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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Fruits and Vegetables

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%)
North Carolina 16,689 716 4.4 4.0- 4.9 11,157 67.5 66.5-68.4 3,491 20.5 19.7-21.4 172 1.0 0.8- 1.2 1,153 6.6 6.1- 7.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 401 30 8.8 5.5-13.7 289 73.1 67.2-78.3 57 11.9 8.8-15.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 24 6.1 3.6-10.1
GENDER
Male 146 12 9.6 4.4-19.7 104 70.8 60.4-79.4 22 13.1 8.2-20.2 0 0.0 . - . 8 6.5 2.7-14.7
Female 255 18 8.0 4.9-12.7 185 75.3 69.0-80.7 35 10.8 7.5-15.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 16 5.7 3.3- 9.8
RACE
White 373 27 7.6 4.8-11.6 273 76.1 70.6-80.8 52 11.8 8.6-16.0 0 0.0 . - . 21 4.6 2.8- 7.4
Other 27 3 20.5 5.1-55.5 15 43.8 22.7-67.4 5 14.1 5.2-32.6 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1 3 20.6 6.2-50.6
AGE
18-44 133 10 9.0 3.9-19.4 96 71.8 61.2-80.5 18 11.9 7.1-19.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 8 7.1 3.1-15.2
45+ 265 20 8.6 5.5-13.2 191 74.2 68.1-79.5 38 12.0 8.5-16.6 0 0.0 . - . 16 5.2 2.9- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 14 9.3 4.5-18.4 141 72.7 63.2-80.5 24 11.5 7.2-17.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 9 6.4 2.6-14.6
Some College + 210 15 8.0 4.4-14.3 148 74.1 66.5-80.5 32 12.0 8.0-17.5 0 0.0 . - . 15 5.9 3.3-10.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 269 19 6.5 4.0-10.4 190 74.0 67.2-79.8 40 12.4 8.6-17.5 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 19 6.9 3.8-12.4
$50,000+ 89 7 10.1 3.9-23.6 68 75.9 63.2-85.3 13 13.2 7.1-23.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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