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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 506 33 6.8 4.4-10.4 318 62.4 56.7-67.8 115 24.5 19.9-29.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 39 6.2 4.2- 9.0
GENDER
Male 159 12 8.2 4.0-16.0 102 62.2 51.8-71.7 38 25.8 17.8-35.8 0 0.0 . - . 7 3.7 1.4- 9.3
Female 347 21 5.6 3.5- 8.8 216 62.5 56.3-68.4 77 23.5 18.5-29.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 32 8.2 5.6-11.9
RACE
White 335 20 5.3 3.3- 8.6 230 68.1 61.2-74.2 65 23.0 17.3-30.0 0 0.0 . - . 20 3.6 2.2- 5.9
Other 170 13 9.5 4.5-18.7 87 51.8 41.1-62.4 50 27.5 19.7-36.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 19 11.0 6.5-18.2
AGE
18-44 177 9 5.2 2.1-12.5 107 60.7 50.7-69.9 50 28.8 20.7-38.5 0 0.0 . - . 11 5.3 2.7-10.3
45+ 326 24 8.2 5.2-12.6 209 63.8 57.4-69.8 65 21.1 16.2-27.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 27 6.7 4.3-10.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 270 22 9.2 5.4-15.2 162 57.9 49.6-65.9 58 24.8 18.1-32.9 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 27 7.9 5.0-12.5
Some College + 236 11 3.4 1.8- 6.6 156 68.5 61.4-74.8 57 24.2 18.5-31.0 0 0.0 . - . 12 3.8 2.1- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 320 22 6.2 3.8- 9.9 198 61.0 53.5-68.0 76 26.7 20.5-34.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 23 5.9 3.6- 9.5
$50,000+ 117 4 3.2 1.1- 8.6 79 66.9 56.4-75.9 25 24.5 16.3-35.0 0 0.0 . - . 9 5.5 2.7-10.9

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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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