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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 82 19 27.5 16.5-41.9 47 53.4 40.7-65.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.7 14 17.5 10.0-28.7
GENDER
Male 25 6 32.6 13.3-60.4 14 47.4 26.2-69.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 20.1 7.8-42.5
Female 57 13 23.9 13.9-37.9 33 57.6 43.6-70.5 2 2.7 0.6-11.0 9 15.7 8.0-28.6
RACE
White 59 13 20.7 11.8-33.6 35 59.0 45.0-71.7 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 10 18.8 9.8-33.0
Other 23 6 41.4 18.2-69.2 12 41.9 21.0-66.3 1 1.7 0.2-11.9 4 14.9 5.1-36.2
AGE
18-44 80 19 27.9 16.9-42.6 45 52.6 39.8-65.1 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8 14 17.8 10.2-29.2
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 32 9 36.4 17.6-60.5 13 36.9 20.2-57.4 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 9 25.5 12.5-45.2
Some College + 50 10 20.1 10.7-34.6 34 67.0 51.8-79.4 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 5 10.9 4.2-25.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 47 10 28.3 13.4-50.0 28 53.3 35.8-70.1 1 1.9 0.3-12.2 8 16.5 7.6-32.2
$50,000+ 23 5 20.7 8.3-43.0 14 58.0 36.3-77.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 21.3 8.0-45.5

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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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