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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 493 27 5.3 3.3- 8.4 336 67.5 61.9-72.6 90 19.0 14.8-24.0 4 1.8 0.7- 4.9 36 6.4 4.3- 9.3
GENDER
Male 176 8 3.9 1.9- 7.9 128 69.6 60.2-77.5 27 18.4 11.9-27.3 3 3.1 1.0- 9.3 10 5.0 2.4-10.2
Female 317 19 6.8 3.7-12.1 208 65.4 59.0-71.4 63 19.6 15.0-25.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 26 7.7 5.0-11.7
RACE
White 230 18 8.7 4.9-15.0 163 72.7 64.9-79.4 38 14.5 10.0-20.7 0 0.0 . - . 11 4.1 2.1- 7.7
Other 260 8 2.2 1.0- 4.8 171 63.2 55.3-70.4 52 22.9 16.6-30.6 4 3.4 1.2- 8.9 25 8.4 5.2-13.2
AGE
18-44 140 8 5.8 2.3-13.5 97 66.5 55.5-75.9 21 17.6 10.5-28.0 2 2.5 0.6- 9.4 12 7.7 4.1-14.2
45+ 351 19 5.1 3.1- 8.3 237 67.9 61.7-73.6 69 20.0 15.3-25.6 2 1.4 0.3- 6.1 24 5.6 3.5- 8.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 305 18 6.1 3.4-10.8 207 68.4 61.0-74.9 53 16.7 11.9-23.1 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 25 7.3 4.5-11.5
Some College + 187 9 4.0 2.0- 8.0 128 65.9 57.1-73.8 37 22.8 15.9-31.6 2 2.3 0.5- 9.8 11 4.9 2.5- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 321 20 5.1 3.1- 8.2 218 68.1 60.9-74.5 60 18.9 13.7-25.5 4 2.8 1.0- 7.4 19 5.2 2.9- 9.0
$50,000+ 91 3 3.5 1.1-10.3 58 64.1 52.5-74.3 20 21.9 13.7-33.2 0 0.0 . - . 10 10.5 5.3-19.5

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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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