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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 125 26 20.8 14.0-29.7 75 60.5 50.7-69.5 4 1.9 0.7- 5.0 20 16.8 10.6-25.7
GENDER
Male 35 8 25.6 12.8-44.7 16 44.4 28.2-61.9 3 4.3 1.3-13.1 8 25.7 13.1-44.3
Female 90 18 18.3 11.5-27.8 59 69.1 58.2-78.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 12 12.0 6.3-21.7
RACE
White 83 12 13.2 7.4-22.4 55 64.4 52.3-74.9 2 1.5 0.4- 6.0 14 20.9 12.3-33.3
Other 41 13 32.2 18.5-49.8 20 55.5 38.8-71.0 2 2.7 0.6-10.5 6 9.6 4.0-21.3
AGE
18-44 125 26 20.8 14.0-29.7 75 60.5 50.7-69.5 4 1.9 0.7- 5.0 20 16.8 10.6-25.7
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 14 23.9 13.8-38.3 24 42.7 29.5-56.9 3 2.7 0.8- 8.2 15 30.7 18.9-45.7
Some College + 69 12 17.9 10.1-29.6 51 77.3 65.4-85.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 5 3.7 1.4- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 74 19 24.6 15.7-36.5 41 58.3 45.8-69.8 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5 12 15.5 8.3-27.0
$50,000+ 34 5 14.4 5.9-31.2 22 62.1 43.3-77.9 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 6 21.4 9.4-41.6

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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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