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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 462 24 5.1 3.1- 8.4 359 80.1 75.6-84.0 61 11.4 8.6-14.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 16 2.9 1.6- 5.1
GENDER
Male 178 9 5.6 2.5-12.0 145 82.7 75.5-88.1 18 8.9 5.4-14.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 5 2.1 0.8- 5.5
Female 284 15 4.6 2.6- 8.1 214 77.6 71.6-82.6 43 13.8 9.9-19.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 11 3.7 1.8- 7.3
RACE
White 408 22 5.4 3.2- 9.1 320 80.9 76.1-84.9 53 11.2 8.3-14.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 12 2.1 1.1- 3.9
Other 54 2 3.1 0.7-12.1 39 75.2 60.1-85.9 8 12.6 5.6-26.1 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 4 8.0 2.6-22.0
AGE
18-44 173 10 5.7 2.7-11.6 133 79.7 72.4-85.5 24 11.9 7.7-17.8 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1 4 1.8 0.6- 5.5
45+ 287 14 4.4 2.4- 8.1 224 80.6 75.2-85.0 37 10.8 7.8-15.0 0 0.0 . - . 12 4.2 2.2- 7.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 279 17 6.4 3.5-11.6 217 80.1 74.0-85.1 37 11.0 7.7-15.5 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 7 2.2 0.9- 5.1
Some College + 182 7 3.3 1.4- 7.4 141 80.0 72.8-85.7 24 11.9 7.6-18.3 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 9 3.9 1.8- 8.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 279 14 3.8 2.1- 6.8 214 80.4 74.6-85.1 40 12.7 8.9-17.7 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 10 2.9 1.4- 6.2
$50,000+ 114 4 2.9 1.0- 8.1 88 80.3 71.6-86.9 16 11.6 6.8-19.1 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 5 3.9 1.5- 9.5

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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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