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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 87 20 25.3 16.2-37.3 51 55.4 43.7-66.6 5 6.0 2.4-14.0 11 13.2 7.1-23.3
GENDER
Male 27 7 31.0 15.0-53.3 14 50.7 31.2-69.9 2 5.6 1.3-21.1 4 12.8 4.4-31.7
Female 60 13 21.4 12.3-34.5 37 58.7 44.9-71.4 3 6.3 2.0-18.2 7 13.6 6.3-26.9
RACE
White 72 14 19.7 11.5-31.7 49 66.3 53.5-77.1 3 4.4 1.4-13.1 6 9.5 4.1-20.5
Other 14 6 53.8 26.1-79.3 2 12.1 2.5-42.2 2 13.9 3.1-44.9 4 20.1 6.8-46.6
AGE
18-44 87 20 25.3 16.2-37.3 51 55.4 43.7-66.6 5 6.0 2.4-14.0 11 13.2 7.1-23.3
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 9 24.2 12.2-42.2 20 46.5 30.8-62.8 4 11.0 4.0-26.6 7 18.4 8.6-35.0
Some College + 47 11 26.3 14.3-43.3 31 62.9 46.3-76.9 1 1.9 0.3-12.3 4 9.0 3.1-23.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 51 11 26.2 13.9-43.9 29 50.8 35.5-66.0 3 7.2 2.2-20.9 8 15.7 7.5-30.1
$50,000+ 24 4 15.7 5.9-35.9 16 66.8 45.5-83.0 2 6.3 1.6-22.5 2 11.1 2.8-35.1

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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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