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	9,225	433	4.9	4.2- 5.7	6,366	69.1	67.5-70.6	1,784	19.0	17.8-20.3	99	0.9	0.7- 1.3	543	6.1	5.3- 7.0
GENDER
Male	3,391	173	5.7	4.5- 7.1	2,396	68.4	65.8-70.8	594	18.5	16.5-20.6	22	0.7	0.4- 1.4	206	6.8	5.5- 8.4
Female	5,834	260	4.2	3.5- 5.1	3,970	69.7	67.9-71.5	1,190	19.5	18.0-21.1	77	1.2	0.8- 1.6	337	5.4	4.6- 6.4
RACE
White	6,793	341	5.3	4.4- 6.3	4,969	73.1	71.3-74.7	1,073	15.5	14.2-16.9	62	0.8	0.5- 1.1	348	5.4	4.5- 6.4
African American	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
Asian	51	0	0.0	. - .	29	66.0	45.5-81.9	10	16.7	6.2-37.8	3	3.2	0.8-11.8	9	14.1	5.7-30.9
Native American	222	7	1.7	0.7- 3.8	150	71.4	60.1-80.5	48	22.0	13.8-33.2	4	1.0	0.3- 3.5	13	3.9	1.6- 9.5
Other Minorities	324	20	4.9	2.7- 8.7	212	67.1	58.8-74.5	62	18.8	13.0-26.5	4	1.1	0.3- 4.8	26	8.1	4.5-14.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic	334	19	3.8	1.9- 7.4	218	68.2	59.8-75.6	70	20.5	14.4-28.3	3	1.0	0.2- 5.2	24	6.6	3.3-12.6
-English Speaking	133	12	8.1	3.2-18.9	85	66.4	51.7-78.5	28	23.4	13.1-38.2	1	0.3	0.0- 2.4	7	1.8	0.8- 4.2
-Spanish Speaking	201	7	2.4	0.9- 6.5	133	68.8	58.6-77.4	42	19.5	12.6-29.1	2	1.2	0.2- 7.2	17	8.1	3.9-16.1
Non-Hispanic	8,881	413	5.0	4.3- 5.8	6,141	69.1	67.5-70.6	1,712	18.9	17.7-20.2	96	0.9	0.7- 1.3	519	6.0	5.2- 7.0
AGE
18-24	574	31	5.5	3.3- 9.0	347	61.0	54.6-67.1	153	24.9	19.9-30.7	3	0.4	0.1- 2.0	40	8.1	4.9-13.1
25-34	1,393	64	4.7	3.3- 6.6	929	69.7	66.0-73.1	319	19.3	16.6-22.4	16	1.4	0.6- 3.0	65	4.9	3.5- 6.9
35-44	1,767	69	3.8	2.6- 5.6	1,207	68.5	65.1-71.7	358	20.2	17.6-23.2	29	1.2	0.7- 2.2	104	6.2	4.6- 8.2
45-54	1,814	88	5.3	3.7- 7.5	1,225	68.9	65.5-72.1	369	18.9	16.3-21.7	23	1.2	0.7- 2.1	109	5.8	4.3- 7.7
55-64	1,495	68	5.6	3.9- 7.8	1,051	71.0	67.4-74.3	263	17.5	14.8-20.5	12	0.6	0.3- 1.2	101	5.4	4.1- 7.2
65-74	1,221	57	4.1	2.8- 5.9	886	73.3	69.5-76.8	195	15.2	12.6-18.2	12	0.7	0.3- 1.3	71	6.8	4.7- 9.7
75+	893	55	6.8	4.6- 9.9	678	74.7	70.2-78.7	110	12.0	9.2-15.5	3	0.3	0.1- 1.1	47	6.3	4.3- 9.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	1,524	103	7.4	5.6- 9.8	1,011	66.5	62.5-70.3	293	19.0	16.0-22.5	8	0.6	0.2- 1.8	109	6.3	4.6- 8.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	2,765	170	6.0	4.7- 7.6	1,908	68.0	65.1-70.8	512	18.4	16.2-20.8	24	1.0	0.5- 2.0	151	6.6	5.2- 8.3
Some Post-H.S.	2,309	98	4.4	3.2- 6.1	1,618	69.9	66.6-73.0	443	18.9	16.4-21.7	26	0.8	0.5- 1.5	124	6.0	4.3- 8.3
College Graduate	2,601	61	2.8	1.9- 4.3	1,810	70.7	68.0-73.2	534	19.8	17.7-22.2	40	1.2	0.8- 1.9	156	5.4	4.3- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	1,059	68	6.1	4.4- 8.4	658	64.9	60.1-69.4	241	19.8	16.5-23.6	14	1.7	0.5- 5.3	78	7.5	5.3-10.5
$15,000- 24,999	1,688	96	6.5	4.7- 8.9	1,124	62.5	58.5-66.4	351	24.2	20.8-28.1	17	0.9	0.4- 2.0	100	5.9	4.3- 7.9
$25,000- 34,999	1,018	51	6.8	4.6-10.0	705	69.5	64.8-73.9	200	17.1	13.8-20.9	11	0.7	0.3- 1.7	51	5.9	3.8- 9.1
$35,000- 49,999	1,215	40	3.0	1.9- 4.5	854	73.2	69.5-76.7	242	19.2	16.1-22.8	18	1.3	0.6- 2.5	61	3.3	2.3- 4.7
$50,000-74,999	1,001	34	3.2	2.0- 5.2	731	74.1	70.0-77.7	173	16.0	13.2-19.4	15	1.4	0.7- 2.7	48	5.3	3.6- 7.9
$75,000+	1,147	25	2.3	1.1- 4.9	836	72.3	68.2-76.1	207	18.3	15.2-21.9	13	0.8	0.4- 1.7	66	6.2	4.3- 8.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	445	26	5.9	3.7- 9.4	314	71.5	66.2-76.3	77	17.1	13.2-21.8	4	0.4	0.2- 1.2	24	5.0	3.2- 7.6
Guilford	436	16	3.9	2.2- 6.8	280	66.5	61.0-71.6	109	22.3	18.2-27.1	8	2.5	1.0- 6.2	23	4.7	2.9- 7.7
Mecklenburg	435	12	2.5	1.3- 4.6	273	62.9	56.8-68.7	99	25.3	20.0-31.4	7	1.1	0.5- 2.6	44	8.2	5.8-11.4
Orange	446	11	2.1	1.0- 4.3	280	60.4	52.9-67.4	110	24.3	19.4-30.1	11	5.2	1.4-17.6	34	7.9	5.3-11.7
Wake	445	13	2.8	1.5- 5.2	285	63.7	58.0-69.0	108	24.7	20.1-29.9	6	0.9	0.4- 2.1	33	7.9	5.1-11.9
Chatham/Lee	389	13	5.0	2.4-10.2	269	68.5	62.2-74.1	71	17.7	13.5-22.9	6	1.1	0.5- 2.7	30	7.7	4.9-11.9
Nash/Wilson	373	15	4.1	2.3- 7.0	249	66.7	60.8-72.1	85	24.1	19.2-29.7	4	0.6	0.2- 1.9	20	4.5	2.8- 7.3
Craven/Pamlico	448	15	3.6	2.0- 6.3	329	74.2	68.8-78.9	77	17.2	13.1-22.2	2	0.4	0.1- 1.6	25	4.7	2.9- 7.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	434	34	6.9	4.7-10.1	326	76.8	71.9-81.1	55	12.4	9.2-16.5	1	0.1	0.0- 0.6	18	3.8	2.1- 6.5
Appalachian/Wilkes	445	28	7.4	4.7-11.6	326	76.3	71.1-80.9	65	12.0	9.1-15.7	5	0.8	0.3- 2.1	21	3.5	2.2- 5.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	467	19	3.5	2.1- 5.9	323	70.1	63.2-76.3	101	21.6	16.5-27.8	2	0.2	0.0- 0.9	22	4.5	2.3- 8.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	417	24	4.9	3.0- 8.0	308	68.9	55.6-79.7	62	21.0	10.8-36.9	5	0.7	0.3- 1.8	18	4.5	2.5- 8.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	462	20	4.4	2.7- 7.1	293	63.9	58.6-68.9	120	26.2	21.7-31.3	6	1.3	0.5- 2.9	23	4.2	2.7- 6.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	401	19	4.8	2.9- 7.9	269	71.9	66.6-76.7	82	16.9	13.3-21.3	4	0.6	0.2- 1.7	27	5.8	3.8- 8.9
Northeast NC I	450	16	2.6	1.5- 4.5	304	65.2	58.1-71.7	103	25.9	19.6-33.5	4	0.8	0.3- 2.3	23	5.4	3.2- 9.0
Northeast NC II	494	28	6.0	4.0- 8.9	346	69.5	64.3-74.2	86	17.8	14.0-22.4	5	1.0	0.4- 2.4	29	5.8	3.7- 8.8
Northeastern Partnership	944	44	4.8	3.4- 6.8	650	68.0	63.8-71.9	189	20.7	17.2-24.7	9	0.9	0.4- 1.8	52	5.6	4.0- 7.8
Mountain AHEC	1,279	80	7.1	5.2- 9.6	935	73.9	70.1-77.3	195	14.7	12.0-17.9	12	0.7	0.3- 1.7	57	3.6	2.6- 4.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,226	141	4.8	3.5- 6.5	2,214	68.7	65.8-71.4	661	20.1	17.8-22.6	29	0.7	0.4- 1.2	181	5.7	4.3- 7.6
Piedmont	3,963	158	4.5	3.6- 5.6	2,668	68.0	65.8-70.1	823	19.8	18.0-21.6	51	1.1	0.7- 1.7	263	6.6	5.6- 7.9
Western NC	2,036	134	7.0	5.5- 9.0	1,484	74.1	71.0-77.0	300	13.7	11.6-16.1	19	0.7	0.3- 1.4	99	4.5	3.2- 6.3

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

9,225

433

4.9

4.2- 5.7

6,366

69.1

67.5-70.6

1,784

19.0

17.8-20.3

0.9

0.7- 1.3

543

6.1

5.3- 7.0

GENDER

Male

3,391

173

5.7

4.5- 7.1

2,396

68.4

65.8-70.8

594

18.5

16.5-20.6

0.7

0.4- 1.4

206

6.8

5.5- 8.4

Female

5,834

260

4.2

3.5- 5.1

3,970

69.7

67.9-71.5

1,190

19.5

18.0-21.1

1.2

0.8- 1.6

337

5.4

4.6- 6.4

RACE

White

6,793

341

5.3

4.4- 6.3

4,969

73.1

71.3-74.7

1,073

15.5

14.2-16.9

0.8

0.5- 1.1

348

5.4

4.5- 6.4

African American

1,799

4.2

3.1- 5.8

988

54.3

50.6-57.9

577

32.1

28.8-35.6

1.5

0.7- 3.2

145

7.9

6.1-10.2

Asian

0.0

. - .

66.0

45.5-81.9

16.7

6.2-37.8

3.2

0.8-11.8

14.1

5.7-30.9

Native American

222

1.7

0.7- 3.8

150

71.4

60.1-80.5

22.0

13.8-33.2

1.0

0.3- 3.5

3.9

1.6- 9.5

Other Minorities

324

4.9

2.7- 8.7

212

67.1

58.8-74.5

18.8

13.0-26.5

1.1

0.3- 4.8

8.1

4.5-14.0

HISPANIC

Hispanic

334

3.8

1.9- 7.4

218

68.2

59.8-75.6

20.5

14.4-28.3

1.0

0.2- 5.2

6.6

3.3-12.6

-English Speaking

133

8.1

3.2-18.9

66.4

51.7-78.5

23.4

13.1-38.2

0.3

0.0- 2.4

1.8

0.8- 4.2

-Spanish Speaking

201

2.4

0.9- 6.5

133

68.8

58.6-77.4

19.5

12.6-29.1

1.2

0.2- 7.2

8.1

3.9-16.1

Non-Hispanic

8,881

413

5.0

4.3- 5.8

6,141

69.1

67.5-70.6

1,712

18.9

17.7-20.2

0.9

0.7- 1.3

519

6.0

5.2- 7.0

AGE

18-24

574

5.5

3.3- 9.0

347

61.0

54.6-67.1

153

24.9

19.9-30.7

0.4

0.1- 2.0

8.1

4.9-13.1

25-34

1,393

4.7

3.3- 6.6

929

69.7

66.0-73.1

319

19.3

16.6-22.4

1.4

0.6- 3.0

4.9

3.5- 6.9

35-44

1,767

3.8

2.6- 5.6

1,207

68.5

65.1-71.7

358

20.2

17.6-23.2

1.2

0.7- 2.2

104

6.2

4.6- 8.2

45-54

1,814

5.3

3.7- 7.5

1,225

68.9

65.5-72.1

369

18.9

16.3-21.7

1.2

0.7- 2.1

109

5.8

4.3- 7.7

55-64

1,495

5.6

3.9- 7.8

1,051

71.0

67.4-74.3

263

17.5

14.8-20.5

0.6

0.3- 1.2

101

5.4

4.1- 7.2

65-74

1,221

4.1

2.8- 5.9

886

73.3

69.5-76.8

195

15.2

12.6-18.2

0.7

0.3- 1.3

6.8

4.7- 9.7

75+

893

6.8

4.6- 9.9

678

74.7

70.2-78.7

110

12.0

9.2-15.5

0.3

0.1- 1.1

6.3

4.3- 9.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

1,524

103

7.4

5.6- 9.8

1,011

66.5

62.5-70.3

293

19.0

16.0-22.5

0.6

0.2- 1.8

109

6.3

4.6- 8.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

2,765

170

6.0

4.7- 7.6

1,908

68.0

65.1-70.8

512

18.4

16.2-20.8

1.0

0.5- 2.0

151

6.6

5.2- 8.3

Some Post-H.S.

2,309

4.4

3.2- 6.1

1,618

69.9

66.6-73.0

443

18.9

16.4-21.7

0.8

0.5- 1.5

124

6.0

4.3- 8.3

College Graduate

2,601

2.8

1.9- 4.3

1,810

70.7

68.0-73.2

534

19.8

17.7-22.2

1.2

0.8- 1.9

156

5.4

4.3- 6.9

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

1,059

6.1

4.4- 8.4

658

64.9

60.1-69.4

241

19.8

16.5-23.6

1.7

0.5- 5.3

7.5

5.3-10.5

$15,000- 24,999

1,688

6.5

4.7- 8.9

1,124

62.5

58.5-66.4

351

24.2

20.8-28.1

0.9

0.4- 2.0

100

5.9

4.3- 7.9

$25,000- 34,999

1,018

6.8

4.6-10.0

705

69.5

64.8-73.9

200

17.1

13.8-20.9

0.7

0.3- 1.7

5.9

3.8- 9.1

$35,000- 49,999

1,215

3.0

1.9- 4.5

854

73.2

69.5-76.7

242

19.2

16.1-22.8

1.3

0.6- 2.5

3.3

2.3- 4.7

$50,000-74,999

1,001

3.2

2.0- 5.2

731

74.1

70.0-77.7

173

16.0

13.2-19.4

1.4

0.7- 2.7

5.3

3.6- 7.9

$75,000+

1,147

2.3

1.1- 4.9

836

72.3

68.2-76.1

207

18.3

15.2-21.9

0.8

0.4- 1.7

6.2

4.3- 8.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

445

5.9

3.7- 9.4

314

71.5

66.2-76.3

17.1

13.2-21.8

0.4

0.2- 1.2

5.0

3.2- 7.6

Guilford

436

3.9

2.2- 6.8

280

66.5

61.0-71.6

109

22.3

18.2-27.1

2.5

1.0- 6.2

4.7

2.9- 7.7

Mecklenburg

435

2.5

1.3- 4.6

273

62.9

56.8-68.7

25.3

20.0-31.4

1.1

0.5- 2.6

8.2

5.8-11.4

Orange

446

2.1

1.0- 4.3

280

60.4

52.9-67.4

110

24.3

19.4-30.1

5.2

1.4-17.6

7.9

5.3-11.7

Wake

445

2.8

1.5- 5.2

285

63.7

58.0-69.0

108

24.7

20.1-29.9

0.9

0.4- 2.1

7.9

5.1-11.9

Chatham/Lee

389

5.0

2.4-10.2

269

68.5

62.2-74.1

17.7

13.5-22.9

1.1

0.5- 2.7

7.7

4.9-11.9

Nash/Wilson

373

4.1

2.3- 7.0

249

66.7

60.8-72.1

24.1

19.2-29.7

0.6

0.2- 1.9

4.5

2.8- 7.3

Craven/Pamlico

448

3.6

2.0- 6.3

329

74.2

68.8-78.9

17.2

13.1-22.2

0.4

0.1- 1.6

4.7

2.9- 7.3

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

434

6.9

4.7-10.1

326

76.8

71.9-81.1

12.4

9.2-16.5

0.1

0.0- 0.6

3.8

2.1- 6.5

Appalachian/Wilkes

445

7.4

4.7-11.6

326

76.3

71.1-80.9

12.0

9.1-15.7

0.8

0.3- 2.1

3.5

2.2- 5.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

467

3.5

2.1- 5.9

323

70.1

63.2-76.3

101

21.6

16.5-27.8

0.2

0.0- 0.9

4.5

2.3- 8.6

Graham/Swain/Jackson

417

4.9

3.0- 8.0

308

68.9

55.6-79.7

21.0

10.8-36.9

0.7

0.3- 1.8

4.5

2.5- 8.0

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

462

4.4

2.7- 7.1

293

63.9

58.6-68.9

120

26.2

21.7-31.3

1.3

0.5- 2.9

4.2

2.7- 6.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

401

4.8

2.9- 7.9

269

71.9

66.6-76.7

16.9

13.3-21.3

0.6

0.2- 1.7

5.8

3.8- 8.9

Northeast NC I

450

2.6

1.5- 4.5

304

65.2

58.1-71.7

103

25.9

19.6-33.5

0.8

0.3- 2.3

5.4

3.2- 9.0

Northeast NC II

494

6.0

4.0- 8.9

346

69.5

64.3-74.2

17.8

14.0-22.4

1.0

0.4- 2.4

5.8

3.7- 8.8

Northeastern Partnership

944

4.8

3.4- 6.8

650

68.0

63.8-71.9

189

20.7

17.2-24.7

0.9

0.4- 1.8

5.6

4.0- 7.8

Mountain AHEC

1,279

7.1

5.2- 9.6

935

73.9

70.1-77.3

195

14.7

12.0-17.9

0.7

0.3- 1.7

3.6

2.6- 4.9

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,226

141

4.8

3.5- 6.5

2,214

68.7

65.8-71.4

661

20.1

17.8-22.6

0.7

0.4- 1.2

181

5.7

4.3- 7.6

Piedmont

3,963

158

4.5

3.6- 5.6

2,668

68.0

65.8-70.1

823

19.8

18.0-21.6

1.1

0.7- 1.7

263

6.6

5.6- 7.9

Western NC

2,036

134

7.0

5.5- 9.0

1,484

74.1

71.0-77.0

300

13.7

11.6-16.1

0.7

0.3- 1.4

4.5

3.2- 6.3

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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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