BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	392	220	54.6	48.9-60.1	172	45.4	39.9-51.1
GENDER
Male	145	78	51.8	42.8-60.7	67	48.2	39.3-57.2
Female	247	142	57.1	50.3-63.7	105	42.9	36.3-49.7
RACE
White	304	185	60.2	54.0-66.1	119	39.8	33.9-46.0
Other	86	33	34.0	23.7-46.2	53	66.0	53.8-76.3
AGE
18-44	136	67	45.6	36.4-55.2	69	54.4	44.8-63.6
45+	253	152	60.2	53.2-66.7	101	39.8	33.3-46.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	194	85	41.4	33.8-49.5	109	58.6	50.5-66.2
Some College +	197	134	67.4	59.6-74.3	63	32.6	25.7-40.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	222	117	51.5	43.9-59.0	105	48.5	41.0-56.1
$50,000+	78	48	59.7	47.4-70.9	30	40.3	29.1-52.6

*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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Folic Acid

Taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	392	220	54.6	48.9-60.1	172	45.4	39.9-51.1
GENDER
Male	145	78	51.8	42.8-60.7	67	48.2	39.3-57.2
Female	247	142	57.1	50.3-63.7	105	42.9	36.3-49.7
RACE
White	304	185	60.2	54.0-66.1	119	39.8	33.9-46.0
Other	86	33	34.0	23.7-46.2	53	66.0	53.8-76.3
AGE
18-44	136	67	45.6	36.4-55.2	69	54.4	44.8-63.6
45+	253	152	60.2	53.2-66.7	101	39.8	33.3-46.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	194	85	41.4	33.8-49.5	109	58.6	50.5-66.2
Some College +	197	134	67.4	59.6-74.3	63	32.6	25.7-40.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	222	117	51.5	43.9-59.0	105	48.5	41.0-56.1
$50,000+	78	48	59.7	47.4-70.9	30	40.3	29.1-52.6