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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 428 9 2.3 1.1- 4.7 259 58.4 52.3-64.2 121 29.7 24.3-35.6 7 1.0 0.5- 2.3 32 8.7 5.5-13.4
GENDER
Male 154 4 1.6 0.6- 4.3 97 56.1 46.3-65.5 39 31.5 22.8-41.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.5 13 10.4 5.4-19.2
Female 274 5 2.9 1.0- 7.7 162 60.6 53.4-67.3 82 27.9 22.1-34.6 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 19 7.0 3.9-12.1
RACE
White 364 8 2.1 1.0- 4.4 229 61.4 54.8-67.6 97 29.3 23.4-36.0 6 1.1 0.5- 2.7 24 6.0 3.8- 9.4
Other 64 1 3.0 0.4-18.5 30 44.4 30.5-59.2 24 31.1 20.0-45.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 8 21.0 9.3-40.7
AGE
18-44 143 2 2.2 0.5- 8.3 90 56.3 45.7-66.2 42 31.7 22.7-42.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 7 9.1 4.0-19.2
45+ 283 7 2.3 1.1- 4.9 168 60.3 53.6-66.5 78 27.8 22.2-34.1 5 1.2 0.4- 3.4 25 8.4 5.5-12.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 5 3.3 1.2- 8.4 81 56.5 45.7-66.8 38 26.8 18.3-37.3 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 11 11.7 5.6-22.7
Some College + 288 4 1.6 0.5- 5.1 178 59.5 52.2-66.4 83 31.4 24.9-38.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 21 6.9 4.1-11.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 6 3.5 1.4- 8.5 122 56.2 47.4-64.6 63 32.1 24.4-41.0 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8 15 7.6 4.2-13.1
$50,000+ 158 0 0.0 . - . 98 64.3 55.4-72.2 46 28.8 21.3-37.5 3 1.6 0.5- 5.4 11 5.3 2.8- 9.8

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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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