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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables-WHITE MALES

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 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
AGE
18-24 133 11 6.0 2.4-14.2 93 67.4 54.2-78.4 22 19.0 10.9-31.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 7.5 2.4-21.1
25-34 354 22 6.5 3.8-11.0 242 72.0 65.1-78.0 69 14.2 10.3-19.3 5 1.2 0.4- 3.8 16 6.0 3.1-11.3
35-44 504 16 4.0 1.8- 8.8 389 73.7 67.6-79.0 75 17.6 13.2-22.9 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 21 4.3 2.5- 7.6
45-54 476 27 7.3 3.9-13.0 357 74.5 67.9-80.2 66 12.4 8.7-17.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 25 5.8 3.3-10.0
55-64 446 29 7.9 4.8-12.7 339 73.4 67.0-79.0 49 12.2 8.3-17.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 27 6.1 3.6-10.1
65-74 377 20 5.3 2.9- 9.5 281 74.7 67.6-80.6 56 12.3 8.6-17.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5 18 7.4 3.7-14.1
75+ 225 13 7.7 3.4-16.4 180 74.2 64.6-82.0 21 10.0 5.8-16.8 0 0.0 . - . 11 8.1 3.9-16.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 321 36 14.5 9.1-22.2 227 67.4 58.4-75.3 40 11.0 6.8-17.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 16 6.8 3.4-13.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 709 55 7.9 5.3-11.7 531 74.1 68.8-78.7 92 12.6 9.4-16.7 3 0.2 0.1- 0.9 28 5.2 3.2- 8.3
Some Post-H.S. 628 27 4.7 2.6- 8.2 475 72.0 65.4-77.8 88 14.8 10.6-20.2 5 0.9 0.3- 2.6 33 7.6 4.2-13.3
College Graduate 862 20 3.4 1.7- 6.8 654 74.6 70.0-78.6 138 16.8 13.5-20.6 3 0.1 0.0- 0.3 47 5.2 3.6- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 180 17 10.4 5.6-18.6 117 63.7 52.1-73.9 29 13.1 7.9-21.0 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0 14 11.6 5.4-23.2
$15,000- 24,999 352 33 11.0 6.3-18.5 244 64.9 56.0-72.9 50 17.1 11.2-25.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 24 6.8 3.8-11.7
$25,000- 34,999 267 21 13.2 7.9-21.3 198 66.0 56.5-74.3 35 12.9 8.1-20.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 12 7.7 3.5-16.3
$35,000- 49,999 414 16 2.9 1.6- 5.3 308 76.3 70.3-81.4 72 16.5 12.1-22.2 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 16 4.1 2.3- 7.1
$50,000-74,999 355 12 3.1 1.3- 7.0 281 77.3 70.4-83.0 44 12.6 8.5-18.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 17 6.7 3.6-12.0
$75,000+ 444 8 3.2 1.1- 9.2 346 73.5 66.6-79.5 68 17.9 13.0-24.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 20 5.0 2.9- 8.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 153 7 6.2 2.6-14.0 117 72.5 62.8-80.5 19 15.3 9.1-24.5 0 0.0 . - . 10 6.0 3.1-11.2
Guilford 111 5 4.5 1.8-11.0 80 73.6 63.8-81.5 21 16.6 10.7-24.7 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 4 4.5 1.5-12.8
Mecklenburg 107 4 2.5 0.9- 6.8 72 66.7 53.0-78.0 15 20.8 10.9-36.0 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 14 9.3 5.1-16.4
Orange 134 2 2.3 0.5- 9.4 95 69.3 59.6-77.5 29 21.9 15.1-30.8 0 0.0 . - . 8 6.5 2.9-13.6
Wake 127 3 1.8 0.5- 5.9 90 68.9 58.6-77.7 26 23.4 15.5-33.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.9 2.7-12.6
Chatham/Lee 114 5 7.1 1.9-23.5 89 76.6 64.2-85.6 15 13.4 7.6-22.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.9 1.1- 7.3
Nash/Wilson 83 5 5.3 2.2-12.5 65 80.1 69.7-87.6 11 13.0 7.1-22.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4
Craven/Pamlico 129 4 3.6 1.2- 9.9 105 83.1 74.3-89.2 17 11.6 6.6-19.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.8 0.6- 5.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 147 10 6.2 3.1-11.7 117 80.0 71.7-86.3 17 12.1 7.3-19.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.8 0.5- 6.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 160 9 7.7 3.4-16.7 126 80.0 71.0-86.7 18 9.3 5.5-15.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 6 2.6 1.1- 6.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 7 6.0 2.6-13.4 78 69.9 55.4-81.2 13 15.8 7.8-29.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 8.3 2.5-24.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 134 6 5.7 2.4-12.9 103 79.3 70.9-85.8 18 10.6 6.4-16.9 2 1.1 0.2- 4.4 5 3.4 1.3- 8.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 5 7.1 2.8-16.7 62 77.7 66.5-86.0 12 12.7 6.9-22.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.5 0.7- 8.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 84 4 4.9 1.7-13.2 62 77.3 66.7-85.3 13 12.2 6.8-21.0 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 4 4.7 1.7-11.9
Northeast NC I 72 3 2.4 0.7- 7.7 56 77.6 64.1-87.1 10 17.0 8.5-31.0 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8
Northeast NC II 124 9 7.6 3.8-14.7 94 76.5 67.4-83.7 16 11.6 6.9-18.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 4 3.6 1.3- 9.6
Northeastern Partnership 196 12 6.3 3.4-11.7 150 76.8 69.4-82.9 26 12.9 8.5-19.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 6 3.1 1.2- 7.5
Mountain AHEC 416 24 6.7 4.1-10.9 319 76.8 70.5-82.2 50 12.0 8.1-17.3 3 0.6 0.1- 3.3 20 3.8 2.3- 6.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 733 39 6.2 3.5-10.8 560 74.9 68.7-80.3 103 12.6 9.3-16.8 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2 27 5.9 2.9-11.8
Piedmont 1,113 56 5.7 4.0- 8.1 811 71.1 67.1-74.8 174 16.0 13.1-19.4 5 0.4 0.1- 1.2 67 6.8 5.0- 9.2
Western NC 681 43 7.9 5.3-11.8 521 75.8 70.6-80.4 82 12.0 8.8-16.1 4 0.4 0.1- 1.8 31 3.8 2.4- 6.2

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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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