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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties

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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 348 171 47.8 42.0-53.7 177 52.2 46.3-58.0
GENDER
Male 123 46 36.7 28.0-46.3 77 63.3 53.7-72.0
Female 225 125 57.1 49.9-64.0 100 42.9 36.0-50.1
RACE
White 296 146 47.5 41.3-53.8 150 52.5 46.2-58.7
Other 48 22 47.4 31.7-63.6 26 52.6 36.4-68.3
AGE
18-44 138 64 43.5 34.8-52.6 74 56.5 47.4-65.2
45+ 209 107 51.5 43.8-59.1 102 48.5 40.9-56.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 90 41.3 34.0-49.0 115 58.7 51.0-66.0
Some College + 143 81 57.0 48.0-65.6 62 43.0 34.4-52.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 96 44.9 37.3-52.7 106 55.1 47.3-62.7
$50,000+ 73 40 55.0 42.8-66.6 33 45.0 33.4-57.2

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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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