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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide +

Risk Factors

Daily consumption of multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 50,013 21,834 42.0 41.4-42.6 28,179 58.0 57.4-58.6
Alabama 2,678 1,033 38.1 36.0-40.2 1,645 61.9 59.8-64.0
Arizona 3,016 1,476 47.0 44.5-49.5 1,540 53.0 50.5-55.5
Delaware 3,389 1,669 48.3 46.1-50.5 1,720 51.7 49.5-53.9
Florida 4,394 2,178 48.0 46.2-49.7 2,216 52.0 50.3-53.8
Indiana 3,777 1,815 46.3 44.5-48.1 1,962 53.7 51.9-55.5
Iowa 3,309 1,496 42.8 40.8-44.7 1,813 57.2 55.3-59.2
Kentucky 7,121 2,770 38.5 36.8-40.2 4,351 61.5 59.8-63.2
Nebraska 3,410 1,593 42.0 40.1-43.9 1,817 58.0 56.1-59.9
North Carolina 2,838 1,205 39.4 36.7-42.2 1,633 60.6 57.8-63.3
North Dakota 2,390 1,090 43.0 40.9-45.2 1,300 57.0 54.8-59.1
Pennsylvania 3,459 1,601 43.9 42.0-45.8 1,858 56.1 54.2-58.0
Tennessee 2,750 1,183 41.9 39.8-44.1 1,567 58.1 55.9-60.2
Texas 5,481 2,375 39.9 38.4-41.3 3,106 60.1 58.7-61.6
Wisconsin 2,001 350 16.8 15.0-18.8 1,651 83.2 81.2-85.0

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*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.

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