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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Daily consumption of multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid-FEMALES, Age 18-44*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,605 1,713 47.1 45.1-49.2 1,892 52.9 50.8-54.9
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 86 40 46.9 35.9-58.1 46 53.1 41.9-64.1
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 86 40 46.9 35.9-58.1 46 53.1 41.9-64.1
RACE
White 62 33 52.4 39.3-65.3 29 47.6 34.7-60.7
Other 23 6 30.3 14.1-53.6 17 69.7 46.4-85.9
AGE
18-44 86 40 46.9 35.9-58.1 46 53.1 41.9-64.1
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 35 12 33.3 18.9-51.6 23 66.7 48.4-81.1
Some College + 51 28 56.0 41.4-69.7 23 44.0 30.3-58.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 53 26 48.5 34.6-62.6 27 51.5 37.4-65.4
$50,000+ 16 9 55.4 30.2-78.1 7 44.6 21.9-69.8

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*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question, 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?'

^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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