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2009 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 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
-New Hanover County 392 14 4.8 1.9-11.2 231 52.5 44.5-60.4 112 31.6 24.7-39.6 5 0.9 0.3- 2.2 30 10.2 5.4-18.4
GENDER
Male 150 7 5.5 1.5-18.1 86 56.1 43.5-68.0 47 27.4 18.5-38.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 9 10.4 3.6-26.3
Female 242 7 4.0 1.2-12.8 145 49.2 39.3-59.0 65 35.7 25.9-46.8 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 21 10.0 4.8-19.8
RACE
White 337 13 5.5 2.2-13.2 209 56.4 47.4-65.0 87 27.4 20.5-35.7 4 0.8 0.3- 2.5 24 9.8 4.6-19.6
Other 53 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 21 32.7 18.7-50.5 24 52.9 34.0-70.9 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 6 12.7 4.4-31.2
AGE
18-44 83 3 6.7 1.8-21.9 41 43.6 30.0-58.2 29 35.5 22.8-50.6 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 8 13.6 5.3-30.8
45+ 303 11 3.1 1.6- 5.7 185 60.2 53.4-66.6 82 28.5 22.8-34.8 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7 22 7.2 4.0-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 3 6.5 1.3-26.6 81 52.1 36.8-66.9 31 27.3 15.9-42.9 0 0.0 . - . 7 14.1 4.5-36.1
Some College + 270 11 3.9 1.4-10.1 150 52.8 43.6-61.8 81 33.7 25.5-43.1 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3 23 8.3 4.2-15.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 6 10.0 3.1-27.4 100 52.2 39.5-64.6 41 30.7 20.0-44.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 14 6.6 2.9-14.6
$50,000+ 171 5 2.0 0.8- 5.1 98 59.9 49.8-69.3 57 29.4 21.9-38.2 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 9 8.0 3.0-19.7

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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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