Fruits and vegetables consumption (most recent) by state

SOURCE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003.

DEFINITION
Adults who have consumed fruits and vegetables five or more times per day.

Health Statistics > Fruits and vegetables consumption (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

US Virgin Islands:

33.9%

# 2

Vermont:

32.5%

# 3

Connecticut:

29.8%

# 4

District of Columbia:

29.6%

# 5

Guam:

29.5%

# 6

Massachusetts:

29%

# 7

Maryland:

28.9%

# 8

New Hampshire:

28.5%

# 9

Hawaii:

27.6%

# 10

Rhode Island:

27.1%

# 11

Maine:

27%

# 12

California:

26.9%

# 13

New Jersey:

26.6%

= 14

Virginia:

25.8%

= 14

New York:

25.8%

# 16

Pennsylvania:

24.7%

= 17

Colorado:

24.2%

= 17

Minnesota:

24.2%

# 19

Oregon:

24.1%

# 20

Florida:

23.6%

# 21

Washington:

23.3%

= 22

Illinois:

23.1%

= 22

North Carolina:

23.1%

# 24

Georgia:

23%

# 25

Arizona:

22.9%

# 26

Ohio:

22.7%

= 27

Alabama:

22.6%

= 27

Alaska:

22.6%

# 29

Texas:

22.5%

# 30

New Mexico:

22.4%

# 31

South Carolina:

22.3%

# 32

Tennessee:

22.2%

# 33

Wyoming:

22.1%

= 34

Indiana:

22%

= 34

Delaware:

22%

# 36

Montana:

21.9%

= 37

North Dakota:

21.5%

= 37

Wisconsin:

21.5%

# 39

Arkansas:

20.8%

= 40

Idaho:

20.4%

= 40

Nevada:

20.4%

# 42

Missouri:

20.2%

# 43

Michigan:

20.1%

# 44

Utah:

19.5%

# 45

South Dakota:

19%

# 46

Kansas:

18.8%

# 47

West Virginia:

18.7%

# 48

Kentucky:

18.2%

# 49

Mississippi:

17.9%

# 50

Nebraska:

17.8%

# 51

Iowa:

17.1%

# 52

Louisiana:

16.4%

# 53

Oklahoma:

15.4%

# 54

Puerto Rico:

15.3%

Weighted average:

23.1%

DEFINITION: Adults who have consumed fruits and vegetables five or more times per day.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003. via StateMaster

Health Statistics > Fruits and vegetables consumption (most recent) by state

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