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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 856 13 1.4 0.7- 2.5 532 63.8 59.7-67.7 227 25.5 22.0-29.3 15 1.6 0.9- 2.9 69 7.7 5.9-10.0
GENDER
Male 305 8 1.8 0.8- 3.9 202 67.5 60.8-73.6 61 20.8 15.6-27.3 6 2.0 0.9- 4.5 28 7.9 5.3-11.8
Female 551 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 330 60.3 55.4-65.0 166 30.0 25.7-34.6 9 1.3 0.6- 2.5 41 7.5 5.2-10.6
RACE
White 594 11 1.7 0.9- 3.3 377 66.4 61.8-70.8 157 23.5 19.8-27.7 10 1.8 0.9- 3.6 39 6.5 4.5- 9.3
Other 258 2 0.7 0.1- 3.6 152 58.8 50.8-66.4 69 29.2 22.3-37.2 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 30 10.0 6.6-15.0
AGE
18-44 340 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 207 63.2 56.7-69.2 95 27.2 21.7-33.4 7 1.8 0.8- 4.0 29 7.5 5.0-11.1
45+ 508 11 2.5 1.3- 4.9 318 64.0 59.1-68.6 131 23.9 20.0-28.2 8 1.5 0.7- 3.2 40 8.1 5.7-11.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 220 3 1.2 0.3- 4.3 141 67.7 58.7-75.6 54 23.6 16.5-32.5 5 1.9 0.7- 5.0 17 5.6 3.3- 9.5
Some College + 634 10 1.4 0.7- 2.9 391 62.5 58.0-66.8 172 26.1 22.3-30.2 10 1.5 0.8- 3.1 51 8.5 6.2-11.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 352 5 1.3 0.5- 3.5 225 65.3 58.3-71.7 82 23.6 17.9-30.4 10 2.4 1.2- 4.8 30 7.4 4.8-11.3
$50,000+ 375 6 1.2 0.5- 2.9 233 64.3 58.5-69.7 106 25.7 21.0-31.1 5 1.5 0.6- 3.9 25 7.2 4.6-11.1

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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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