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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 443 17 2.9 1.7- 5.0 290 68.7 63.2-73.7 93 18.8 14.8-23.7 5 1.1 0.4- 3.2 38 8.5 5.9-12.0
GENDER
Male 143 5 1.8 0.7- 4.4 102 76.3 67.2-83.5 24 15.0 9.1-23.7 2 1.8 0.4- 7.2 10 5.1 2.6- 9.7
Female 300 12 3.8 1.9- 7.3 188 62.5 55.8-68.9 69 21.9 17.0-27.8 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 28 11.1 7.2-16.7
RACE
White 330 11 2.5 1.3- 4.6 227 70.3 63.8-76.0 61 17.2 12.7-23.0 5 1.6 0.6- 4.5 26 8.4 5.4-12.9
Other 111 6 4.1 1.4-11.0 61 63.8 52.5-73.8 32 23.4 15.7-33.4 0 0.0 . - . 12 8.7 4.6-15.8
AGE
18-44 149 6 2.7 1.1- 6.9 93 67.6 57.9-76.0 33 19.3 12.8-28.0 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1 16 9.3 5.2-16.0
45+ 292 10 3.0 1.6- 5.7 197 70.0 63.9-75.4 59 18.1 13.7-23.5 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6 22 7.7 4.9-11.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 8 4.4 2.0- 9.7 101 68.7 58.5-77.4 34 19.4 12.5-28.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 9 6.8 3.1-14.1
Some College + 289 9 2.0 1.0- 4.0 189 68.7 62.1-74.5 59 18.5 13.9-24.2 3 1.4 0.4- 5.0 29 9.4 6.3-13.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 11 3.9 1.9- 7.8 137 64.3 55.6-72.1 51 22.5 16.0-30.6 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 16 8.6 4.9-14.6
$50,000+ 161 4 2.0 0.7- 5.5 106 70.2 61.8-77.5 31 15.7 10.6-22.6 2 2.1 0.5- 8.3 18 10.0 5.9-16.4

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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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