2021 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 4,767 523 10.8 9.8-11.9 4,244 89.2 88.1-90.2
GENDER
Male 2,215 238 10.5 9.0-12.1 1,977 89.5 87.9-91.0
Female 2,552 285 11.1 9.7-12.6 2,267 88.9 87.4-90.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,039 343 11.0 9.7-12.3 2,696 89.0 87.7-90.3
Non-Hispanic Black 873 95 10.4 8.2-13.2 778 89.6 86.8-91.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 76 *** *** *** 69 90.5 79.7-95.9
Non-Hispanic Other 101 *** *** *** 93 92.4 84.8-96.4
Hispanic 461 56 12.3 9.1-16.4 405 87.7 83.6-90.9
AGE
18-34 987 128 12.9 10.7-15.4 859 87.1 84.6-89.3
35-44 718 94 13.7 11.0-17.0 624 86.3 83.0-89.0
45-54 748 95 12.0 9.6-15.0 653 88.0 85.0-90.4
55-64 804 73 7.2 5.5- 9.4 731 92.8 90.6-94.5
65-74 864 75 7.5 5.7- 9.9 789 92.5 90.1-94.3
75+ 538 45 8.2 5.6-11.8 493 91.8 88.2-94.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 429 26 5.7 3.6- 8.9 403 94.3 91.1-96.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,115 106 10.1 8.1-12.5 1,009 89.9 87.5-91.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,273 128 10.3 8.5-12.5 1,145 89.7 87.5-91.5
College Graduate 1,930 261 13.9 12.2-15.9 1,669 86.1 84.1-87.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,488 116 7.3 5.8- 9.1 1,372 92.7 90.9-94.2
No 3,244 404 12.3 11.0-13.7 2,840 87.7 86.3-89.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 621 59 8.8 6.5-11.7 562 91.2 88.3-93.5
Non-Veteran 4,133 463 11.1 10.0-12.3 3,670 88.9 87.7-90.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,580 311 11.9 10.5-13.5 2,269 88.1 86.5-89.5
Unemployed 240 29 14.1 9.5-20.4 211 85.9 79.6-90.5
Retired 1,276 107 7.5 5.9- 9.5 1,169 92.5 90.5-94.1
Unable to Work 333 29 5.5 3.4- 8.7 304 94.5 91.3-96.6
Other not in Labor Force 301 40 12.6 8.9-17.6 261 87.4 82.4-91.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 266 25 10.0 6.0-16.1 241 90.0 83.9-94.0
$15,000- 24,999 440 45 9.0 6.3-12.6 395 91.0 87.4-93.7
$25,000- 34,999 493 56 11.4 8.4-15.3 437 88.6 84.7-91.6
$35,000- 49,999 509 39 7.0 4.9- 9.9 470 93.0 90.1-95.1
$50,000-74,999 592 58 9.2 6.8-12.3 534 90.8 87.7-93.2
$75,000-100,000 479 57 11.8 8.8-15.7 422 88.2 84.3-91.2
$100,000-150,000 522 75 15.1 11.7-19.2 447 84.9 80.8-88.3
$150,000+ 421 71 15.6 12.2-19.8 350 84.4 80.2-87.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,045 97 9.6 7.6-12.2 948 90.4 87.8-92.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 379 30 7.8 5.1-12.0 349 92.2 88.0-94.9
101% to 150% 401 39 7.6 5.2-10.9 362 92.4 89.1-94.8
151% to 200% 397 47 10.8 7.8-14.9 350 89.2 85.1-92.2
More than 200% 2,412 288 11.9 10.5-13.5 2,124 88.1 86.5-89.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,045 97 9.6 7.6-12.2 948 90.4 87.8-92.4
HOUSING
Own 3,107 356 10.8 9.6-12.2 2,751 89.2 87.8-90.4
Rent 1,284 131 10.8 8.9-13.2 1,153 89.2 86.8-91.1
Other arrangement 322 33 11.0 7.5-15.9 289 89.0 84.1-92.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,463 173 11.9 10.1-14.0 1,290 88.1 86.0-89.9
Regional City or Suburban County 1,279 149 11.0 9.2-13.1 1,130 89.0 86.9-90.8
Rural 2,025 201 9.6 8.1-11.3 1,824 90.4 88.7-91.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,295 128 9.0 7.2-11.1 1,167 91.0 88.9-92.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,900 205 10.5 8.9-12.2 1,695 89.5 87.8-91.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,572 190 12.2 10.4-14.1 1,382 87.8 85.9-89.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,470 183 12.5 10.7-14.7 1,287 87.5 85.3-89.3
2nd Quartile 1,243 133 10.5 8.7-12.6 1,110 89.5 87.4-91.3
3rd Quartile 1,350 137 9.6 8.0-11.6 1,213 90.4 88.4-92.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 704 70 9.3 6.8-12.7 634 90.7 87.3-93.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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