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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 417 19 3.8 2.2- 6.4 293 68.6 61.3-75.1 79 18.3 13.5-24.3 5 1.1 0.4- 3.0 21 8.1 3.9-16.0
GENDER
Male 148 4 2.6 0.8- 7.8 106 66.0 52.7-77.2 25 19.7 11.4-32.0 4 2.3 0.8- 6.6 9 9.4 2.9-26.6
Female 269 15 4.8 2.7- 8.4 187 70.7 62.8-77.4 54 17.2 12.6-22.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 12 7.2 3.1-15.6
RACE
White 365 17 4.2 2.4- 7.3 261 71.6 65.0-77.5 69 18.4 13.6-24.4 4 1.1 0.4- 3.4 14 4.6 2.1-10.2
Other 50 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 32 57.7 35.9-76.9 9 17.7 6.6-39.7 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 7 22.0 7.3-50.1
AGE
18-44 101 6 3.2 1.2- 8.0 71 67.3 53.1-78.9 17 16.6 8.9-29.1 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 5 11.8 4.2-29.0
45+ 313 13 4.4 2.4- 8.0 221 70.3 64.1-75.8 60 19.1 14.5-24.6 3 1.3 0.3- 4.7 16 5.0 2.9- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 9 3.6 1.7- 7.3 145 66.2 54.4-76.2 36 15.7 9.4-24.9 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 13 13.9 6.2-28.3
Some College + 212 10 4.1 1.9- 8.4 148 71.1 62.5-78.4 43 20.9 14.4-29.4 3 1.6 0.5- 5.5 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 8 2.8 1.3- 6.3 151 71.7 61.9-79.8 38 14.7 9.0-23.2 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1 13 9.3 4.3-18.9
$50,000+ 127 7 6.3 2.8-13.5 93 73.4 64.0-81.1 22 16.9 11.0-25.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4

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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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