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	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
RACE
White	2,527	138	6.2	4.8- 8.0	1,892	72.9	70.0-75.6	359	14.4	12.4-16.7	13	0.4	0.2- 0.8	125	6.1	4.6- 7.9
African American	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
Asian	26	0	0.0	. - .	15	64.5	37.3-84.8	4	15.8	3.8-47.3	1	1.1	0.1- 7.9	6	18.5	6.6-42.4
Native American	80	3	2.2	0.7- 6.8	54	67.5	48.3-82.2	16	26.9	13.4-46.8	1	0.4	0.1- 2.7	6	3.1	1.1- 8.5
Other Minorities	163	8	5.1	2.2-11.5	100	60.2	48.5-70.8	34	21.5	13.3-32.8	2	1.6	0.3- 8.6	19	11.7	6.0-21.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	168	10	4.7	2.0-10.6	108	62.8	51.1-73.2	33	21.7	13.5-33.1	1	1.4	0.2- 9.2	16	9.4	4.3-19.1
-English Speaking	52	4	8.8	2.0-31.4	35	66.4	43.9-83.3	11	23.8	10.4-45.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.0	0.2- 4.4
-Spanish Speaking	116	6	3.6	1.3- 9.9	73	61.9	48.4-73.9	22	21.2	11.9-34.8	1	1.7	0.2-11.3	14	11.5	5.2-23.4
Non-Hispanic	3,220	163	5.8	4.6- 7.2	2,287	68.8	66.2-71.3	559	18.2	16.2-20.3	21	0.7	0.3- 1.4	190	6.6	5.3- 8.2
AGE
18-24	215	18	6.4	3.4-11.9	129	59.3	49.4-68.5	48	23.1	16.0-32.3	1	0.6	0.1- 4.4	19	10.5	5.5-19.1
25-34	525	29	5.0	3.0- 8.0	350	69.7	63.8-75.0	109	17.6	13.6-22.4	6	1.7	0.5- 5.3	31	6.1	3.8- 9.7
35-44	680	23	3.8	1.9- 7.3	481	66.5	61.0-71.6	136	23.3	18.8-28.3	5	0.8	0.2- 3.0	35	5.6	3.5- 8.9
45-54	672	33	6.2	3.6-10.6	474	71.2	65.7-76.2	124	16.2	12.6-20.6	2	0.1	0.0- 0.3	39	6.2	4.0- 9.6
55-64	570	34	8.1	5.2-12.4	413	69.5	63.7-74.8	79	16.0	12.0-21.1	2	0.3	0.1- 1.4	42	6.0	3.8- 9.3
65-74	446	21	5.0	2.8- 8.8	328	73.6	67.2-79.2	66	13.0	9.4-17.8	5	0.7	0.3- 1.7	26	7.6	4.2-13.3
75+	263	15	6.9	3.3-14.2	207	73.9	65.2-81.1	28	12.1	7.5-19.1	1	0.1	0.0- 0.7	12	6.9	3.3-13.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	572	46	9.2	6.1-13.5	377	63.9	57.2-70.1	101	18.8	14.1-24.7	3	0.8	0.2- 4.1	45	7.3	4.5-11.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,004	70	7.0	4.9-10.0	701	66.7	61.9-71.2	172	18.3	14.8-22.4	7	1.1	0.3- 3.6	54	6.8	4.7- 9.9
Some Post-H.S.	799	33	4.2	2.5- 7.0	571	69.0	63.3-74.2	141	18.3	14.3-23.2	8	0.9	0.4- 2.1	46	7.6	4.6-12.2
College Graduate	1,007	24	3.5	1.9- 6.4	742	72.2	67.9-76.0	179	18.6	15.4-22.3	3	0.1	0.0- 0.3	59	5.7	4.0- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	285	21	7.2	4.1-12.4	175	61.2	51.4-70.1	62	18.4	12.6-26.0	4	3.2	0.7-14.0	23	10.0	5.5-17.5
$15,000- 24,999	596	45	8.1	5.1-12.5	382	57.9	51.2-64.3	118	25.8	20.1-32.3	3	0.7	0.2- 3.5	48	7.5	4.9-11.4
$25,000- 34,999	359	25	10.8	6.6-17.3	257	67.4	59.5-74.5	56	14.7	10.2-20.6	2	0.2	0.1- 1.0	19	6.8	3.4-13.0
$35,000- 49,999	516	19	3.1	1.8- 5.3	370	72.6	66.8-77.6	101	19.8	15.4-25.3	4	0.8	0.2- 3.8	22	3.7	2.2- 6.1
$50,000-74,999	431	16	3.6	1.8- 7.1	330	76.6	70.4-81.9	64	13.4	9.6-18.4	2	0.4	0.1- 1.8	19	6.0	3.3-10.6
$75,000+	501	9	3.0	1.1- 8.1	381	70.8	64.2-76.6	87	19.9	15.1-25.7	2	0.3	0.1- 1.1	22	6.1	3.4-10.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	175	10	6.5	3.1-13.0	132	73.6	64.8-80.8	21	13.8	8.4-21.9	0	0.0	. - .	12	6.2	3.4-11.0
Guilford	163	9	5.6	2.7-11.2	112	68.2	59.3-75.9	35	20.8	14.6-28.7	2	2.4	0.5-10.5	5	3.1	1.1- 8.6
Mecklenburg	166	7	2.7	1.3- 5.9	103	61.7	51.5-71.0	35	26.7	18.2-37.4	2	0.5	0.1- 1.9	19	8.3	4.9-13.8
Orange	169	4	3.1	1.1- 8.3	109	56.1	44.3-67.3	39	21.7	15.2-30.1	1	7.9	1.2-38.0	16	11.1	6.4-18.8
Wake	173	4	2.0	0.7- 5.5	113	64.1	55.0-72.3	41	24.7	17.8-33.1	0	0.0	. - .	15	9.2	4.8-17.1
Chatham/Lee	149	5	4.8	1.2-16.6	114	76.1	65.9-83.9	22	14.0	8.7-21.6	0	0.0	. - .	8	5.2	2.2-11.9
Nash/Wilson	138	6	4.3	1.8-10.0	98	69.3	59.7-77.5	26	21.4	14.4-30.7	1	0.6	0.1- 3.9	7	4.3	2.0- 9.3
Craven/Pamlico	166	5	3.8	1.5- 9.3	129	78.4	70.1-84.9	28	15.6	10.1-23.3	0	0.0	. - .	4	2.2	0.8- 6.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	159	11	6.0	3.1-11.1	120	76.0	67.5-82.8	20	13.2	8.2-20.3	0	0.0	. - .	8	4.9	2.2-10.6
Appalachian/Wilkes	168	10	7.8	3.6-16.3	130	78.9	70.2-85.6	19	9.4	5.7-15.2	2	1.1	0.2- 4.5	7	2.8	1.2- 6.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance	172	9	3.8	1.7- 8.1	122	73.1	61.6-82.1	30	16.9	10.3-26.5	0	0.0	. - .	11	6.2	2.5-14.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson	158	7	4.3	1.8- 9.8	119	66.9	44.1-83.9	22	23.8	8.3-51.7	2	0.7	0.2- 2.9	8	4.4	1.8-10.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	171	7	4.3	2.0- 9.2	115	67.1	58.4-74.7	37	23.8	17.0-32.3	2	0.6	0.2- 2.6	10	4.2	2.1- 8.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	122	6	4.3	1.8- 9.8	82	73.9	64.5-81.5	24	15.1	9.7-22.7	2	0.9	0.2- 3.6	8	5.8	2.7-12.1
Northeast NC I	137	4	1.7	0.6- 4.9	91	60.2	46.2-72.7	32	30.3	18.0-46.2	1	0.7	0.1- 4.9	9	7.1	3.2-15.2
Northeast NC II	180	9	4.9	2.4- 9.7	133	73.0	64.7-79.9	31	17.6	11.9-25.2	1	0.4	0.1- 2.8	6	4.1	1.8- 9.4
Northeastern Partnership	317	13	3.9	2.1- 7.2	224	69.0	61.6-75.5	63	21.5	15.6-29.0	2	0.5	0.1- 2.0	15	5.1	2.8- 9.0
Mountain AHEC	478	31	8.3	5.2-12.9	361	74.4	67.9-80.1	56	12.5	8.4-18.3	4	0.7	0.2- 2.7	26	4.1	2.6- 6.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,134	48	4.8	2.9- 7.8	796	67.6	62.6-72.2	224	20.8	17.1-25.1	8	0.4	0.2- 0.8	58	6.5	4.0-10.3
Piedmont	1,495	73	5.4	4.0- 7.3	1,028	67.5	63.9-70.8	281	18.9	16.3-21.9	8	0.9	0.4- 2.3	105	7.3	5.6- 9.4
Western NC	762	52	8.5	5.8-12.3	572	73.5	68.0-78.3	89	11.9	8.7-16.1	6	0.6	0.2- 1.7	43	5.6	3.2- 9.4

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

RACE

White

2,527

138

6.2

4.8- 8.0

1,892

72.9

70.0-75.6

359

14.4

12.4-16.7

0.4

0.2- 0.8

125

6.1

4.6- 7.9

African American

577

4.4

2.6- 7.4

326

53.0

46.8-59.2

174

33.7

28.1-39.9

1.8

0.5- 6.4

7.1

4.5-11.0

Asian

0.0

. - .

64.5

37.3-84.8

15.8

3.8-47.3

1.1

0.1- 7.9

18.5

6.6-42.4

Native American

2.2

0.7- 6.8

67.5

48.3-82.2

26.9

13.4-46.8

0.4

0.1- 2.7

3.1

1.1- 8.5

Other Minorities

163

5.1

2.2-11.5

100

60.2

48.5-70.8

21.5

13.3-32.8

1.6

0.3- 8.6

11.7

6.0-21.4

HISPANIC

Hispanic

168

4.7

2.0-10.6

108

62.8

51.1-73.2

21.7

13.5-33.1

1.4

0.2- 9.2

9.4

4.3-19.1

-English Speaking

8.8

2.0-31.4

66.4

43.9-83.3

23.8

10.4-45.7

0.0

. - .

1.0

0.2- 4.4

-Spanish Speaking

116

3.6

1.3- 9.9

61.9

48.4-73.9

21.2

11.9-34.8

1.7

0.2-11.3

11.5

5.2-23.4

Non-Hispanic

3,220

163

5.8

4.6- 7.2

2,287

68.8

66.2-71.3

559

18.2

16.2-20.3

0.7

0.3- 1.4

190

6.6

5.3- 8.2

AGE

18-24

215

6.4

3.4-11.9

129

59.3

49.4-68.5

23.1

16.0-32.3

0.6

0.1- 4.4

10.5

5.5-19.1

25-34

525

5.0

3.0- 8.0

350

69.7

63.8-75.0

109

17.6

13.6-22.4

1.7

0.5- 5.3

6.1

3.8- 9.7

35-44

680

3.8

1.9- 7.3

481

66.5

61.0-71.6

136

23.3

18.8-28.3

0.8

0.2- 3.0

5.6

3.5- 8.9

45-54

672

6.2

3.6-10.6

474

71.2

65.7-76.2

124

16.2

12.6-20.6

0.1

0.0- 0.3

6.2

4.0- 9.6

55-64

570

8.1

5.2-12.4

413

69.5

63.7-74.8

16.0

12.0-21.1

0.3

0.1- 1.4

6.0

3.8- 9.3

65-74

446

5.0

2.8- 8.8

328

73.6

67.2-79.2

13.0

9.4-17.8

0.7

0.3- 1.7

7.6

4.2-13.3

75+

263

6.9

3.3-14.2

207

73.9

65.2-81.1

12.1

7.5-19.1

0.1

0.0- 0.7

6.9

3.3-13.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

572

9.2

6.1-13.5

377

63.9

57.2-70.1

101

18.8

14.1-24.7

0.8

0.2- 4.1

7.3

4.5-11.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,004

7.0

4.9-10.0

701

66.7

61.9-71.2

172

18.3

14.8-22.4

1.1

0.3- 3.6

6.8

4.7- 9.9

Some Post-H.S.

799

4.2

2.5- 7.0

571

69.0

63.3-74.2

141

18.3

14.3-23.2

0.9

0.4- 2.1

7.6

4.6-12.2

College Graduate

1,007

3.5

1.9- 6.4

742

72.2

67.9-76.0

179

18.6

15.4-22.3

0.1

0.0- 0.3

5.7

4.0- 8.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

285

7.2

4.1-12.4

175

61.2

51.4-70.1

18.4

12.6-26.0

3.2

0.7-14.0

10.0

5.5-17.5

$15,000- 24,999

596

8.1

5.1-12.5

382

57.9

51.2-64.3

118

25.8

20.1-32.3

0.7

0.2- 3.5

7.5

4.9-11.4

$25,000- 34,999

359

10.8

6.6-17.3

257

67.4

59.5-74.5

14.7

10.2-20.6

0.2

0.1- 1.0

6.8

3.4-13.0

$35,000- 49,999

516

3.1

1.8- 5.3

370

72.6

66.8-77.6

101

19.8

15.4-25.3

0.8

0.2- 3.8

3.7

2.2- 6.1

$50,000-74,999

431

3.6

1.8- 7.1

330

76.6

70.4-81.9

13.4

9.6-18.4

0.4

0.1- 1.8

6.0

3.3-10.6

$75,000+

501

3.0

1.1- 8.1

381

70.8

64.2-76.6

19.9

15.1-25.7

0.3

0.1- 1.1

6.1

3.4-10.6

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

175

6.5

3.1-13.0

132

73.6

64.8-80.8

13.8

8.4-21.9

0.0

. - .

6.2

3.4-11.0

Guilford

163

5.6

2.7-11.2

112

68.2

59.3-75.9

20.8

14.6-28.7

2.4

0.5-10.5

3.1

1.1- 8.6

Mecklenburg

166

2.7

1.3- 5.9

103

61.7

51.5-71.0

26.7

18.2-37.4

0.5

0.1- 1.9

8.3

4.9-13.8

Orange

169

3.1

1.1- 8.3

109

56.1

44.3-67.3

21.7

15.2-30.1

7.9

1.2-38.0

11.1

6.4-18.8

Wake

173

2.0

0.7- 5.5

113

64.1

55.0-72.3

24.7

17.8-33.1

0.0

. - .

9.2

4.8-17.1

Chatham/Lee

149

4.8

1.2-16.6

114

76.1

65.9-83.9

14.0

8.7-21.6

0.0

. - .

5.2

2.2-11.9

Nash/Wilson

138

4.3

1.8-10.0

69.3

59.7-77.5

21.4

14.4-30.7

0.6

0.1- 3.9

4.3

2.0- 9.3

Craven/Pamlico

166

3.8

1.5- 9.3

129

78.4

70.1-84.9

15.6

10.1-23.3

0.0

. - .

2.2

0.8- 6.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

159

6.0

3.1-11.1

120

76.0

67.5-82.8

13.2

8.2-20.3

0.0

. - .

4.9

2.2-10.6

Appalachian/Wilkes

168

7.8

3.6-16.3

130

78.9

70.2-85.6

9.4

5.7-15.2

1.1

0.2- 4.5

2.8

1.2- 6.3

Franklin/Gran./Vance

172

3.8

1.7- 8.1

122

73.1

61.6-82.1

16.9

10.3-26.5

0.0

. - .

6.2

2.5-14.7

Graham/Swain/Jackson

158

4.3

1.8- 9.8

119

66.9

44.1-83.9

23.8

8.3-51.7

0.7

0.2- 2.9

4.4

1.8-10.2

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

171

4.3

2.0- 9.2

115

67.1

58.4-74.7

23.8

17.0-32.3

0.6

0.2- 2.6

4.2

2.1- 8.4

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

122

4.3

1.8- 9.8

73.9

64.5-81.5

15.1

9.7-22.7

0.9

0.2- 3.6

5.8

2.7-12.1

Northeast NC I

137

1.7

0.6- 4.9

60.2

46.2-72.7

30.3

18.0-46.2

0.7

0.1- 4.9

7.1

3.2-15.2

Northeast NC II

180

4.9

2.4- 9.7

133

73.0

64.7-79.9

17.6

11.9-25.2

0.4

0.1- 2.8

4.1

1.8- 9.4

Northeastern Partnership

317

3.9

2.1- 7.2

224

69.0

61.6-75.5

21.5

15.6-29.0

0.5

0.1- 2.0

5.1

2.8- 9.0

Mountain AHEC

478

8.3

5.2-12.9

361

74.4

67.9-80.1

12.5

8.4-18.3

0.7

0.2- 2.7

4.1

2.6- 6.4

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,134

4.8

2.9- 7.8

796

67.6

62.6-72.2

224

20.8

17.1-25.1

0.4

0.2- 0.8

6.5

4.0-10.3

Piedmont

1,495

5.4

4.0- 7.3

1,028

67.5

63.9-70.8

281

18.9

16.3-21.9

0.9

0.4- 2.3

105

7.3

5.6- 9.4

Western NC

762

8.5

5.8-12.3

572

73.5

68.0-78.3

11.9

8.7-16.1

0.6

0.2- 1.7

5.6

3.2- 9.4

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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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