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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 454 20 4.1 2.2- 7.5 269 59.8 53.9-65.5 114 24.0 19.4-29.2 13 3.7 1.7- 8.0 38 8.4 5.9-12.0
GENDER
Male 155 5 4.0 1.3-12.2 93 59.6 49.6-68.8 38 23.6 16.5-32.6 3 3.8 0.9-14.6 16 9.0 5.2-15.0
Female 299 15 4.1 2.3- 7.1 176 60.0 53.2-66.5 76 24.3 19.1-30.5 10 3.6 1.8- 7.3 22 7.9 4.8-12.6
RACE
White 254 10 3.6 1.8- 7.1 159 61.2 53.9-68.0 58 24.4 18.5-31.4 9 3.4 1.7- 6.9 18 7.4 4.5-11.8
Other 197 10 4.5 1.7-11.3 109 58.7 49.4-67.5 54 23.3 16.9-31.3 4 4.0 1.1-13.4 20 9.4 5.6-15.4
AGE
18-44 229 13 5.1 2.3-10.7 130 58.5 50.3-66.2 59 23.4 17.7-30.3 9 5.1 2.0-12.0 18 8.0 4.8-13.1
45+ 224 7 2.4 1.1- 5.3 138 61.9 53.5-69.6 55 25.0 18.1-33.4 4 1.5 0.5- 4.4 20 9.2 5.7-14.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 14 8.0 3.7-16.5 82 59.8 48.2-70.4 27 17.7 10.8-27.6 2 4.0 0.8-18.3 16 10.5 5.8-18.2
Some College + 313 6 1.5 0.6- 4.0 187 59.8 53.4-65.9 87 28.0 22.6-34.1 11 3.6 1.8- 6.9 22 7.1 4.5-10.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 14 5.9 2.7-12.3 133 59.3 50.4-67.6 53 21.9 16.0-29.2 5 4.7 1.5-13.7 20 8.3 5.0-13.5
$50,000+ 171 5 2.4 0.8- 6.6 102 60.4 51.9-68.3 46 27.0 20.2-35.1 7 3.4 1.5- 7.5 11 6.8 3.7-12.2

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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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