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	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	4,266	203	4.4	3.5- 5.4	3,077	73.2	71.1-75.2	714	16.6	14.9-18.4	49	1.1	0.7- 1.6	223	4.8	3.9- 5.9
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
Asian	25	0	0.0	. - .	14	69.3	43.3-86.9	6	18.7	6.3-43.9	2	7.7	1.4-32.4	3	4.4	1.2-14.9
Native American	142	4	1.2	0.4- 3.6	96	75.0	62.1-84.6	32	17.4	9.6-29.4	3	1.7	0.4- 6.5	7	4.7	1.3-16.1
Other Minorities	161	12	4.6	2.2- 9.3	112	77.1	66.7-85.0	28	15.0	8.4-25.3	2	0.5	0.1- 1.9	7	2.8	1.1- 6.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic	166	9	2.4	1.0- 6.0	110	76.6	66.0-84.7	37	18.5	11.1-29.0	2	0.3	0.1- 1.4	8	2.2	0.9- 4.9
-English Speaking	81	8	7.3	2.7-18.2	50	66.4	47.0-81.5	17	23.0	9.8-45.0	1	0.7	0.1- 4.8	5	2.7	1.0- 7.1
-Spanish Speaking	85	1	0.3	0.0- 2.1	60	81.1	68.8-89.3	20	16.5	8.8-28.7	1	0.2	0.0- 1.2	3	1.9	0.6- 6.3
Non-Hispanic	5,661	250	4.3	3.6- 5.2	3,854	69.3	67.5-71.1	1,153	19.6	18.1-21.2	75	1.2	0.9- 1.6	329	5.6	4.7- 6.6
AGE
18-24	359	13	4.5	1.9-10.0	218	63.0	55.1-70.3	105	26.9	20.6-34.4	2	0.2	0.0- 0.7	21	5.4	2.6-11.0
25-34	868	35	4.4	2.8- 7.0	579	69.7	65.2-73.8	210	21.1	17.6-25.1	10	1.1	0.4- 2.6	34	3.7	2.3- 5.9
35-44	1,087	46	3.9	2.6- 5.6	726	70.5	66.5-74.2	222	17.2	14.5-20.4	24	1.6	0.9- 2.8	69	6.8	4.8- 9.5
45-54	1,142	55	4.3	2.9- 6.3	751	66.6	62.4-70.5	245	21.4	18.1-25.2	21	2.3	1.3- 4.1	70	5.4	3.8- 7.6
55-64	925	34	3.1	1.9- 5.0	638	72.3	68.1-76.2	184	18.9	15.5-22.7	10	0.8	0.4- 1.8	59	4.9	3.4- 6.9
65-74	775	36	3.3	2.2- 5.1	558	73.0	68.3-77.3	129	16.9	13.4-21.0	7	0.7	0.3- 1.7	45	6.1	3.9- 9.3
75+	630	40	6.7	4.2-10.3	471	75.1	69.9-79.7	82	11.9	8.7-16.1	2	0.3	0.1- 1.7	35	6.0	3.8- 9.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	952	57	5.9	4.0- 8.5	634	68.9	64.2-73.3	192	19.3	15.6-23.5	5	0.5	0.2- 1.2	64	5.5	3.8- 7.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,761	100	5.0	3.8- 6.6	1,207	69.3	66.0-72.5	340	18.5	15.9-21.4	17	0.8	0.4- 1.6	97	6.4	4.8- 8.4
Some Post-H.S.	1,510	65	4.6	3.0- 6.9	1,047	70.7	66.9-74.2	302	19.4	16.5-22.8	18	0.8	0.4- 1.7	78	4.5	3.1- 6.7
College Graduate	1,594	37	2.2	1.4- 3.5	1,068	69.3	65.9-72.4	355	21.0	18.3-24.0	37	2.3	1.5- 3.5	97	5.2	3.7- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	774	47	5.4	3.7- 7.9	483	67.2	62.3-71.8	179	20.8	17.1-25.0	10	0.7	0.3- 1.7	55	5.9	4.1- 8.3
$15,000- 24,999	1,092	51	4.9	3.3- 7.2	742	67.2	62.7-71.4	233	22.7	19.0-26.9	14	1.1	0.5- 2.2	52	4.2	2.8- 6.2
$25,000- 34,999	659	26	3.3	1.9- 5.6	448	71.4	65.6-76.5	144	19.1	14.8-24.3	9	1.1	0.4- 3.0	32	5.2	3.1- 8.7
$35,000- 49,999	699	21	2.8	1.5- 5.4	484	73.9	68.9-78.4	141	18.6	14.6-23.3	14	1.8	0.9- 3.4	39	2.9	1.8- 4.5
$50,000-74,999	570	18	2.8	1.5- 5.2	401	71.1	65.8-75.9	109	19.0	15.1-23.7	13	2.5	1.2- 5.2	29	4.6	2.7- 7.5
$75,000+	646	16	1.6	0.8- 3.1	455	74.1	69.4-78.3	120	16.4	13.2-20.3	11	1.5	0.7- 3.3	44	6.4	4.1- 9.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	270	16	5.4	3.2- 9.0	182	69.5	63.0-75.2	56	20.5	15.6-26.5	4	0.9	0.3- 2.4	12	3.8	2.1- 6.8
Guilford	273	7	2.4	1.0- 5.3	168	64.9	58.1-71.2	74	23.8	18.6-29.8	6	2.7	0.9- 7.5	18	6.3	3.7-10.6
Mecklenburg	269	5	2.2	0.8- 5.9	170	64.2	57.5-70.3	64	23.8	18.6-30.0	5	1.9	0.7- 4.8	25	8.0	5.1-12.1
Orange	277	7	1.3	0.6- 2.9	171	63.8	55.0-71.9	71	26.5	19.6-34.7	10	3.0	1.4- 6.3	18	5.3	3.1- 9.1
Wake	272	9	3.6	1.7- 7.6	172	63.3	56.2-69.8	67	24.7	19.0-31.5	6	1.8	0.8- 4.1	18	6.7	4.0-10.8
Chatham/Lee	240	8	5.2	2.5-10.7	155	61.1	53.4-68.3	49	21.4	15.5-28.8	6	2.2	0.9- 5.2	22	10.1	6.0-16.6
Nash/Wilson	235	9	3.8	1.9- 7.4	151	64.1	56.9-70.7	59	26.7	20.7-33.7	3	0.7	0.2- 2.2	13	4.7	2.6- 8.4
Craven/Pamlico	282	10	3.5	1.8- 6.6	200	70.4	63.2-76.7	49	18.5	13.1-25.6	2	0.7	0.2- 2.9	21	6.8	4.1-11.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	275	23	7.7	4.8-12.2	206	77.5	71.4-82.6	35	11.8	8.1-16.8	1	0.2	0.0- 1.2	10	2.8	1.4- 5.8
Appalachian/Wilkes	277	18	7.1	4.2-11.6	196	74.2	67.3-80.0	46	14.1	10.1-19.3	3	0.5	0.2- 1.8	14	4.1	2.3- 7.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance	295	10	3.2	1.6- 6.2	201	67.0	59.4-73.9	71	26.6	20.0-34.3	2	0.4	0.1- 1.8	11	2.8	1.5- 5.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson	259	17	5.7	3.5- 9.3	189	71.4	64.6-77.4	40	17.5	12.7-23.7	3	0.7	0.2- 2.3	10	4.7	2.2- 9.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	291	13	4.5	2.4- 8.3	178	61.2	54.6-67.4	83	28.3	22.7-34.6	4	1.8	0.7- 4.9	13	4.2	2.3- 7.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	279	13	5.2	2.7- 9.6	187	70.3	64.1-75.9	58	18.4	14.0-23.7	2	0.3	0.1- 1.4	19	5.8	3.6- 9.3
Northeast NC I	313	12	3.2	1.7- 6.0	213	68.8	62.7-74.3	71	22.9	18.0-28.5	3	0.9	0.3- 2.9	14	4.3	2.3- 7.7
Northeast NC II	314	19	7.1	4.3-11.4	213	65.9	59.5-71.9	55	18.1	13.4-23.9	4	1.5	0.5- 4.2	23	7.4	4.6-11.7
Northeastern Partnership	627	31	5.6	3.7- 8.3	426	67.0	62.5-71.3	126	19.9	16.4-24.0	7	1.3	0.6- 2.9	37	6.2	4.2- 9.0
Mountain AHEC	801	49	6.0	4.1- 8.6	574	73.4	69.2-77.2	139	16.8	13.7-20.5	8	0.7	0.2- 2.1	31	3.1	2.1- 4.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	2,092	93	4.8	3.3- 6.8	1,418	69.7	66.4-72.8	437	19.5	16.9-22.3	21	1.0	0.5- 1.9	123	5.1	3.8- 6.7
Piedmont	2,468	85	3.6	2.7- 4.8	1,640	68.5	65.8-71.0	542	20.5	18.4-22.9	43	1.3	0.9- 2.0	158	6.1	4.8- 7.6
Western NC	1,274	82	5.6	4.2- 7.4	912	74.7	71.3-77.8	211	15.4	12.9-18.3	13	0.8	0.3- 1.9	56	3.5	2.5- 4.8

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

4,266

203

4.4

3.5- 5.4

3,077

73.2

71.1-75.2

714

16.6

14.9-18.4

1.1

0.7- 1.6

223

4.8

3.9- 5.9

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

Asian

0.0

. - .

69.3

43.3-86.9

18.7

6.3-43.9

7.7

1.4-32.4

4.4

1.2-14.9

Native American

142

1.2

0.4- 3.6

75.0

62.1-84.6

17.4

9.6-29.4

1.7

0.4- 6.5

4.7

1.3-16.1

Other Minorities

161

4.6

2.2- 9.3

112

77.1

66.7-85.0

15.0

8.4-25.3

0.5

0.1- 1.9

2.8

1.1- 6.9

HISPANIC

Hispanic

166

2.4

1.0- 6.0

110

76.6

66.0-84.7

18.5

11.1-29.0

0.3

0.1- 1.4

2.2

0.9- 4.9

-English Speaking

7.3

2.7-18.2

66.4

47.0-81.5

23.0

9.8-45.0

0.7

0.1- 4.8

2.7

1.0- 7.1

-Spanish Speaking

0.3

0.0- 2.1

81.1

68.8-89.3

16.5

8.8-28.7

0.2

0.0- 1.2

1.9

0.6- 6.3

Non-Hispanic

5,661

250

4.3

3.6- 5.2

3,854

69.3

67.5-71.1

1,153

19.6

18.1-21.2

1.2

0.9- 1.6

329

5.6

4.7- 6.6

AGE

18-24

359

4.5

1.9-10.0

218

63.0

55.1-70.3

105

26.9

20.6-34.4

0.2

0.0- 0.7

5.4

2.6-11.0

25-34

868

4.4

2.8- 7.0

579

69.7

65.2-73.8

210

21.1

17.6-25.1

1.1

0.4- 2.6

3.7

2.3- 5.9

35-44

1,087

3.9

2.6- 5.6

726

70.5

66.5-74.2

222

17.2

14.5-20.4

1.6

0.9- 2.8

6.8

4.8- 9.5

45-54

1,142

4.3

2.9- 6.3

751

66.6

62.4-70.5

245

21.4

18.1-25.2

2.3

1.3- 4.1

5.4

3.8- 7.6

55-64

925

3.1

1.9- 5.0

638

72.3

68.1-76.2

184

18.9

15.5-22.7

0.8

0.4- 1.8

4.9

3.4- 6.9

65-74

775

3.3

2.2- 5.1

558

73.0

68.3-77.3

129

16.9

13.4-21.0

0.7

0.3- 1.7

6.1

3.9- 9.3

75+

630

6.7

4.2-10.3

471

75.1

69.9-79.7

11.9

8.7-16.1

0.3

0.1- 1.7

6.0

3.8- 9.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

952

5.9

4.0- 8.5

634

68.9

64.2-73.3

192

19.3

15.6-23.5

0.5

0.2- 1.2

5.5

3.8- 7.8

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,761

100

5.0

3.8- 6.6

1,207

69.3

66.0-72.5

340

18.5

15.9-21.4

0.8

0.4- 1.6

6.4

4.8- 8.4

Some Post-H.S.

1,510

4.6

3.0- 6.9

1,047

70.7

66.9-74.2

302

19.4

16.5-22.8

0.8

0.4- 1.7

4.5

3.1- 6.7

College Graduate

1,594

2.2

1.4- 3.5

1,068

69.3

65.9-72.4

355

21.0

18.3-24.0

2.3

1.5- 3.5

5.2

3.7- 7.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

774

5.4

3.7- 7.9

483

67.2

62.3-71.8

179

20.8

17.1-25.0

0.7

0.3- 1.7

5.9

4.1- 8.3

$15,000- 24,999

1,092

4.9

3.3- 7.2

742

67.2

62.7-71.4

233

22.7

19.0-26.9

1.1

0.5- 2.2

4.2

2.8- 6.2

$25,000- 34,999

659

3.3

1.9- 5.6

448

71.4

65.6-76.5

144

19.1

14.8-24.3

1.1

0.4- 3.0

5.2

3.1- 8.7

$35,000- 49,999

699

2.8

1.5- 5.4

484

73.9

68.9-78.4

141

18.6

14.6-23.3

1.8

0.9- 3.4

2.9

1.8- 4.5

$50,000-74,999

570

2.8

1.5- 5.2

401

71.1

65.8-75.9

109

19.0

15.1-23.7

2.5

1.2- 5.2

4.6

2.7- 7.5

$75,000+

646

1.6

0.8- 3.1

455

74.1

69.4-78.3

120

16.4

13.2-20.3

1.5

0.7- 3.3

6.4

4.1- 9.8

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

270

5.4

3.2- 9.0

182

69.5

63.0-75.2

20.5

15.6-26.5

0.9

0.3- 2.4

3.8

2.1- 6.8

Guilford

273

2.4

1.0- 5.3

168

64.9

58.1-71.2

23.8

18.6-29.8

2.7

0.9- 7.5

6.3

3.7-10.6

Mecklenburg

269

2.2

0.8- 5.9

170

64.2

57.5-70.3

23.8

18.6-30.0

1.9

0.7- 4.8

8.0

5.1-12.1

Orange

277

1.3

0.6- 2.9

171

63.8

55.0-71.9

26.5

19.6-34.7

3.0

1.4- 6.3

5.3

3.1- 9.1

Wake

272

3.6

1.7- 7.6

172

63.3

56.2-69.8

24.7

19.0-31.5

1.8

0.8- 4.1

6.7

4.0-10.8

Chatham/Lee

240

5.2

2.5-10.7

155

61.1

53.4-68.3

21.4

15.5-28.8

2.2

0.9- 5.2

10.1

6.0-16.6

Nash/Wilson

235

3.8

1.9- 7.4

151

64.1

56.9-70.7

26.7

20.7-33.7

0.7

0.2- 2.2

4.7

2.6- 8.4

Craven/Pamlico

282

3.5

1.8- 6.6

200

70.4

63.2-76.7

18.5

13.1-25.6

0.7

0.2- 2.9

6.8

4.1-11.2

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

275

7.7

4.8-12.2

206

77.5

71.4-82.6

11.8

8.1-16.8

0.2

0.0- 1.2

2.8

1.4- 5.8

Appalachian/Wilkes

277

7.1

4.2-11.6

196

74.2

67.3-80.0

14.1

10.1-19.3

0.5

0.2- 1.8

4.1

2.3- 7.2

Franklin/Gran./Vance

295

3.2

1.6- 6.2

201

67.0

59.4-73.9

26.6

20.0-34.3

0.4

0.1- 1.8

2.8

1.5- 5.2

Graham/Swain/Jackson

259

5.7

3.5- 9.3

189

71.4

64.6-77.4

17.5

12.7-23.7

0.7

0.2- 2.3

4.7

2.2- 9.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

291

4.5

2.4- 8.3

178

61.2

54.6-67.4

28.3

22.7-34.6

1.8

0.7- 4.9

4.2

2.3- 7.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

279

5.2

2.7- 9.6

187

70.3

64.1-75.9

18.4

14.0-23.7

0.3

0.1- 1.4

5.8

3.6- 9.3

Northeast NC I

313

3.2

1.7- 6.0

213

68.8

62.7-74.3

22.9

18.0-28.5

0.9

0.3- 2.9

4.3

2.3- 7.7

Northeast NC II

314

7.1

4.3-11.4

213

65.9

59.5-71.9

18.1

13.4-23.9

1.5

0.5- 4.2

7.4

4.6-11.7

Northeastern Partnership

627

5.6

3.7- 8.3

426

67.0

62.5-71.3

126

19.9

16.4-24.0

1.3

0.6- 2.9

6.2

4.2- 9.0

Mountain AHEC

801

6.0

4.1- 8.6

574

73.4

69.2-77.2

139

16.8

13.7-20.5

0.7

0.2- 2.1

3.1

2.1- 4.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

2,092

4.8

3.3- 6.8

1,418

69.7

66.4-72.8

437

19.5

16.9-22.3

1.0

0.5- 1.9

123

5.1

3.8- 6.7

Piedmont

2,468

3.6

2.7- 4.8

1,640

68.5

65.8-71.0

542

20.5

18.4-22.9

1.3

0.9- 2.0

158

6.1

4.8- 7.6

Western NC

1,274

5.6

4.2- 7.4

912

74.7

71.3-77.8

211

15.4

12.9-18.3

0.8

0.3- 1.9

3.5

2.5- 4.8

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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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