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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,198 464 10.8 9.8-12.0 3,734 89.2 88.0-90.2
No 468 49 9.9 7.2-13.4 419 90.1 86.6-92.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,249 152 11.4 9.5-13.7 1,097 88.6 86.3-90.5
Overweight 1,511 182 12.2 10.4-14.4 1,329 87.8 85.6-89.6
Obese 1,561 138 8.8 7.3-10.6 1,423 91.2 89.4-92.7
Current Smoker
Yes 642 55 8.2 6.0-11.1 587 91.8 88.9-94.0
No 4,102 465 11.2 10.1-12.4 3,637 88.8 87.6-89.9
History of CVD**
Yes 518 33 5.5 3.7- 8.2 485 94.5 91.8-96.3
No 4,201 485 11.4 10.3-12.6 3,716 88.6 87.4-89.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 657 93 14.2 11.4-17.5 564 85.8 82.5-88.6
No 3,908 398 9.8 8.8-11.0 3,510 90.2 89.0-91.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 250 36 13.6 9.4-19.2 214 86.4 80.8-90.6
No 4,306 453 10.3 9.2-11.4 3,853 89.7 88.6-90.8
COPD
Yes 362 25 5.0 3.0- 8.0 337 95.0 92.0-97.0
No 4,386 497 11.3 10.2-12.4 3,889 88.7 87.6-89.8
Current Asthma
Yes 414 38 9.3 6.4-13.3 376 90.7 86.7-93.6
No 4,338 483 10.9 9.9-12.1 3,855 89.1 87.9-90.1
Diabetes
Yes 655 53 7.7 5.5-10.8 602 92.3 89.2-94.5
No 4,109 470 11.2 10.1-12.4 3,639 88.8 87.6-89.9
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,474 133 8.2 6.7-10.0 1,341 91.8 90.0-93.3
No 3,293 390 11.8 10.5-13.2 2,903 88.2 86.8-89.5

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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 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.

^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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