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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

How often do you eat potatoes not including French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips?

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  Total
Respond.#
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,012 42 4.2 2.8- 6.3 587 56.7 52.1-61.3 311 30.1 26.1-34.5 15 1.7 0.9- 3.1 57 7.3 4.8-10.8
GENDER
Male 356 18 4.4 2.3- 8.2 212 59.0 51.3-66.3 99 27.7 21.3-35.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 25 8.3 4.7-14.1
Female 656 24 4.0 2.3- 6.8 375 55.1 49.2-60.9 212 31.9 26.9-37.4 13 2.4 1.2- 4.8 32 6.5 3.6-11.7
AGE
18-24 89 5 5.5 1.8-15.3 46 53.6 37.9-68.6 31 31.1 18.9-46.6 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 6 9.2 2.4-28.9
25-34 190 6 3.8 1.5- 9.5 99 54.2 43.8-64.3 67 31.5 23.1-41.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 17 9.8 5.0-18.3
35-44 233 12 2.8 1.4- 5.4 123 48.7 39.5-57.9 79 37.6 28.9-47.1 7 4.6 1.9-10.7 12 6.3 2.6-14.3
45-54 205 4 3.2 1.1- 9.2 120 61.1 51.4-69.9 69 28.7 21.1-37.7 4 1.5 0.3- 7.0 8 5.5 2.0-14.0
55-64 123 5 3.1 0.9-10.6 79 63.6 50.6-74.8 31 26.7 17.1-39.2 2 1.6 0.4- 6.2 6 5.0 1.2-18.5
65-74 89 4 6.0 1.6-19.6 59 63.4 48.0-76.4 21 22.7 12.6-37.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 7.9 2.3-23.9
75+ 65 5 11.0 3.3-31.2 46 64.0 47.0-78.0 11 18.6 9.5-33.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.5 1.7-21.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 189 11 3.4 1.5- 7.7 103 49.2 38.2-60.4 57 30.9 21.7-41.8 3 2.6 0.6-10.4 15 13.9 6.3-28.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 339 17 6.3 3.4-11.5 205 60.1 52.0-67.7 94 27.0 20.4-34.9 4 1.1 0.3- 3.4 19 5.5 3.0-10.1
Some Post-H.S. 273 8 2.4 0.9- 6.0 162 62.9 54.1-71.0 84 28.4 21.2-36.9 4 1.2 0.4- 3.3 15 5.1 2.2-11.2
College Graduate 204 6 3.9 1.6- 9.1 113 48.4 39.3-57.6 74 37.8 29.4-47.1 4 2.6 0.8- 8.2 7 7.3 2.6-18.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 144 7 4.4 1.3-13.6 77 47.0 34.5-59.8 45 30.6 20.4-43.2 2 2.1 0.5- 8.3 13 16.0 7.8-29.9
$15,000- 24,999 231 8 2.7 1.1- 6.8 133 55.8 45.0-66.1 70 32.0 22.8-42.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 18 8.8 3.4-21.0
$25,000- 34,999 154 8 4.8 2.0-11.2 87 58.0 45.8-69.4 54 33.4 23.5-44.9 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 4 3.5 0.8-14.9
$35,000- 49,999 120 3 1.6 0.5- 5.0 61 51.0 37.8-64.0 49 36.1 24.7-49.4 2 1.8 0.3-11.3 5 9.5 3.3-24.5
$50,000-74,999 63 0 0.0 . - . 35 52.2 33.7-70.1 24 45.0 27.5-63.9 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4 3 1.5 0.3- 6.9
$75,000+ 57 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 40 71.6 55.8-83.4 12 17.3 8.7-31.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 9.1 3.4-22.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 25 1 6.1 0.8-32.8 14 61.7 39.9-79.7 7 24.5 11.0-46.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.7 2.3-22.6
Forsyth 95 5 4.8 1.9-11.6 66 69.2 57.6-78.8 20 20.5 12.6-31.6 1 2.1 0.3-13.6 3 3.3 1.0-10.0
Guilford 114 7 4.6 2.0- 9.9 64 60.6 48.9-71.2 39 33.1 23.2-44.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.8 0.6- 5.1
Henderson/Transylvania 11 0 0.0 . - . 7 34.6 8.2-75.8 2 53.4 13.2-89.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.0 2.1-46.6
Mecklenburg 128 2 1.6 0.4- 6.2 77 62.4 52.4-71.4 41 29.1 21.0-38.8 4 3.7 1.3-10.1 4 3.3 1.1- 9.2
Orange 40 0 0.0 . - . 25 58.4 39.3-75.3 13 34.3 18.9-54.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.3 1.8-25.3
Pitt 104 6 7.0 2.5-17.8 54 48.1 35.6-60.9 35 36.9 25.4-50.0 2 1.8 0.4- 7.9 7 6.2 2.7-13.5
Randolph 16 1 2.5 0.3-16.7 13 79.9 46.0-94.9 1 4.1 0.5-25.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.5 1.9-54.9
Robeson 92 4 5.2 1.7-15.1 50 48.1 34.1-62.3 32 33.2 22.2-46.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.5 5 13.1 3.0-42.7
Wake 72 3 6.0 1.9-17.5 31 46.5 32.0-61.7 29 31.7 20.4-45.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 8 14.8 6.3-31.2
Western NC 21 1 2.8 0.4-18.0 13 61.8 37.1-81.5 6 32.8 14.3-58.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.4-16.8
Piedmont NC 111 4 4.3 1.6-11.3 71 64.8 52.8-75.2 25 19.1 12.2-28.6 5 2.7 1.0- 7.2 6 9.1 3.2-23.4
Eastern NC 183 8 4.3 2.0- 9.2 102 50.9 42.1-59.7 61 36.7 28.5-45.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.4 11 7.1 3.6-13.5

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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