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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 497 27 5.5 3.4- 8.7 356 71.6 66.2-76.5 84 17.3 13.2-22.2 5 0.7 0.3- 2.0 25 4.9 3.0- 7.8
GENDER
Male 177 9 5.9 2.8-12.3 129 71.8 62.7-79.4 29 16.3 10.4-24.6 0 0.0 . - . 10 6.0 3.0-11.7
Female 320 18 5.1 3.0- 8.5 227 71.5 64.9-77.2 55 18.1 13.2-24.4 5 1.4 0.5- 3.8 15 3.9 2.2- 7.0
RACE
White 440 23 5.5 3.3- 9.0 324 72.8 67.0-77.9 71 17.1 12.8-22.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2 19 4.2 2.5- 7.1
Other 57 4 5.5 1.7-16.0 32 62.8 46.0-77.0 13 18.4 9.6-32.4 2 3.2 0.6-15.1 6 10.0 3.5-25.5
AGE
18-44 176 10 5.4 2.7-10.7 132 74.0 64.8-81.5 26 15.9 9.8-24.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.8 6 3.8 1.5- 9.3
45+ 320 17 5.6 3.0-10.2 223 69.0 62.9-74.5 58 18.8 14.4-24.1 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 19 6.0 3.7- 9.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 280 18 6.0 3.4-10.4 196 70.4 63.1-76.9 51 18.2 13.0-24.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 14 5.2 2.7- 9.8
Some College + 215 9 4.8 2.1-10.6 159 73.5 65.0-80.5 32 15.7 9.9-23.8 4 1.6 0.5- 4.8 11 4.5 2.3- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 315 20 6.4 3.6-11.1 215 68.7 61.7-75.0 60 18.6 13.6-24.9 4 1.0 0.3- 3.1 16 5.4 2.9- 9.8
$50,000+ 116 3 3.4 1.1-10.1 90 77.1 67.7-84.4 19 15.4 9.6-23.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.1 1.6-10.6

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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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