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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 2,847 | 1,300 | 43.0 | 40.2-45.7 | 1,547 | 57.0 | 54.3-59.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,087 | 414 | 35.9 | 31.6-40.3 | 673 | 64.1 | 59.7-68.4 |
Female | 1,760 | 886 | 49.4 | 45.9-52.9 | 874 | 50.6 | 47.1-54.1 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 2,179 | 1,062 | 45.8 | 42.7-48.9 | 1,117 | 54.2 | 51.1-57.3 |
African American | 517 | 180 | 33.6 | 27.7-40.1 | 337 | 66.4 | 59.9-72.3 |
Other Minorities | 107 | 40 | 42.5 | 26.8-59.8 | 67 | 57.5 | 40.2-73.2 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 79 | 31 | 36.0 | 18.0-58.9 | 48 | 64.0 | 41.1-82.0 |
No | 2,760 | 1,267 | 43.2 | 40.5-46.0 | 1,493 | 56.8 | 54.0-59.5 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 245 | 93 | 41.0 | 31.7-51.0 | 152 | 59.0 | 49.0-68.3 |
25-34 | 544 | 233 | 41.5 | 35.3-47.9 | 311 | 58.5 | 52.1-64.7 |
35-44 | 588 | 243 | 39.6 | 33.8-45.8 | 345 | 60.4 | 54.2-66.2 |
45-54 | 516 | 247 | 43.1 | 36.0-50.5 | 269 | 56.9 | 49.5-64.0 |
55-64 | 393 | 196 | 46.1 | 39.1-53.3 | 197 | 53.9 | 46.7-60.9 |
65+ | 538 | 277 | 48.2 | 42.3-54.2 | 261 | 51.8 | 45.8-57.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 376 | 116 | 26.9 | 19.8-35.5 | 260 | 73.1 | 64.5-80.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 878 | 360 | 39.8 | 35.0-44.9 | 518 | 60.2 | 55.1-65.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 728 | 367 | 49.7 | 44.4-54.9 | 361 | 50.3 | 45.1-55.6 |
College Graduate | 856 | 455 | 50.7 | 45.1-56.3 | 401 | 49.3 | 43.7-54.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 273 | 101 | 37.5 | 28.7-47.1 | 172 | 62.5 | 52.9-71.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 474 | 193 | 35.9 | 29.8-42.5 | 281 | 64.1 | 57.5-70.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 381 | 161 | 38.4 | 31.4-45.8 | 220 | 61.6 | 54.2-68.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 448 | 221 | 50.4 | 43.7-57.1 | 227 | 49.6 | 42.9-56.3 |
$50,000+ | 752 | 391 | 48.3 | 42.4-54.2 | 361 | 51.7 | 45.8-57.6 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 193 | 96 | 43.7 | 36.1-51.5 | 97 | 56.3 | 48.5-63.9 |
Cumberland | 207 | 98 | 49.5 | 35.5-63.5 | 109 | 50.5 | 36.5-64.5 |
Durham | 176 | 78 | 39.8 | 29.7-50.8 | 98 | 60.2 | 49.2-70.3 |
Forsyth | 208 | 87 | 39.6 | 32.4-47.3 | 121 | 60.4 | 52.7-67.6 |
Gaston | 209 | 81 | 38.4 | 31.3-46.0 | 128 | 61.6 | 54.0-68.7 |
Guilford | 199 | 86 | 40.1 | 32.6-48.1 | 113 | 59.9 | 51.9-67.4 |
Mecklenburg | 203 | 92 | 46.9 | 39.3-54.6 | 111 | 53.1 | 45.4-60.7 |
New Hanover | 192 | 94 | 43.5 | 35.6-51.7 | 98 | 56.5 | 48.3-64.4 |
Onslow | 199 | 94 | 41.0 | 31.8-50.8 | 105 | 59.0 | 49.2-68.2 |
Wake | 202 | 118 | 56.6 | 48.5-64.4 | 84 | 43.4 | 35.6-51.5 |
Western NC | 280 | 136 | 44.8 | 38.4-51.4 | 144 | 55.2 | 48.6-61.6 |
Piedmont NC | 314 | 133 | 38.4 | 32.4-44.7 | 181 | 61.6 | 55.3-67.6 |
Eastern NC | 265 | 107 | 41.8 | 34.6-49.4 | 158 | 58.2 | 50.6-65.4 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
*Data for this table were derived from the first three folic acid questions.
#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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