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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 6,463 211 3.2 2.5- 4.0 4,273 64.5 62.5-66.5 1,547 25.1 23.3-26.9 87 1.5 1.0- 2.2 345 5.8 4.7- 7.1
GENDER
Male 2,437 91 3.9 2.7- 5.5 1,677 66.3 63.1-69.5 538 22.6 20.1-25.3 27 1.5 0.8- 2.9 104 5.7 4.0- 8.1
Female 4,026 120 2.5 1.9- 3.2 2,596 62.8 60.2-65.2 1,009 27.4 25.1-29.8 60 1.5 1.0- 2.1 241 5.9 4.8- 7.2
RACE
White 5,221 166 3.3 2.5- 4.2 3,556 68.7 66.6-70.6 1,198 22.9 21.2-24.7 61 1.2 0.8- 1.8 240 4.0 3.2- 4.9
African American 872 29 2.6 1.6- 4.1 488 50.5 45.2-55.7 269 37.8 32.7-43.2 22 2.1 1.2- 3.7 64 7.1 5.0-10.0
Other Minorities 319 13 2.2 1.2- 4.3 197 62.5 52.8-71.3 71 17.5 12.3-24.2 2 2.0 0.3-11.7 36 15.7 9.1-25.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 226 9 5.6 2.3-13.0 144 59.0 47.6-69.5 46 16.1 10.4-24.1 4 3.1 0.7-12.4 23 16.3 8.7-28.4
Non-Hispanic 6,215 200 3.0 2.4- 3.7 4,113 65.0 63.0-66.9 1,499 25.9 24.1-27.8 83 1.4 1.0- 1.9 320 4.8 4.0- 5.7
AGE
18-24 169 8 2.6 1.1- 5.6 100 58.5 48.5-67.9 42 24.3 17.2-33.2 2 1.3 0.3- 5.1 17 13.3 7.4-22.7
25-34 610 16 4.0 1.9- 8.0 391 65.7 60.2-70.9 167 26.3 21.7-31.5 9 0.8 0.4- 1.8 27 3.2 2.0- 5.0
35-44 1,039 29 2.6 1.5- 4.6 637 59.6 55.3-63.8 299 29.1 25.5-33.1 18 2.6 1.2- 5.8 56 6.0 4.1- 8.7
45-54 1,309 32 2.4 1.5- 3.7 836 63.4 59.4-67.1 351 27.7 24.2-31.6 19 1.1 0.6- 1.8 71 5.5 3.9- 7.7
55-64 1,327 45 3.3 2.2- 4.9 878 67.4 63.8-70.8 311 22.2 19.4-25.4 21 2.1 1.1- 3.9 72 5.1 3.5- 7.3
65+ 1,947 81 4.4 3.3- 6.0 1,393 72.8 69.8-75.6 357 17.8 15.5-20.5 18 1.0 0.5- 1.9 98 3.9 3.1- 5.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 764 47 5.1 3.0- 8.4 493 61.2 53.4-68.5 155 19.3 14.4-25.3 11 2.4 0.7- 7.8 58 12.0 7.0-19.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,748 73 4.9 3.3- 7.1 1,199 65.1 60.8-69.1 371 22.4 19.0-26.2 21 1.6 0.8- 3.0 84 6.1 4.3- 8.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,571 45 2.7 1.6- 4.7 1,075 65.9 61.9-69.7 362 26.2 22.7-30.0 19 1.2 0.6- 2.4 70 4.0 2.8- 5.7
College Graduate 2,372 46 1.5 1.1- 2.2 1,498 64.2 61.5-66.9 659 28.4 25.9-31.0 36 1.3 0.9- 2.0 133 4.5 3.6- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 578 25 4.9 2.4- 9.9 352 54.5 46.0-62.8 142 25.1 18.7-32.8 7 0.5 0.2- 1.1 52 15.0 9.0-24.1
$15,000- 24,999 900 38 4.5 2.4- 8.5 607 60.7 54.5-66.6 199 27.3 21.9-33.4 16 2.6 0.9- 7.5 40 4.9 3.1- 7.7
$25,000- 34,999 618 21 3.3 1.9- 5.6 417 66.0 58.9-72.3 138 24.9 19.1-31.8 12 1.5 0.8- 3.0 30 4.4 2.1- 8.8
$35,000- 49,999 813 27 2.9 1.7- 5.0 554 74.2 69.7-78.3 181 17.9 14.6-21.8 11 0.9 0.4- 1.7 40 4.1 2.7- 6.2
$50,000-74,999 940 31 3.2 1.6- 6.5 618 67.1 62.3-71.6 241 25.9 21.9-30.4 9 0.6 0.3- 1.3 41 3.1 2.0- 4.6
$75,000+ 1,655 28 1.5 1.0- 2.4 1,086 65.2 62.0-68.3 436 26.8 24.0-29.9 24 1.7 1.0- 2.8 81 4.7 3.5- 6.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,081 82 3.7 2.6- 5.2 1,363 61.0 57.1-64.8 473 26.5 23.0-30.3 32 1.7 1.0- 3.0 131 7.1 5.0- 9.9
No 4,155 117 2.9 2.1- 4.0 2,765 65.5 63.1-67.8 1,022 24.9 22.9-26.9 55 1.5 1.0- 2.4 196 5.2 4.0- 6.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 765 32 3.4 2.0- 5.8 546 69.5 64.1-74.4 153 24.1 19.4-29.4 7 0.5 0.2- 1.0 27 2.6 1.4- 4.5
Non-Veteran 5,165 168 3.0 2.4- 3.9 3,368 63.3 61.0-65.6 1,266 25.7 23.7-27.7 72 1.6 1.1- 2.3 291 6.4 5.2- 7.9

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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.

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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