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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 115 14 12.2 6.8-21.2 81 70.1 59.5-78.9 6 4.7 1.8-11.4 14 13.0 7.4-21.9
GENDER
Male 47 8 17.4 8.2-33.1 26 56.4 40.5-71.0 4 7.6 2.5-20.6 9 18.6 9.3-33.8
Female 68 6 6.9 2.8-15.8 55 84.3 73.0-91.5 2 1.7 0.4- 6.5 5 7.1 2.7-17.7
RACE
White 99 8 9.1 4.1-18.9 73 72.0 60.5-81.2 5 4.6 1.6-12.4 13 14.3 8.0-24.3
Other 16 6 35.3 14.7-63.3 8 56.0 29.3-79.6 1 5.1 0.7-29.5 1 3.6 0.5-22.6
AGE
18-44 115 14 12.2 6.8-21.2 81 70.1 59.5-78.9 6 4.7 1.8-11.4 14 13.0 7.4-21.9
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 8 17.3 7.9-34.0 25 58.4 41.2-73.7 2 5.3 1.0-23.2 9 19.0 9.2-35.0
Some College + 70 6 8.8 3.5-20.7 55 77.9 64.6-87.2 4 4.3 1.5-11.4 5 9.0 3.5-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 55 7 14.1 6.1-29.1 37 66.6 51.1-79.1 4 4.7 1.6-12.8 7 14.7 6.7-29.0
$50,000+ 39 4 7.8 2.8-20.0 27 67.8 49.1-82.1 2 7.2 1.5-28.1 6 17.1 7.2-35.4

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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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