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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 412 13 2.7 1.5- 5.0 258 63.6 57.1-69.7 110 27.1 21.5-33.5 5 0.9 0.3- 2.5 26 5.7 3.4- 9.2
GENDER
Male 154 6 3.5 1.5- 8.1 110 72.1 62.9-79.7 34 22.7 15.7-31.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7
Female 258 7 2.0 0.9- 4.2 148 55.5 46.9-63.8 76 31.2 23.2-40.5 5 1.8 0.7- 4.9 22 9.5 5.5-16.0
RACE
White 342 12 2.9 1.6- 5.3 215 62.0 55.0-68.5 89 29.1 22.8-36.3 5 1.2 0.4- 3.2 21 4.8 3.0- 7.8
Other 67 1 2.2 0.3-14.2 41 68.8 52.2-81.6 20 20.3 10.6-35.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 8.8 2.8-24.2
AGE
18-44 164 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 103 62.1 51.8-71.5 45 29.5 20.7-40.1 3 1.2 0.3- 4.3 12 6.8 3.3-13.3
45+ 245 12 5.7 3.0-10.5 152 64.7 57.6-71.1 65 24.7 19.1-31.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 14 4.4 2.5- 7.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 89 5 3.6 1.3- 9.5 60 74.7 60.7-84.9 17 14.5 7.1-27.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 6 6.9 2.2-19.7
Some College + 322 8 2.4 1.1- 5.1 197 59.3 52.1-66.1 93 32.0 25.3-39.5 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 20 5.2 3.2- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 9 4.2 1.9- 9.0 86 56.2 44.6-67.1 53 31.4 21.4-43.4 0 0.0 . - . 15 8.2 4.1-16.0
$50,000+ 189 3 1.5 0.5- 4.7 133 71.0 63.4-77.7 41 22.0 16.1-29.4 4 1.9 0.7- 5.6 8 3.5 1.6- 7.2

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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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