BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (How often do you eat potatoes not including French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	1 or more/day	1 or more/week	1 or more/month	1 or more/year	Never
TOTAL	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
GENDER
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
RACE
African American	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
HISPANIC
Hispanic	12	0	0.0	. - .	7	56.1	18.4-87.8	5	43.9	12.2-81.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
-English Speaking	12	0	0.0	. - .	7	56.1	18.4-87.8	5	43.9	12.2-81.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	1,210	40	4.1	2.8- 6.2	655	55.2	50.9-59.5	398	30.8	27.1-34.7	20	1.3	0.7- 2.5	97	8.6	6.3-11.6
AGE
18-24	89	8	7.5	2.9-18.1	40	56.1	40.1-70.8	33	26.3	16.1-40.0	0	0.0	. - .	8	10.1	3.1-28.1
25-34	195	5	2.9	1.0- 7.6	105	58.1	48.2-67.4	76	33.8	25.3-43.5	3	1.8	0.3- 8.7	6	3.5	1.4- 8.4
35-44	257	6	2.6	0.9- 7.6	134	50.3	41.4-59.2	88	33.0	25.1-41.9	8	1.2	0.5- 2.8	21	12.9	7.5-21.4
45-54	254	6	3.4	1.4- 8.4	136	53.2	44.4-61.8	86	34.3	26.6-43.0	2	1.4	0.2- 7.9	24	7.6	4.0-14.0
55-64	175	5	1.2	0.5- 3.1	96	60.9	50.9-70.1	54	29.8	21.4-39.9	3	1.4	0.4- 5.2	17	6.6	3.5-12.1
65-74	138	5	5.7	2.3-13.7	81	55.4	42.9-67.3	37	25.8	17.0-37.0	2	0.9	0.2- 3.8	13	12.3	5.2-26.1
75+	101	4	7.4	2.2-21.5	66	60.5	46.0-73.4	25	23.1	13.8-36.2	1	1.8	0.2-11.5	5	7.2	2.2-21.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	281	13	7.9	4.0-15.2	143	44.8	36.3-53.7	93	35.2	27.1-44.3	3	1.4	0.4- 4.7	29	10.6	6.0-18.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	410	23	5.4	3.2- 8.9	208	57.3	49.8-64.4	135	25.1	19.7-31.3	6	1.9	0.7- 5.5	38	10.3	6.6-15.8
Some Post-H.S.	296	4	2.6	0.8- 8.8	170	58.3	49.1-66.9	99	31.6	24.2-40.1	7	0.6	0.3- 1.4	16	6.9	2.6-16.9
College Graduate	232	0	0.0	. - .	138	57.4	48.8-65.6	76	36.4	28.5-45.0	4	0.8	0.3- 2.7	14	5.4	2.7-10.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	262	11	6.0	2.7-12.5	138	56.1	47.4-64.4	81	28.1	21.3-36.1	3	1.1	0.2- 4.9	29	8.8	5.3-14.2
$15,000- 24,999	278	8	4.0	1.6- 9.2	152	57.7	48.5-66.5	99	30.5	23.1-39.0	5	2.0	0.6- 6.2	14	5.9	2.7-12.3
$25,000- 34,999	157	3	3.3	0.7-13.8	88	55.4	43.7-66.6	52	30.1	20.8-41.5	5	2.9	0.7-11.3	9	8.2	3.1-19.9
$35,000- 49,999	108	2	2.1	0.4-10.2	50	50.2	37.1-63.4	43	41.1	28.6-54.8	2	0.5	0.1- 2.0	11	6.1	2.8-13.1
$50,000-74,999	61	1	0.3	0.0- 2.1	40	57.3	39.5-73.4	17	41.2	25.2-59.3	0	0.0	. - .	3	1.2	0.3- 4.2
$75,000+	52	2	4.6	0.8-22.5	34	67.6	50.4-81.1	14	25.7	14.1-42.3	2	2.0	0.4- 9.6	0	0.0	. - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	16	0	0.0	. - .	8	36.0	16.0-62.4	7	57.9	31.6-80.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	6.1	0.8-33.4
Guilford	70	1	0.7	0.1- 4.7	36	55.7	41.6-68.9	25	30.9	20.2-44.3	3	2.6	0.8- 8.3	5	10.2	3.8-24.2
Mecklenburg	78	4	6.4	2.1-17.6	37	47.8	35.6-60.3	28	35.1	24.2-47.7	0	0.0	. - .	9	10.7	5.0-21.4
Orange	30	0	0.0	. - .	16	51.6	32.8-69.8	9	29.1	14.9-48.9	1	3.1	0.4-19.0	4	16.3	5.9-37.8
Wake	53	3	7.2	2.0-22.6	22	44.2	29.9-59.5	23	40.7	27.0-56.0	0	0.0	. - .	5	7.9	3.0-19.1
Chatham/Lee	52	3	9.5	2.8-27.6	23	48.8	33.8-64.1	18	26.0	15.5-40.1	2	3.5	0.8-14.0	6	12.1	4.8-27.7
Nash/Wilson	79	2	2.9	0.7-11.3	44	53.0	40.6-65.1	28	39.4	27.9-52.1	2	1.4	0.3- 5.6	3	3.3	0.8-12.2
Craven/Pamlico	54	3	4.6	1.3-15.0	30	49.1	31.6-66.9	14	32.8	16.4-54.7	1	1.7	0.2-11.0	6	11.8	4.1-29.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	9	0	0.0	. - .	6	86.0	53.9-97.0	1	5.2	0.6-34.3	1	4.3	0.5-30.1	1	4.4	0.5-30.5
Appalachian/Wilkes	5	0	0.0	. - .	3	67.1	25.3-92.5	1	16.3	2.1-63.7	1	16.6	2.2-64.2	0	0.0	. - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance	101	2	3.3	0.8-12.4	55	60.7	49.6-70.8	40	33.7	24.3-44.7	1	0.4	0.1- 2.8	3	1.9	0.6- 6.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson	9	0	0.0	. - .	6	69.0	34.3-90.4	3	31.0	9.6-65.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	92	2	1.9	0.5- 7.3	44	45.1	34.0-56.7	42	48.9	37.3-60.5	0	0.0	. - .	4	4.2	1.5-11.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	94	4	9.1	3.4-22.2	47	48.5	37.4-59.7	30	31.5	22.0-42.8	0	0.0	. - .	13	10.9	6.0-19.0
Northeast NC I	168	2	0.6	0.1- 2.2	104	60.6	51.6-68.9	49	30.8	23.2-39.5	3	1.7	0.5- 5.5	10	6.5	3.1-12.8
Northeast NC II	96	5	6.5	2.6-15.4	59	57.4	45.4-68.6	23	27.6	17.6-40.4	2	3.5	0.9-12.9	7	5.0	2.3-10.5
Northeastern Partnership	264	7	3.3	1.4- 7.5	163	59.1	51.7-66.1	72	29.3	22.9-36.6	5	2.5	0.9- 6.5	17	5.8	3.4- 9.7
Mountain AHEC	32	1	2.2	0.3-14.2	17	49.1	28.5-69.9	13	45.3	25.5-66.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.4	0.5-21.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	644	20	3.2	1.8- 5.5	359	55.3	49.0-61.5	206	31.6	26.3-37.4	10	2.2	0.9- 5.2	49	7.8	4.8-12.4
Piedmont	533	19	4.9	2.9- 8.2	277	54.7	48.7-60.5	183	30.5	25.5-36.0	8	0.7	0.3- 1.7	46	9.3	6.1-13.8
Western NC	45	1	1.2	0.2- 8.8	26	67.7	44.9-84.3	14	26.7	12.3-48.7	2	1.5	0.3- 6.5	2	2.8	0.6-12.5

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,222

4.1

2.8- 6.1

662

55.2

50.9-59.4

403

30.8

27.2-34.7

1.3

0.7- 2.5

8.5

6.2-11.6

GENDER

Female

1,222

4.1

2.8- 6.1

662

55.2

50.9-59.4

403

30.8

27.2-34.7

1.3

0.7- 2.5

8.5

6.2-11.6

RACE

African American

1,222

4.1

2.8- 6.1

662

55.2

50.9-59.4

403

30.8

27.2-34.7

1.3

0.7- 2.5

8.5

6.2-11.6

HISPANIC

Hispanic

0.0

. - .

56.1

18.4-87.8

43.9

12.2-81.6

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

-English Speaking

0.0

. - .

56.1

18.4-87.8

43.9

12.2-81.6

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Non-Hispanic

1,210

4.1

2.8- 6.2

655

55.2

50.9-59.5

398

30.8

27.1-34.7

1.3

0.7- 2.5

8.6

6.3-11.6

AGE

18-24

7.5

2.9-18.1

56.1

40.1-70.8

26.3

16.1-40.0

0.0

. - .

10.1

3.1-28.1

25-34

195

2.9

1.0- 7.6

105

58.1

48.2-67.4

33.8

25.3-43.5

1.8

0.3- 8.7

3.5

1.4- 8.4

35-44

257

2.6

0.9- 7.6

134

50.3

41.4-59.2

33.0

25.1-41.9

1.2

0.5- 2.8

12.9

7.5-21.4

45-54

254

3.4

1.4- 8.4

136

53.2

44.4-61.8

34.3

26.6-43.0

1.4

0.2- 7.9

7.6

4.0-14.0

55-64

175

1.2

0.5- 3.1

60.9

50.9-70.1

29.8

21.4-39.9

1.4

0.4- 5.2

6.6

3.5-12.1

65-74

138

5.7

2.3-13.7

55.4

42.9-67.3

25.8

17.0-37.0

0.9

0.2- 3.8

12.3

5.2-26.1

75+

101

7.4

2.2-21.5

60.5

46.0-73.4

23.1

13.8-36.2

1.8

0.2-11.5

7.2

2.2-21.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

281

7.9

4.0-15.2

143

44.8

36.3-53.7

35.2

27.1-44.3

1.4

0.4- 4.7

10.6

6.0-18.1

H.S. or G.E.D.

410

5.4

3.2- 8.9

208

57.3

49.8-64.4

135

25.1

19.7-31.3

1.9

0.7- 5.5

10.3

6.6-15.8

Some Post-H.S.

296

2.6

0.8- 8.8

170

58.3

49.1-66.9

31.6

24.2-40.1

0.6

0.3- 1.4

6.9

2.6-16.9

College Graduate

232

0.0

. - .

138

57.4

48.8-65.6

36.4

28.5-45.0

0.8

0.3- 2.7

5.4

2.7-10.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

262

6.0

2.7-12.5

138

56.1

47.4-64.4

28.1

21.3-36.1

1.1

0.2- 4.9

8.8

5.3-14.2

$15,000- 24,999

278

4.0

1.6- 9.2

152

57.7

48.5-66.5

30.5

23.1-39.0

2.0

0.6- 6.2

5.9

2.7-12.3

$25,000- 34,999

157

3.3

0.7-13.8

55.4

43.7-66.6

30.1

20.8-41.5

2.9

0.7-11.3

8.2

3.1-19.9

$35,000- 49,999

108

2.1

0.4-10.2

50.2

37.1-63.4

41.1

28.6-54.8

0.5

0.1- 2.0

6.1

2.8-13.1

$50,000-74,999

0.3

0.0- 2.1

57.3

39.5-73.4

41.2

25.2-59.3

0.0

. - .

1.2

0.3- 4.2

$75,000+

4.6

0.8-22.5

67.6

50.4-81.1

25.7

14.1-42.3

2.0

0.4- 9.6

0.0

. - .

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

0.0

. - .

36.0

16.0-62.4

57.9

31.6-80.4

0.0

. - .

6.1

0.8-33.4

Guilford

0.7

0.1- 4.7

55.7

41.6-68.9

30.9

20.2-44.3

2.6

0.8- 8.3

10.2

3.8-24.2

Mecklenburg

6.4

2.1-17.6

47.8

35.6-60.3

35.1

24.2-47.7

0.0

. - .

10.7

5.0-21.4

Orange

0.0

. - .

51.6

32.8-69.8

29.1

14.9-48.9

3.1

0.4-19.0

16.3

5.9-37.8

Wake

7.2

2.0-22.6

44.2

29.9-59.5

40.7

27.0-56.0

0.0

. - .

7.9

3.0-19.1

Chatham/Lee

9.5

2.8-27.6

48.8

33.8-64.1

26.0

15.5-40.1

3.5

0.8-14.0

12.1

4.8-27.7

Nash/Wilson

2.9

0.7-11.3

53.0

40.6-65.1

39.4

27.9-52.1

1.4

0.3- 5.6

3.3

0.8-12.2

Craven/Pamlico

4.6

1.3-15.0

49.1

31.6-66.9

32.8

16.4-54.7

1.7

0.2-11.0

11.8

4.1-29.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

0.0

. - .

86.0

53.9-97.0

5.2

0.6-34.3

4.3

0.5-30.1

4.4

0.5-30.5

Appalachian/Wilkes

0.0

. - .

67.1

25.3-92.5

16.3

2.1-63.7

16.6

2.2-64.2

0.0

. - .

Franklin/Gran./Vance

101

3.3

0.8-12.4

60.7

49.6-70.8

33.7

24.3-44.7

0.4

0.1- 2.8

1.9

0.6- 6.0

Graham/Swain/Jackson

0.0

. - .

69.0

34.3-90.4

31.0

9.6-65.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

1.9

0.5- 7.3

45.1

34.0-56.7

48.9

37.3-60.5

0.0

. - .

4.2

1.5-11.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

9.1

3.4-22.2

48.5

37.4-59.7

31.5

22.0-42.8

0.0

. - .

10.9

6.0-19.0

Northeast NC I

168

0.6

0.1- 2.2

104

60.6

51.6-68.9

30.8

23.2-39.5

1.7

0.5- 5.5

6.5

3.1-12.8

Northeast NC II

6.5

2.6-15.4

57.4

45.4-68.6

27.6

17.6-40.4

3.5

0.9-12.9

5.0

2.3-10.5

Northeastern Partnership

264

3.3

1.4- 7.5

163

59.1

51.7-66.1

29.3

22.9-36.6

2.5

0.9- 6.5

5.8

3.4- 9.7

Mountain AHEC

2.2

0.3-14.2

49.1

28.5-69.9

45.3

25.5-66.8

0.0

. - .

3.4

0.5-21.0

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

644

3.2

1.8- 5.5

359

55.3

49.0-61.5

206

31.6

26.3-37.4

2.2

0.9- 5.2

7.8

4.8-12.4

Piedmont

533

4.9

2.9- 8.2

277

54.7

48.7-60.5

183

30.5

25.5-36.0

0.7

0.3- 1.7

9.3

6.1-13.8

Western NC

1.2

0.2- 8.8

67.7

44.9-84.3

26.7

12.3-48.7

1.5

0.3- 6.5

2.8

0.6-12.5

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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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