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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 839 | 355 | 42.2 | 37.1-47.4 | 484 | 57.8 | 52.6-62.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 582 | 263 | 45.8 | 39.5-52.1 | 319 | 54.2 | 47.9-60.5 |
| African American | 202 | 74 | 34.6 | 25.5-45.1 | 128 | 65.4 | 54.9-74.5 |
| Other Minorities | 42 | 15 | 37.0 | 19.9-58.2 | 27 | 63.0 | 41.8-80.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 33 | 13 | 37.0 | 16.4-63.8 | 20 | 63.0 | 36.2-83.6 |
| No | 805 | 342 | 42.4 | 37.3-47.8 | 463 | 57.6 | 52.2-62.7 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 147 | 55 | 40.0 | 29.0-52.1 | 92 | 60.0 | 47.9-71.0 |
| 25-34 | 322 | 140 | 43.3 | 36.1-50.9 | 182 | 56.7 | 49.1-63.9 |
| 35-44 | 370 | 160 | 42.5 | 34.5-51.0 | 210 | 57.5 | 49.0-65.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 49 | 15 | 29.0 | 10.8-57.7 | 34 | 71.0 | 42.3-89.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 259 | 91 | 36.9 | 28.2-46.6 | 168 | 63.1 | 53.4-71.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 257 | 113 | 43.7 | 35.4-52.5 | 144 | 56.3 | 47.5-64.6 |
| College Graduate | 273 | 135 | 51.1 | 42.8-59.5 | 138 | 48.9 | 40.5-57.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 77 | 29 | 42.1 | 23.9-62.7 | 48 | 57.9 | 37.3-76.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 157 | 56 | 35.2 | 25.3-46.6 | 101 | 64.8 | 53.4-74.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 117 | 49 | 41.1 | 27.4-56.4 | 68 | 58.9 | 43.6-72.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 153 | 75 | 44.2 | 33.6-55.4 | 78 | 55.8 | 44.6-66.4 |
| $50,000+ | 225 | 110 | 50.0 | 40.4-59.6 | 115 | 50.0 | 40.4-59.6 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 45 | 22 | 47.2 | 31.9-63.1 | 23 | 52.8 | 36.9-68.1 |
| Cumberland | 70 | 29 | 41.8 | 29.9-54.8 | 41 | 58.2 | 45.2-70.1 |
| Durham | 52 | 25 | 46.5 | 32.1-61.5 | 27 | 53.5 | 38.5-67.9 |
| Forsyth | 51 | 17 | 33.0 | 20.4-48.6 | 34 | 67.0 | 51.4-79.6 |
| Gaston | 59 | 22 | 44.4 | 30.0-59.9 | 37 | 55.6 | 40.1-70.0 |
| Guilford | 55 | 21 | 36.6 | 23.8-51.7 | 34 | 63.4 | 48.3-76.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 70 | 26 | 41.3 | 29.0-54.8 | 44 | 58.7 | 45.2-71.0 |
| New Hanover | 53 | 23 | 34.9 | 22.6-49.5 | 30 | 65.1 | 50.5-77.4 |
| Onslow | 78 | 35 | 40.5 | 29.0-53.1 | 43 | 59.5 | 46.9-71.0 |
| Wake | 71 | 36 | 50.9 | 37.6-64.0 | 35 | 49.1 | 36.0-62.4 |
| Western NC | 63 | 31 | 50.5 | 37.2-63.7 | 32 | 49.5 | 36.3-62.8 |
| Piedmont NC | 83 | 38 | 39.5 | 28.0-52.2 | 45 | 60.5 | 47.8-72.0 |
| Eastern NC | 89 | 30 | 40.8 | 28.5-54.4 | 59 | 59.2 | 45.6-71.5 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question, 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?'
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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