1,595 85.9 83.9-87.7
Female 2,172 342 15.5 13.8-17.4 1,830 84.5 82.6-86.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,517 533 15.0 13.7-16.5 2,984 85.0 83.5-86.3
No 501 65 13.7 10.3-18.0 436 86.3 82.0-89.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,044 176 16.3 13.8-19.1 868 83.7 80.9-86.2
Overweight 1,357 190 13.7 11.7-16.0 1,167 86.3 84.0-88.3
Obese 1,257 175 14.1 12.0-16.5 1,082 85.9 83.5-88.0
Current Smoker
Yes 658 79 12.2 9.5-15.5 579 87.8 84.5-90.5
No 3,342 517 15.4 14.0-16.9 2,825 84.6 83.1-86.0
History of CVD**
Yes 469 60 12.6 9.6-16.4 409 87.4 83.6-90.4
No 3,522 534 15.1 13.7-16.5 2,988 84.9 83.5-86.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 494 81 15.0 11.9-18.8 413 85.0 81.2-88.1
No 3,364 493 14.7 13.4-16.2 2,871 85.3 83.8-86.6
COPD
Yes 344 43 12.3 8.8-17.1 301 87.7 82.9-91.2
No 3,671 555 15.0 13.7-16.5 3,116 85.0 83.5-86.3
Current Asthma
Yes 356 61 17.4 13.4-22.4 295 82.6 77.6-86.6
No 3,652 535 14.5 13.2-15.9 3,117 85.5 84.1-86.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,339 179 13.4 11.3-15.8 1,160 86.6 84.2-88.7
No 2,661 412 15.3 13.8-17.0 2,249 84.7 83.0-86.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,278 172 13.1 11.1-15.3 1,106 86.9 84.7-88.9
No 2,747 428 15.5 14.0-17.2 2,319 84.5 82.8-86.0

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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