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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 74 11 14.7 7.9-25.6 47 60.6 47.8-72.0 0 0.0 . - . 16 24.8 15.3-37.4
GENDER
Male 23 2 10.9 2.7-35.1 12 52.6 31.9-72.5 0 0.0 . - . 9 36.5 19.1-58.3
Female 51 9 17.0 8.6-30.8 35 65.6 49.9-78.5 0 0.0 . - . 7 17.4 8.2-33.3
RACE
White 66 10 14.7 7.6-26.4 43 62.4 48.8-74.3 0 0.0 . - . 13 23.0 13.4-36.5
Other 8 1 14.6 2.0-58.9 4 47.1 16.4-80.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 38.3 11.8-74.2
AGE
18-44 73 11 14.8 8.0-25.9 46 60.1 47.3-71.7 0 0.0 . - . 16 25.1 15.5-37.9
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 5 18.1 7.0-39.2 12 46.6 27.6-66.7 0 0.0 . - . 9 35.3 18.8-56.1
Some College + 48 6 12.3 5.4-25.8 35 70.1 53.8-82.5 0 0.0 . - . 7 17.6 8.1-34.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 40 5 9.4 3.6-22.6 27 69.8 52.6-82.9 0 0.0 . - . 8 20.7 10.0-38.1
$50,000+ 21 4 18.8 7.1-41.5 12 50.2 29.3-71.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 30.9 13.7-55.8

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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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