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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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 12,634 466 3.3 2.8- 3.9 8,330 65.3 63.7-66.7 2,981 24.6 23.3-26.0 174 1.5 1.1- 1.9 683 5.3 4.6- 6.2
-Mecklenburg County 591 11 2.3 1.1- 4.8 347 54.8 49.2-60.3 187 33.6 28.3-39.3 11 2.5 1.2- 5.2 35 6.9 4.5-10.3
GENDER
Male 219 6 3.7 1.5- 9.0 138 57.5 49.2-65.4 59 29.3 22.4-37.3 3 2.2 0.6- 7.2 13 7.3 3.7-13.6
Female 372 5 1.1 0.4- 3.3 209 52.3 44.8-59.7 128 37.3 29.9-45.3 8 2.7 1.0- 7.0 22 6.5 3.8-10.9
RACE
White 413 9 2.7 1.2- 6.0 245 57.5 51.2-63.5 130 31.4 25.9-37.6 6 2.2 0.7- 6.2 23 6.2 3.7-10.3
Other 167 2 1.9 0.4- 8.3 97 50.9 40.5-61.3 54 38.4 28.2-49.6 4 2.2 0.6- 7.9 10 6.6 3.0-13.9
AGE
18-44 183 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 103 49.7 40.5-58.8 64 38.9 30.0-48.6 4 3.2 1.1- 9.1 11 7.2 3.6-13.8
45+ 401 10 3.8 1.8- 7.9 239 59.8 54.1-65.3 122 28.3 23.5-33.6 7 1.7 0.8- 3.7 23 6.4 4.0-10.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 4 5.1 1.7-14.5 87 50.7 38.8-62.5 34 30.6 20.0-43.8 3 2.9 0.7-11.1 10 10.7 5.0-21.6
Some College + 450 7 1.3 0.6- 3.1 257 56.0 49.8-62.0 153 34.8 28.9-41.2 8 2.3 0.9- 5.7 25 5.5 3.4- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 5 3.9 1.3-11.1 134 54.1 43.7-64.1 62 33.5 23.6-45.0 3 0.9 0.2- 3.3 16 7.6 4.1-13.5
$50,000+ 277 5 1.8 0.7- 4.7 155 57.4 50.4-64.1 99 34.1 27.9-40.8 5 1.8 0.7- 4.8 13 4.9 2.5- 9.3

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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