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

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,438	8,076	53.6	52.5-54.6	6,362	46.4	45.4-47.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	346	196	57.5	51.0-63.7	150	42.5	36.3-49.0
GENDER
Male	127	63	55.6	44.9-65.9	64	44.4	34.1-55.1
Female	219	133	59.3	52.0-66.2	86	40.7	33.8-48.0
RACE
White	328	182	54.5	48.3-60.5	146	45.5	39.5-51.7
Other	17	13	82.2	53.0-95.0	4	17.8	5.0-47.0
AGE
18-44	126	62	50.3	40.5-60.1	64	49.7	39.9-59.5
45+	220	134	61.6	53.3-69.2	86	38.4	30.8-46.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	189	94	52.1	42.8-61.3	95	47.9	38.7-57.2
Some College +	157	102	65.1	56.6-72.8	55	34.9	27.2-43.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	215	114	54.9	46.4-63.1	101	45.1	36.9-53.6
$50,000+	61	43	68.6	54.7-79.8	18	31.4	20.2-45.3

*Data for this table were derived from the first three folic acid questions. See the 2004 questionnaire.

^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.

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

Folic Acid

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,438	8,076	53.6	52.5-54.6	6,362	46.4	45.4-47.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	346	196	57.5	51.0-63.7	150	42.5	36.3-49.0
GENDER
Male	127	63	55.6	44.9-65.9	64	44.4	34.1-55.1
Female	219	133	59.3	52.0-66.2	86	40.7	33.8-48.0
RACE
White	328	182	54.5	48.3-60.5	146	45.5	39.5-51.7
Other	17	13	82.2	53.0-95.0	4	17.8	5.0-47.0
AGE
18-44	126	62	50.3	40.5-60.1	64	49.7	39.9-59.5
45+	220	134	61.6	53.3-69.2	86	38.4	30.8-46.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	189	94	52.1	42.8-61.3	95	47.9	38.7-57.2
Some College +	157	102	65.1	56.6-72.8	55	34.9	27.2-43.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	215	114	54.9	46.4-63.1	101	45.1	36.9-53.6
$50,000+	61	43	68.6	54.7-79.8	18	31.4	20.2-45.3