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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 575 8 1.2 0.5- 2.6 366 62.4 56.4-68.1 162 27.5 22.9-32.7 6 0.9 0.4- 2.2 33 8.0 4.2-14.7
GENDER
Male 221 0 0.0 . - . 158 66.2 55.7-75.2 54 23.5 16.7-31.9 0 0.0 . - . 9 10.4 4.1-24.0
Female 354 8 2.4 1.1- 5.2 208 58.5 52.1-64.6 108 31.7 26.1-38.0 6 1.9 0.8- 4.4 24 5.5 3.5- 8.5
RACE
White 444 5 0.9 0.3- 2.4 296 68.5 62.9-73.5 118 26.0 21.3-31.3 5 1.1 0.4- 2.8 20 3.6 2.1- 5.9
Other 126 3 1.8 0.5- 6.5 69 49.9 36.8-63.0 41 31.0 20.7-43.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 12 16.7 6.5-36.8
AGE
18-44 209 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 120 58.4 49.1-67.1 68 28.6 21.7-36.7 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 16 11.1 5.2-22.4
45+ 358 5 1.4 0.5- 3.7 242 68.3 62.6-73.5 90 25.6 20.8-31.2 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 17 3.5 2.1- 6.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 3 2.6 0.8- 8.4 67 54.1 38.0-69.3 33 22.6 12.7-36.9 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 11 19.6 7.4-42.4
Some College + 459 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9 299 65.1 59.6-70.3 129 29.1 24.3-34.5 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4 22 4.2 2.5- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 3 1.9 0.5- 7.6 109 62.5 49.2-74.2 39 23.3 14.4-35.4 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0 11 11.4 3.9-29.0
$50,000+ 332 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 208 64.4 58.0-70.3 100 29.5 24.0-35.6 4 1.2 0.4- 3.2 17 4.3 2.4- 7.8

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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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