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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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 1,799 64 4.2 3.1- 5.8 988 54.3 50.6-57.9 577 32.1 28.8-35.6 25 1.5 0.7- 3.2 145 7.9 6.1-10.2
GENDER
Male 577 24 4.4 2.6- 7.4 326 53.0 46.8-59.2 174 33.7 28.1-39.9 5 1.8 0.5- 6.4 48 7.1 4.5-11.0
Female 1,222 40 4.1 2.8- 6.1 662 55.2 50.9-59.4 403 30.8 27.2-34.7 20 1.3 0.7- 2.5 97 8.5 6.2-11.6
AGE
18-24 142 12 5.9 2.8-12.0 65 52.8 40.6-64.7 50 27.4 18.6-38.5 1 1.6 0.2-10.3 14 12.3 5.7-24.4
25-34 278 9 2.5 1.1- 5.3 150 54.0 45.2-62.6 103 36.5 28.5-45.4 4 3.4 0.8-13.4 12 3.6 1.9- 6.9
35-44 362 11 3.7 1.5- 8.9 185 48.8 41.1-56.4 127 36.2 29.1-44.0 8 0.7 0.3- 1.6 31 10.6 6.7-16.4
45-54 406 11 3.8 1.8- 7.7 224 56.2 48.8-63.3 135 32.0 25.6-39.1 3 0.8 0.2- 4.1 33 7.3 4.3-12.0
55-64 273 8 4.1 1.4-11.4 154 55.6 46.9-64.0 80 33.4 25.6-42.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.8 28 6.0 3.8- 9.6
65-74 191 6 5.4 2.2-12.7 117 61.8 51.2-71.4 46 22.8 15.6-32.2 4 1.3 0.5- 3.7 18 8.7 4.1-17.6
75+ 133 6 6.3 2.3-16.1 89 63.2 50.5-74.3 31 23.8 14.7-36.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 6 5.4 1.7-15.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 418 19 6.8 3.8-11.7 219 49.4 41.8-56.9 134 35.1 28.2-42.7 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 43 7.9 4.8-12.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 625 34 5.5 3.5- 8.7 326 53.0 46.7-59.2 198 28.5 23.5-34.2 10 3.1 1.2- 8.0 57 9.8 6.7-14.2
Some Post-H.S. 425 8 2.4 0.9- 5.9 240 56.2 48.4-63.7 142 33.1 26.3-40.7 8 0.5 0.2- 1.0 27 7.9 4.2-14.5
College Graduate 327 3 1.7 0.5- 6.1 200 59.0 51.3-66.3 103 34.7 27.7-42.5 4 0.5 0.2- 1.6 17 4.0 2.1- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 332 13 4.4 2.1- 8.9 177 52.9 44.2-61.3 106 31.5 24.1-39.9 4 4.2 0.8-18.3 32 7.1 4.3-11.5
$15,000- 24,999 419 16 4.9 2.6- 8.9 223 52.6 44.6-60.5 147 35.4 28.1-43.5 5 1.0 0.3- 3.2 28 6.1 3.6-10.1
$25,000- 34,999 219 6 5.1 1.6-15.1 126 55.2 45.3-64.7 68 30.0 21.9-39.6 5 1.9 0.5- 7.8 14 7.7 3.6-16.0
$35,000- 49,999 190 5 3.4 1.2- 9.1 100 55.8 45.6-65.6 66 34.4 25.5-44.6 3 2.1 0.4-11.1 16 4.3 2.2- 8.2
$50,000-74,999 114 3 2.3 0.5-10.6 73 62.4 49.5-73.8 32 32.4 21.6-45.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 5 2.4 0.8- 7.0
$75,000+ 93 3 3.4 0.9-11.8 57 60.8 47.4-72.8 31 34.9 23.5-48.4 2 0.9 0.2- 4.4 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 2 4.5 1.1-17.3 18 63.1 42.0-80.1 7 24.4 10.9-46.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.0 1.8-28.8
Guilford 114 4 3.3 0.9-11.4 62 55.9 44.4-66.8 38 31.2 21.9-42.5 4 4.4 1.0-16.5 6 5.2 2.0-12.8
Mecklenburg 116 7 6.5 2.9-13.9 56 48.0 37.9-58.2 42 37.0 27.7-47.3 0 0.0 . - . 11 8.6 4.4-16.3
Orange 47 1 3.6 0.5-21.5 24 48.3 33.1-63.8 15 34.3 20.7-51.0 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 6 12.2 5.2-26.0
Wake 82 4 6.1 2.1-16.5 36 46.7 34.3-59.5 34 40.4 28.9-53.2 0 0.0 . - . 8 6.8 3.2-13.8
Chatham/Lee 69 3 5.8 1.6-18.3 36 61.1 44.8-75.2 20 17.8 10.2-29.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.9 8 13.3 5.5-28.8
Nash/Wilson 123 3 3.4 1.0-11.4 70 53.4 43.0-63.6 41 37.4 27.8-48.1 3 1.5 0.4- 5.1 6 4.2 1.7-10.1
Craven/Pamlico 87 4 5.1 1.7-14.5 51 53.9 40.3-67.0 24 31.0 19.1-46.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 7 9.0 3.6-21.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 15 1 4.0 0.5-25.5 7 64.0 32.3-86.9 3 17.4 4.2-50.0 1 2.6 0.3-18.0 3 12.0 3.1-36.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 8 1 19.7 2.9-67.1 3 31.6 9.4-67.3 2 30.0 6.9-71.3 1 7.8 1.0-41.4 1 10.8 1.4-50.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 158 4 2.3 0.8- 6.8 87 66.2 51.8-78.2 57 27.8 17.7-40.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 9 3.4 1.6- 7.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 0 0.0 . - . 7 71.8 38.3-91.3 3 28.2 8.7-61.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 138 3 1.8 0.6- 5.6 70 49.8 40.1-59.6 55 42.4 32.8-52.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 9 5.4 2.6-10.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 117 4 5.9 2.1-15.2 59 54.1 41.1-66.6 37 28.3 19.2-39.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 16 11.3 6.1-20.0
Northeast NC I 229 3 0.9 0.2- 3.4 137 58.8 51.1-66.1 70 31.2 24.7-38.6 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 16 8.0 4.5-13.8
Northeast NC II 142 5 3.3 1.3- 8.1 92 61.1 50.3-70.9 34 28.1 19.1-39.2 2 1.8 0.4- 6.8 9 5.7 2.4-13.2
Northeastern Partnership 371 8 2.2 1.0- 4.6 229 60.0 53.3-66.3 104 29.6 23.8-36.1 5 1.4 0.5- 3.8 25 6.8 4.1-11.1
Mountain AHEC 50 4 8.0 2.4-23.0 31 66.8 49.5-80.5 13 20.4 10.4-36.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.8 1.1-18.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 937 25 2.6 1.5- 4.4 530 53.6 48.2-59.0 298 34.9 29.8-40.4 13 1.4 0.6- 3.0 71 7.5 4.9-11.1
Piedmont 790 33 5.4 3.5- 8.0 414 53.5 48.4-58.5 264 31.1 26.8-35.7 10 1.7 0.5- 5.0 69 8.4 5.9-11.8
Western NC 72 6 5.8 2.1-15.0 44 76.9 62.5-86.9 15 12.6 6.2-23.7 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 5 4.1 1.3-11.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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