Table 5.

Dietary habits of residents from the five study populations [frequency (%)].

Characteristic	Midland and Saginaw counties				Jackson and Calhoun counties (n = 251)
	Floodplain (n = 251)	Near floodplain (n = 197)	Midland plume (n = 48)	Other (n = 199)
Ever consumed fish from the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River, or Saginaw Bay	63.2**	55.8**	46.0**	45.9**	7.4
Ever consumed fish from the Kalamazoo Rivera	0**	0.3**	9.8	1.5*	6.7
Consumed fish from the Tittabawassee River in the past 5 years	8.5**	3.6**	2.6*	5.3**	0.2
Consumed fish from the Saginaw River or Bay in the past 5 years	17.9**	28.7**	20.3**	19.2**	2.6
Consumed fish from the Kalamazoo River in the past 5 yearsa	0**	0**	0**	0.8	1.0
Consumed fish from any other river in the past 5 years	59.2**	63.0	61.0	69.2	72.7
Consumed game from the Tittabawassee River floodplain in the past 5 years	18.3**	11.5**	14.3**	9.5**	0.4
Consumed game from the Saginaw River or Bay floodplain in the past 5 years	7.7**	9.2**	4.2**	8.7**	0
Consumed game from any other location in the past 5 years	42.9*	57.3	54.9	56.8	56.3
Ever been a vegetarian	2.8	1.9	2.9	5.2	5.0

^aBetween the Morrow Pond Dam and Lake Michigan.

^*p < 0.05, and

^**p < 0.01, compared with Jackson/Calhoun.