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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 426 18 5.6 3.2- 9.5 269 64.4 58.9-69.7 104 22.7 18.4-27.6 6 1.5 0.6- 3.6 29 5.7 3.8- 8.6
GENDER
Male 157 10 7.5 3.7-14.4 102 64.4 55.6-72.3 31 19.8 13.8-27.5 3 2.0 0.6- 6.0 11 6.3 3.4-11.6
Female 269 8 3.7 1.5- 8.8 167 64.5 57.5-70.9 73 25.5 20.0-32.0 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7 18 5.1 3.1- 8.4
RACE
White 280 14 5.9 3.1-10.8 188 67.8 61.0-73.8 58 20.2 15.3-26.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 19 5.8 3.5- 9.6
Other 146 4 5.1 1.8-13.8 81 59.1 49.2-68.3 46 26.7 19.3-35.6 5 3.5 1.4- 8.6 10 5.6 2.9-10.8
AGE
18-44 171 8 6.3 2.9-13.2 107 65.4 56.9-73.1 40 20.8 14.9-28.3 3 1.8 0.6- 5.6 13 5.7 3.0-10.3
45+ 252 10 4.9 2.3- 9.9 160 63.1 56.0-69.7 63 24.8 19.2-31.5 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2 16 5.9 3.5- 9.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 166 6 6.4 2.6-14.7 100 62.7 53.4-71.1 43 21.2 15.1-29.0 4 3.1 1.1- 8.0 13 6.7 3.6-11.9
Some College + 258 12 5.1 2.6- 9.8 168 65.9 58.8-72.4 60 23.4 17.9-30.0 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 16 5.1 2.9- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 7 3.4 1.4- 7.9 143 63.6 55.9-70.6 61 24.1 18.3-31.1 5 2.5 1.0- 6.2 17 6.5 3.8-10.7
$50,000+ 139 10 9.8 4.7-19.3 91 66.1 56.5-74.5 30 18.6 12.8-26.4 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.5 2.5-11.5

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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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