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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 436 17 4.0 2.3- 6.9 280 64.0 57.5-70.0 96 24.3 18.7-31.1 4 1.0 0.3- 2.8 39 6.7 4.7- 9.6
GENDER
Male 157 6 4.8 2.1-10.6 109 63.3 52.2-73.2 29 25.5 16.2-37.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 12 5.7 3.0-10.4
Female 279 11 3.1 1.7- 5.7 171 64.7 58.1-70.8 67 23.2 17.9-29.3 3 1.2 0.4- 4.0 27 7.8 5.2-11.7
RACE
White 369 15 4.2 2.3- 7.4 245 67.8 61.6-73.4 75 20.6 15.7-26.5 4 1.2 0.4- 3.5 30 6.2 4.1- 9.3
Other 67 2 3.1 0.6-15.5 35 47.9 31.0-65.3 21 40.2 22.7-60.5 0 0.0 . - . 9 8.8 3.9-18.6
AGE
18-44 164 7 3.8 1.7- 8.5 100 59.8 49.6-69.2 45 30.7 21.6-41.5 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 10 4.4 2.3- 8.5
45+ 271 10 4.2 2.0- 8.6 179 69.2 62.8-74.8 51 16.2 12.2-21.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 29 9.7 6.4-14.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 12 6.9 3.5-13.1 105 55.0 43.5-66.0 35 28.8 18.0-42.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 19 8.9 5.3-14.7
Some College + 261 5 2.2 0.8- 5.7 173 69.6 62.7-75.7 61 21.7 16.4-28.1 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5 19 5.2 3.1- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 251 14 5.3 2.9- 9.6 153 62.5 54.3-70.0 57 23.7 17.1-31.8 2 0.9 0.2- 4.2 25 7.6 4.8-11.8
$50,000+ 119 0 0.0 . - . 84 74.8 65.8-82.1 26 18.5 12.3-26.8 2 1.8 0.4- 7.4 7 5.0 2.2-10.9

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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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