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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 92 19 19.0 11.7-29.5 52 56.1 44.9-66.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0 20 23.5 15.4-34.2
GENDER
Male 27 3 14.3 4.3-38.6 17 58.0 37.6-76.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 27.7 13.5-48.5
Female 65 16 21.7 13.0-33.9 35 55.0 41.8-67.5 1 2.1 0.3-13.5 13 21.2 12.4-33.9
RACE
White 53 6 9.9 4.3-21.4 35 66.7 52.5-78.4 0 0.0 . - . 12 23.3 13.5-37.2
Other 38 13 31.0 17.2-49.4 17 44.4 28.0-62.2 0 0.0 . - . 8 24.5 12.3-42.9
AGE
18-44 90 19 19.3 11.9-29.9 51 56.2 44.9-67.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 19 23.0 14.9-33.9
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 37 10 27.2 14.1-46.0 16 38.6 23.9-55.8 1 3.2 0.4-19.4 10 31.0 17.3-49.0
Some College + 55 9 12.9 6.4-24.2 36 69.2 55.2-80.4 0 0.0 . - . 10 18.0 9.6-31.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 50 13 26.2 14.8-42.1 26 48.8 34.2-63.6 0 0.0 . - . 11 25.0 14.0-40.6
$50,000+ 29 4 10.8 3.8-26.9 17 61.2 42.0-77.5 1 4.0 0.6-23.5 7 24.0 11.6-43.2

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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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