2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables

Consumed vegetables one 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 4,530 3,728 82.0 80.5-83.3 802 18.0 16.7-19.5
-Non-Hispanic White 2,908 2,508 85.4 83.7-86.9 400 14.6 13.1-16.3
GENDER
Male 1,371 1,157 83.1 80.6-85.4 214 16.9 14.6-19.4
Female 1,537 1,351 87.4 85.1-89.4 186 12.6 10.6-14.9
AGE
18-34 544 458 83.6 79.5-87.0 86 16.4 13.0-20.5
35-44 378 342 90.1 85.6-93.2 36 9.9 6.8-14.4
45-54 443 384 85.3 80.9-88.8 59 14.7 11.2-19.1
55-64 530 457 86.5 82.7-89.6 73 13.5 10.4-17.3
65-74 608 526 83.4 78.9-87.2 82 16.6 12.8-21.1
75+ 362 305 86.3 81.8-89.9 57 13.7 10.1-18.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 133 93 74.9 65.9-82.1 40 25.1 17.9-34.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 602 485 78.3 73.8-82.2 117 21.7 17.8-26.2
Some Post-H.S. 792 691 88.5 85.8-90.8 101 11.5 9.2-14.2
College Graduate 1,379 1,238 90.0 88.0-91.6 141 10.0 8.4-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 105 82 82.3 72.8-89.0 23 17.7 11.0-27.2
$15,000- 24,999 195 151 77.4 68.5-84.3 44 22.6 15.7-31.5
$25,000- 34,999 254 210 82.4 75.6-87.7 44 17.6 12.3-24.4
$35,000- 49,999 297 242 80.7 74.6-85.6 55 19.3 14.4-25.4
$50,000- 74,999 422 375 88.1 83.6-91.5 47 11.9 8.5-16.4
$75,000+ 1,103 1,003 89.9 87.5-91.9 100 10.1 8.1-12.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 852 699 81.5 78.1-84.5 153 18.5 15.5-21.9
No 2,038 1,794 87.0 85.0-88.7 244 13.0 11.3-15.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 387 333 85.4 80.6-89.2 54 14.6 10.8-19.4
Non-Veteran 2,517 2,172 85.5 83.6-87.1 345 14.5 12.9-16.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 860 750 87.3 84.5-89.7 110 12.7 10.3-15.5
Regional City or Suburban County 797 680 83.9 80.3-86.8 117 16.1 13.2-19.7
Rural 1,251 1,078 85.0 82.2-87.4 173 15.0 12.6-17.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,576 1,374 86.3 84.1-88.3 202 13.7 11.7-15.9
Unemployed 111 84 79.1 68.9-86.6 27 20.9 13.4-31.1
Retired 877 765 86.0 82.7-88.8 112 14.0 11.2-17.3
Unable to Work 167 133 79.1 70.8-85.5 34 20.9 14.5-29.2
Other not in Labor Force 164 141 85.1 76.7-90.9 23 14.9 9.1-23.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 149 121 84.6 77.3-89.9 28 15.4 10.1-22.7
101% to 150% 176 136 76.3 66.6-83.8 40 23.7 16.2-33.4
151% to 200% 231 187 82.3 75.8-87.4 44 17.7 12.6-24.2
More than 200% 1,777 1,583 88.1 86.1-89.8 194 11.9 10.2-13.9
HOUSING
Own 2,159 1,906 87.0 85.1-88.7 253 13.0 11.3-14.9
Rent 564 449 80.3 76.2-83.8 115 19.7 16.2-23.8
Other arrangement 166 138 80.9 72.6-87.2 28 19.1 12.8-27.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 636 547 83.2 78.5-87.0 89 16.8 13.0-21.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,294 1,109 85.3 82.8-87.5 185 14.7 12.5-17.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 978 852 86.6 83.9-88.9 126 13.4 11.1-16.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,048 909 86.1 83.3-88.4 139 13.9 11.6-16.7
2nd Quartile 784 682 86.2 83.1-88.8 102 13.8 11.2-16.9
3rd Quartile 780 674 84.6 81.0-87.7 106 15.4 12.3-19.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 296 243 81.1 73.5-87.0 53 18.9 13.0-26.5

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

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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