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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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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
-Mountain AHEC 1,159 68 5.4 4.0- 7.3 778 67.7 63.9-71.2 216 19.3 16.3-22.7 14 1.3 0.7- 2.5 83 6.4 4.8- 8.5
GENDER
Male 410 28 5.9 3.8- 9.1 286 68.1 61.7-73.8 66 19.3 14.4-25.3 3 1.2 0.3- 4.0 27 5.6 3.5- 8.7
Female 749 40 4.9 3.2- 7.4 492 67.3 62.7-71.5 150 19.3 15.9-23.2 11 1.4 0.7- 2.8 56 7.1 4.9-10.2
RACE
White 1,014 58 5.5 3.9- 7.5 696 70.5 66.8-73.9 181 17.3 14.6-20.4 13 1.4 0.7- 2.8 66 5.4 4.0- 7.2
African American 59 2 2.6 0.6-10.7 34 49.0 30.2-68.1 15 34.1 16.1-58.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 14.3 5.5-32.5
Other Minorities 86 8 6.7 2.6-16.2 48 51.4 35.3-67.3 20 29.4 16.4-46.9 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 9 11.1 4.0-27.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 44 3 5.3 1.6-16.6 19 37.8 20.5-58.9 13 39.5 21.5-61.0 1 1.8 0.2-11.9 8 15.5 6.0-34.6
Non-Hispanic 1,114 65 5.4 4.0- 7.3 758 69.8 66.1-73.2 203 17.8 15.0-21.1 13 1.3 0.6- 2.5 75 5.7 4.3- 7.7
AGE
18-24 53 2 3.1 0.5-15.9 36 66.5 48.7-80.6 13 24.7 12.7-42.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.8 1.4-20.5
25-34 168 8 3.6 1.5- 8.4 108 63.7 54.3-72.2 41 24.5 17.3-33.4 2 2.2 0.5- 9.1 9 6.1 2.8-12.5
35-44 180 13 6.8 3.5-12.7 113 63.2 54.2-71.3 39 22.2 15.6-30.6 3 2.1 0.7- 6.6 12 5.7 2.9-11.1
45-54 198 7 4.5 1.9-10.1 132 70.6 62.6-77.5 42 17.5 12.3-24.3 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 15 7.3 4.0-12.8
55-64 211 13 7.5 4.0-13.6 139 68.0 60.1-74.9 35 15.2 10.3-21.8 3 1.7 0.5- 5.7 21 7.6 4.6-12.4
65-74 180 13 6.4 3.3-11.9 128 74.2 66.3-80.7 24 13.3 8.5-20.1 4 2.1 0.8- 5.7 11 4.0 2.0- 7.9
75+ 165 12 7.1 3.5-13.7 119 72.5 63.8-79.8 21 12.1 7.5-18.8 0 0.0 . - . 13 8.4 4.5-15.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 171 22 10.9 6.4-18.0 110 62.8 51.0-73.3 28 18.1 10.4-29.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 10 7.9 3.5-16.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 342 25 6.2 3.9- 9.8 225 63.1 55.7-70.0 54 19.5 13.8-27.0 5 2.2 0.8- 6.3 33 8.9 5.7-13.6
Some Post-H.S. 298 10 4.7 2.2- 9.8 220 76.1 69.6-81.6 48 14.0 9.9-19.5 0 0.0 . - . 20 5.2 3.1- 8.6
College Graduate 345 11 1.7 0.8- 3.7 221 67.4 61.4-73.0 86 24.9 19.9-30.7 8 2.2 1.0- 4.8 19 3.7 2.2- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 143 9 6.1 2.8-12.5 79 51.2 39.7-62.7 28 22.6 13.5-35.2 2 2.0 0.4- 8.8 25 18.2 10.3-30.0
$15,000- 24,999 237 16 7.7 4.1-13.8 153 64.0 55.4-71.8 48 19.3 13.7-26.7 3 2.0 0.5- 7.9 17 6.9 3.8-12.2
$25,000- 34,999 163 17 8.7 4.9-14.8 111 70.3 60.2-78.8 23 14.7 8.1-25.2 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 11 6.2 2.9-13.0
$35,000- 49,999 161 6 3.4 1.3- 8.9 113 66.6 57.2-74.8 31 22.3 15.5-31.1 3 1.5 0.3- 6.3 8 6.2 2.9-12.7
$50,000-74,999 140 4 2.5 0.9- 7.1 105 80.0 71.5-86.5 23 13.1 8.1-20.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 7 3.4 1.4- 7.7
$75,000+ 134 5 1.8 0.6- 5.1 87 72.0 63.0-79.5 34 22.0 15.4-30.6 2 1.3 0.3- 5.6 6 2.9 1.2- 7.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 383 23 7.5 4.5-12.1 272 72.9 66.9-78.2 60 13.7 10.1-18.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 26 5.6 3.6- 8.7
No 751 40 4.4 3.0- 6.5 492 65.3 60.5-69.9 152 21.9 17.9-26.4 12 1.8 0.9- 3.5 55 6.6 4.6- 9.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 161 12 8.2 4.1-15.7 124 75.5 66.4-82.8 18 12.9 7.6-20.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 6 3.4 1.4- 8.0
Non-Veteran 998 56 4.9 3.5- 6.9 654 66.4 62.2-70.3 198 20.3 17.0-24.1 13 1.5 0.8- 2.9 77 6.9 5.1- 9.2

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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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