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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 467 28 6.6 4.2-10.2 293 62.6 57.0-67.9 111 23.5 19.0-28.6 4 0.4 0.1- 1.3 31 6.9 4.6-10.3
GENDER
Male 154 9 5.5 2.7-10.8 90 59.7 50.1-68.6 42 26.7 19.0-36.0 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 12 7.7 4.2-13.7
Female 313 19 7.4 4.2-12.9 203 64.9 58.1-71.1 69 21.0 16.1-26.8 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 19 6.3 3.5-11.0
RACE
White 295 22 9.0 5.6-14.1 190 63.4 56.8-69.6 62 19.0 14.6-24.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 19 8.1 4.7-13.4
Other 168 6 3.7 1.2-10.8 100 62.0 52.2-70.9 48 28.3 20.4-37.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.6 12 5.7 3.0-10.5
AGE
18-44 167 11 8.6 4.5-15.7 102 59.4 49.9-68.3 43 25.0 17.8-34.0 0 0.0 . - . 11 7.0 3.5-13.5
45+ 296 17 4.8 2.8- 7.9 191 66.8 60.6-72.5 66 21.8 16.9-27.6 4 0.8 0.3- 2.5 18 5.8 3.5- 9.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 265 18 7.6 4.3-13.1 166 61.6 53.9-68.7 58 22.7 16.9-29.9 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 20 7.4 4.4-12.4
Some College + 200 10 5.1 2.5-10.3 126 64.1 55.7-71.7 52 24.5 18.0-32.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 11 6.2 3.2-11.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 270 16 7.6 4.2-13.5 174 63.5 55.8-70.5 58 21.5 15.8-28.5 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2 19 6.8 3.9-11.8
$50,000+ 122 5 3.9 1.6- 9.3 70 58.4 47.8-68.3 38 30.1 21.4-40.5 0 0.0 . - . 9 7.6 3.7-14.9

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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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