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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 746 55 6.6 4.7- 9.2 511 69.1 64.5-73.3 124 16.7 13.5-20.5 10 1.4 0.6- 3.1 46 6.2 4.2- 9.0
GENDER
Male 259 23 6.7 4.0-11.0 180 70.4 62.9-76.9 38 16.0 11.1-22.4 2 1.4 0.3- 6.0 16 5.6 3.0-10.1
Female 487 32 6.5 4.2-10.2 331 68.0 62.2-73.3 86 17.3 13.4-22.2 8 1.4 0.6- 3.3 30 6.7 4.0-10.8
RACE
White 667 47 6.6 4.6- 9.4 464 71.3 66.8-75.4 109 15.7 12.6-19.3 9 1.4 0.6- 3.3 38 5.0 3.4- 7.4
Other 79 8 6.5 2.6-15.4 47 52.2 35.0-68.9 15 24.7 12.3-43.4 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9 8 15.1 5.8-34.0
AGE
18-44 243 17 5.2 2.7- 9.7 161 67.1 58.9-74.3 49 19.4 13.9-26.5 3 1.8 0.5- 5.9 13 6.6 3.3-12.4
45+ 500 38 7.9 5.4-11.4 348 70.7 65.7-75.2 74 14.4 11.1-18.4 7 1.0 0.4- 2.6 33 5.9 4.0- 8.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 353 38 9.2 6.2-13.4 236 65.1 57.9-71.7 49 15.6 10.9-21.7 5 1.9 0.6- 5.4 25 8.3 4.9-13.5
Some College + 393 17 4.0 2.0- 7.7 275 73.2 67.5-78.2 75 17.9 13.8-22.9 5 0.9 0.3- 2.6 21 4.1 2.4- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 466 36 7.7 5.1-11.5 309 64.6 58.6-70.2 77 17.7 13.5-22.8 7 1.6 0.6- 4.5 37 8.4 5.5-12.5
$50,000+ 159 10 3.8 1.8- 7.8 111 77.3 69.3-83.7 31 16.0 10.7-23.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 6 2.2 0.8- 5.5

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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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