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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 410 18 5.5 3.3- 9.2 267 65.7 60.0-71.0 89 20.7 16.4-25.7 4 0.6 0.2- 1.6 32 7.5 4.9-11.3
GENDER
Male 138 10 8.0 4.1-14.9 90 63.7 53.9-72.5 28 22.1 14.9-31.4 0 0.0 . - . 10 6.2 3.1-12.0
Female 272 8 3.8 1.6- 8.6 177 67.2 60.1-73.5 61 19.7 14.8-25.6 4 1.0 0.4- 2.8 22 8.4 4.9-14.1
RACE
White 335 17 6.3 3.7-10.6 229 68.2 61.8-73.9 62 18.6 14.1-24.2 3 0.5 0.2- 1.6 24 6.4 3.8-10.7
Other 73 1 2.5 0.4-15.7 37 55.0 41.5-67.8 27 30.0 19.4-43.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 7 11.5 5.4-22.8
AGE
18-44 119 4 3.3 1.1- 9.3 72 60.7 49.9-70.6 37 29.8 21.1-40.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 5 5.7 2.0-15.3
45+ 290 14 7.0 3.9-12.3 194 68.8 62.6-74.5 52 14.9 11.2-19.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.1 27 8.6 5.7-12.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 11 7.4 3.8-13.7 122 61.2 53.1-68.8 50 23.1 16.9-30.6 4 1.2 0.4- 3.3 17 7.2 4.1-12.1
Some College + 206 7 3.8 1.6- 8.5 145 70.1 61.9-77.2 39 18.3 12.8-25.6 0 0.0 . - . 15 7.8 4.1-14.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 255 5 2.3 0.9- 5.5 168 68.3 61.3-74.6 57 21.1 15.7-27.7 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7 21 7.3 4.5-11.7
$50,000+ 104 8 9.2 4.1-19.2 68 64.2 52.4-74.6 23 19.2 12.2-28.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 7.4 2.6-19.5

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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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