Percentage of Adults Who Are Not Aware of the
Minimum Recommendation of 5 Fruits and Vegetables A Day

Subpopulation Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit		 Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 1647 69.4 4.0 61.5 77.3
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SEX . . . . .
Male 739 75.7 8.1 59.9 91.5
Female 908 63.4 1.7 60.0 66.7
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-24 years 111 64.9 14.2 37.2 92.7
25-34 years 346 69.5 6.2 57.3 81.6
35-44 years 369 70.2 4.9 60.7 79.7
45-54 years 324 71.1 2.9 65.4 76.7
55-64 years 210 70.5 6.4 58.0 83.0
65+ years 256 68.7 3.7 61.5 76.0
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 731 83.2 1.4 80.5 86.0
Non-Hispanic 915 68.3 3.8 60.9 75.8
RACE . . . . .
White Only 504 67.1 3.3 60.7 73.6
Black Only 514 76.1 1.6 72.9 79.2
Other Race Only 572 88.2 3.5 81.3 95.0
More than One Race 49 67.5 14.5 39.0 96.0
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 436 83.1 6.3 70.8 95.5
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 534 77.0 2.6 72.0 82.1
Some College 391 70.0 4.9 60.4 79.7
College Graduate 277 58.2 4.3 49.7 66.7
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 216 86.0 2.6 80.8 91.2
$15,000 - $24,999 507 78.2 6.7 65.0 91.3
$25,000 - $34,999 275 72.1 6.3 59.7 84.5
$35,000 - $49,999 205 63.9 6.2 51.9 76.0
$50,000+ 271 63.4 1.6 60.1 66.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 966 68.6 3.9 60.9 76.3
Out of Work 91 54.7 20.3 14.9 94.6
Homemaker / Student 210 70.6 7.7 55.5 85.7
Retired 267 68.3 3.7 61.0 75.6
Unable to Work 108 89.4 2.8 83.9 94.9
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 265 72.1 2.4 67.5 76.8
1-19 Hours 48 67.9 7.1 54.0 81.8
20-39 Hours 171 57.9 3.6 50.9 64.9
40 + Hours 768 71.0 3.8 63.5 78.6
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 986 70.8 3.5 63.9 77.6
Divorced / Separated 282 74.6 2.4 69.9 79.2
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 64 87.8 7.2 73.7 100.0
Rural 92 77.6 4.6 68.5 86.6
Densely-settled Rural 257 68.5 4.9 59.0 78.1
Semi-urban 181 69.0 2.1 65.0 73.1
Urban 1015 67.5 5.2 57.2 77.8
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 386 79.4 4.1 71.4 87.4
Excellent to Good 1260 67.2 4.0 59.4 74.9
DIABETES STATUS . . . . .
Has Diabetes 178 74.6 6.8 61.2 88.0
No Diabetes 1464 68.7 4.5 59.9 77.6
HYPERTENSION STATUS . . . . .
Hypertension 494 69.2 4.4 60.6 77.8
No Hypertension 1145 69.4 3.9 61.8 77.0
ASTHMA STATUS . . . . .
Current Asthma 120 73.5 9.0 55.7 91.2
No Current Asthma 1519 68.8 3.6 61.7 75.9
MENTAL HEALTH INDICATOR . . . . .
14+ days mental health not good 166 82.6 3.3 76.2 89.0
<14 days mental health not good 1462 68.2 4.0 60.4 75.9
WEIGHT CATEGORY . . . . .
Normal or Underweight (BMI <25) 470 67.0 2.9 61.2 72.8
Overweight (25 <= BMI < 30) 532 69.8 2.8 64.2 75.3
Obese (BMI >= 30) 444 72.3 7.3 58.0 86.5
RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . . . . .
Meets Recommendation 601 63.6 7.2 49.5 77.7
Insufficient 663 72.4 2.3 67.9 77.0
No Activity 337 79.7 3.0 73.8 85.6

Numerator: Respondents reporting the number of servings
of fruits and vegetables that experts recommend per day as less than 5
Denominator: All respondents, excluding unknowns and refusals.