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

Folic Acid

Some health experts recommend that women take 400 micrograms of the B vitamin folic acid, for which of the following reasons....*

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Respond.^
Make strong bones Prevent birth defects Prevent high bp Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,043 667 17.1 15.7-18.7 2,597 61.9 59.9-63.8 143 3.9 3.2- 4.8 636 17.1 15.6-18.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 92 13 16.1 8.8-27.7 63 66.5 54.8-76.4 5 6.1 2.4-14.9 11 11.2 6.1-19.9
GENDER
Male 24 4 22.9 8.1-50.0 12 47.1 26.8-68.4 2 10.8 2.7-34.9 6 19.2 8.2-38.7
Female 68 9 12.8 6.5-23.7 51 76.1 63.8-85.1 3 3.8 1.2-11.4 5 7.3 2.8-17.5
RACE
White 87 12 13.5 7.5-22.9 60 69.4 58.2-78.7 4 5.0 1.7-13.9 11 12.1 6.6-21.3
Other 5 1 49.7 9.3-90.5 3 30.4 5.3-77.2 1 19.9 2.3-72.6 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 92 13 16.1 8.8-27.7 63 66.5 54.8-76.4 5 6.1 2.4-14.9 11 11.2 6.1-19.9
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 7 27.2 12.1-50.4 15 47.7 28.8-67.3 3 9.7 2.7-29.6 6 15.4 6.4-32.8
Some College + 61 6 9.7 4.2-20.8 48 77.4 64.3-86.7 2 4.1 1.0-15.1 5 8.8 3.6-19.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 64 10 18.7 9.4-33.8 42 62.5 48.1-74.9 2 4.0 0.9-16.7 10 14.8 7.8-26.4
$50,000+ 14 2 13.3 3.3-40.8 11 76.5 47.0-92.3 1 10.2 1.5-46.5 0 0.0 . - .

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being between ages 18 and 44.

^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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