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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide +

Folic Acid

Do any of the vitamin pills or supplements you take contain folic acid?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 5,573 1,423 24.9 23.3-26.5 2,751 49.8 47.9-51.7 1,399 25.3 23.7-27.0
Alabama 362 78 20.6 16.1-25.9 199 54.5 48.5-60.3 85 25.0 20.0-30.7
Arizona 354 118 29.6 23.5-36.5 139 41.0 33.5-49.0 97 29.4 22.5-37.3
Delaware 346 94 25.3 19.9-31.5 175 50.5 43.7-57.4 77 24.2 18.8-30.5
Florida 547 152 26.9 22.9-31.5 266 51.8 46.9-56.6 129 21.3 17.8-25.2
Indiana 391 85 21.8 17.6-26.7 186 46.4 40.9-52.1 120 31.8 26.6-37.5
Iowa 340 63 20.4 15.8-25.9 178 52.1 46.0-58.1 99 27.5 22.5-33.2
Kentucky 742 203 30.3 25.6-35.5 364 47.2 41.9-52.6 175 22.5 18.7-26.8
Nebraska 310 55 17.8 13.6-22.9 175 56.5 50.2-62.5 80 25.7 20.6-31.6
North Carolina 258 74 29.1 21.4-38.1 132 51.5 42.7-60.1 52 19.5 13.5-27.3
North Dakota 268 64 23.7 18.7-29.6 133 48.7 42.2-55.2 71 27.6 22.2-33.9
Pennsylvania 398 97 21.2 17.2-25.9 199 52.6 46.9-58.2 102 26.2 21.5-31.5
Tennessee 265 75 26.5 20.9-33.0 139 56.3 49.3-63.0 51 17.2 12.8-22.6
Texas 645 184 26.0 22.4-29.9 281 44.4 39.9-48.9 180 29.7 25.7-34.0
Wisconsin 347 81 19.3 15.2-24.2 185 55.7 49.5-61.8 81 25.0 19.9-30.8

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins but not multivitamins. Due to large number of responses, data for Don't know/Not sure category are also presented.

#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.

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