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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Folic Acid

Taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 390 182 45.4 40.0-51.0 208 54.6 49.0-60.0
GENDER
Male 130 52 37.5 29.2-46.6 78 62.5 53.4-70.8
Female 260 130 51.5 44.7-58.2 130 48.5 41.8-55.3
RACE
White 243 123 48.4 41.5-55.4 120 51.6 44.6-58.5
Other 146 58 40.4 31.8-49.6 88 59.6 50.4-68.2
AGE
18-44 152 72 48.0 39.4-56.6 80 52.0 43.4-60.6
45+ 235 110 43.9 37.0-51.0 125 56.1 49.0-63.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 220 89 41.0 34.0-48.4 131 59.0 51.6-66.0
Some College + 170 93 51.6 43.1-59.9 77 48.4 40.1-56.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 96 41.0 34.1-48.3 128 59.0 51.7-65.9
$50,000+ 81 49 60.3 48.4-71.1 32 39.7 28.9-51.6

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*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.

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