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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 492 21 4.2 2.6- 6.9 334 67.4 61.9-72.5 90 19.5 15.2-24.7 7 1.7 0.7- 4.3 40 7.2 4.9-10.3
GENDER
Male 161 6 3.8 1.5- 9.4 118 69.1 59.2-77.5 25 19.2 12.0-29.2 4 2.9 0.9- 8.8 8 5.0 2.3-10.5
Female 331 15 4.6 2.6- 7.9 216 66.0 59.9-71.6 65 19.8 15.3-25.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 32 9.0 5.9-13.4
RACE
White 316 19 6.0 3.7- 9.6 232 74.2 68.3-79.4 41 14.0 10.0-19.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 22 5.4 3.2- 8.9
Other 175 2 2.0 0.4- 9.2 102 58.6 48.9-67.7 49 26.7 18.8-36.6 5 3.4 1.2- 9.4 17 9.3 5.3-15.6
AGE
18-44 145 7 4.9 2.0-11.1 97 64.3 54.4-73.2 28 20.3 13.3-29.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.0 12 8.8 4.7-15.9
45+ 343 14 3.8 2.2- 6.7 235 69.6 63.2-75.4 61 18.9 13.8-25.4 6 1.7 0.7- 4.0 27 5.9 3.8- 9.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 278 13 4.5 2.3- 8.7 177 62.9 55.2-69.9 59 22.7 16.5-30.3 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2 25 8.9 5.6-13.9
Some College + 214 8 3.9 1.8- 8.0 157 73.8 66.2-80.2 31 15.0 10.2-21.6 3 2.5 0.7- 9.3 15 4.7 2.6- 8.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 295 11 3.8 1.8- 7.9 189 64.3 56.8-71.2 66 23.2 17.0-30.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.5 25 7.4 4.7-11.6
$50,000+ 117 7 5.6 2.5-12.1 86 71.2 60.7-79.8 13 13.2 7.6-22.0 2 3.4 0.7-15.3 9 6.6 2.9-14.1

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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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