BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (Daily taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,321	7,138	47.2	46.1-48.2	7,183	52.8	51.8-53.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	342	173	51.6	45.1-58.2	169	48.4	41.8-54.9
GENDER
Male	127	57	51.2	40.3-62.0	70	48.8	38.0-59.7
Female	215	116	52.1	44.8-59.3	99	47.9	40.7-55.2
RACE
White	325	164	49.4	43.3-55.5	161	50.6	44.5-56.7
Other	16	9	72.0	42.2-90.1	7	28.0	9.9-57.8
AGE
18-44	123	50	43.0	33.4-53.1	73	57.0	46.9-66.6
45+	219	123	56.6	48.1-64.7	96	43.4	35.3-51.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	186	81	46.2	36.8-56.0	105	53.8	44.0-63.2
Some College +	156	92	59.3	50.7-67.5	64	40.7	32.5-49.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	212	101	50.4	41.7-59.0	111	49.6	41.0-58.3
$50,000+	60	35	56.3	42.6-69.0	25	43.7	31.0-57.4

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*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?' and those respondents not taking multivitamin or folic acid containing pills considered non-daily user.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,321	7,138	47.2	46.1-48.2	7,183	52.8	51.8-53.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	342	173	51.6	45.1-58.2	169	48.4	41.8-54.9
GENDER
Male	127	57	51.2	40.3-62.0	70	48.8	38.0-59.7
Female	215	116	52.1	44.8-59.3	99	47.9	40.7-55.2
RACE
White	325	164	49.4	43.3-55.5	161	50.6	44.5-56.7
Other	16	9	72.0	42.2-90.1	7	28.0	9.9-57.8
AGE
18-44	123	50	43.0	33.4-53.1	73	57.0	46.9-66.6
45+	219	123	56.6	48.1-64.7	96	43.4	35.3-51.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	186	81	46.2	36.8-56.0	105	53.8	44.0-63.2
Some College +	156	92	59.3	50.7-67.5	64	40.7	32.5-49.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	212	101	50.4	41.7-59.0	111	49.6	41.0-58.3
$50,000+	60	35	56.3	42.6-69.0	25	43.7	31.0-57.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Folic Acid

Daily taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid*