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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 350 7 2.7 1.1- 6.4 239 67.1 59.8-73.6 80 19.7 15.1-25.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 23 10.5 6.1-17.6
GENDER
Male 112 5 5.9 2.2-15.3 75 61.1 49.3-71.8 26 23.7 15.3-34.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 9.2 3.8-20.7
Female 238 2 0.6 0.2- 2.4 164 70.8 61.6-78.5 54 17.2 12.4-23.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 17 11.3 5.6-21.6
RACE
White 304 6 2.3 0.9- 6.0 212 70.8 63.5-77.1 69 20.5 15.3-26.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 16 6.4 3.4-11.8
Other 46 1 4.3 0.6-24.9 27 50.8 32.6-68.8 11 16.3 8.0-30.2 0 0.0 . - . 7 28.6 12.6-52.7
AGE
18-44 134 3 3.6 1.2-10.8 85 62.1 50.8-72.3 36 21.9 14.9-31.0 0 0.0 . - . 10 12.4 5.7-24.9
45+ 214 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9 153 73.4 65.8-79.9 43 16.7 11.9-23.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 13 8.2 4.5-14.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 2 2.3 0.5- 9.9 83 63.9 51.3-74.8 25 22.0 13.3-34.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.8 9 11.6 5.2-24.1
Some College + 230 5 2.8 0.9- 8.2 156 68.6 59.6-76.4 55 18.6 13.6-24.8 0 0.0 . - . 14 10.0 4.8-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 139 3 3.9 1.1-13.0 97 67.7 56.6-77.0 32 20.8 13.8-30.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 6 7.5 2.7-19.1
$50,000+ 172 3 2.1 0.5- 8.6 119 70.8 61.4-78.8 39 20.4 13.8-29.0 0 0.0 . - . 11 6.7 3.6-12.1

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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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