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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 155 17 11.6 6.9-18.8 112 66.6 56.6-75.2 5 2.3 0.9- 5.6 21 19.6 12.1-30.1
GENDER
Male 54 8 16.6 8.2-30.7 33 51.2 36.1-66.2 2 2.2 0.5- 8.7 11 30.0 16.6-48.0
Female 101 9 7.1 3.6-13.6 79 80.3 71.1-87.2 3 2.3 0.7- 7.5 10 10.2 5.3-18.6
RACE
White 87 6 9.7 4.3-20.5 71 77.6 66.0-86.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.2 8 10.5 5.2-20.3
Other 65 11 14.5 7.3-26.8 39 54.0 38.6-68.7 3 2.5 0.8- 8.0 12 29.0 15.5-47.6
AGE
18-44 153 16 11.5 6.8-18.9 111 66.2 56.2-75.0 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7 21 20.0 12.4-30.6
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 37 7 15.0 6.1-32.6 16 34.7 19.8-53.3 2 2.4 0.5-10.0 12 47.9 28.7-67.8
Some College + 118 10 10.2 5.3-18.7 96 79.3 69.7-86.5 3 2.2 0.7- 6.8 9 8.3 4.0-16.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 67 11 16.0 8.2-28.8 42 55.9 40.8-70.0 3 3.1 0.9- 9.9 11 25.0 12.8-43.2
$50,000+ 62 5 10.8 4.4-24.1 49 74.2 59.4-85.0 2 2.3 0.6- 9.0 6 12.7 5.3-27.5

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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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