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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 408 15 5.7 2.6-12.2 270 68.2 61.8-74.0 88 18.7 14.6-23.6 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2 32 7.0 4.4-11.0
GENDER
Male 149 9 8.8 3.4-20.9 108 73.2 62.9-81.5 22 12.9 8.2-19.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 8 4.5 1.8-10.7
Female 259 6 2.2 1.0- 5.0 162 62.6 54.8-69.7 66 25.2 19.2-32.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 24 9.8 5.8-16.2
RACE
White 283 14 8.1 3.6-17.1 201 71.0 63.2-77.8 48 16.5 11.9-22.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 18 4.1 2.4- 6.7
Other 124 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 69 62.6 51.0-72.9 40 23.8 16.2-33.5 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 13 12.6 6.1-24.3
AGE
18-44 145 5 5.9 1.4-21.8 92 66.5 55.7-75.9 39 22.6 15.8-31.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 8 4.7 1.8-11.7
45+ 262 10 5.6 2.8-10.8 178 70.2 63.0-76.5 49 15.1 10.9-20.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 23 8.6 5.0-14.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 220 9 6.5 2.1-18.5 150 69.8 60.2-77.9 44 15.7 10.9-22.2 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 16 7.8 3.9-14.8
Some College + 188 6 4.7 1.9-10.9 120 66.1 57.9-73.5 44 22.6 16.3-30.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 16 5.9 3.5- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 7 6.0 1.6-20.0 146 69.0 59.2-77.3 48 19.2 13.5-26.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 13 5.3 2.5-11.2
$50,000+ 125 8 7.7 3.6-15.6 78 66.7 56.8-75.3 26 18.6 12.2-27.4 0 0.0 . - . 13 7.0 3.8-12.5

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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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