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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 100 29 28.6 19.7-39.6 56 49.5 38.7-60.4 2 3.2 0.8-12.1 13 18.6 10.8-30.3
GENDER
Male 32 9 26.7 13.5-46.1 15 41.6 25.0-60.3 1 4.5 0.6-26.0 7 27.1 13.0-48.1
Female 68 20 29.9 19.2-43.5 41 55.0 41.6-67.7 1 2.3 0.3-14.7 6 12.8 5.5-26.7
RACE
White 64 12 15.9 8.2-28.6 46 69.7 55.4-81.0 1 3.1 0.4-18.7 5 11.3 4.8-24.6
Other 36 17 48.1 30.6-66.0 10 18.7 9.2-34.1 1 3.5 0.5-20.9 8 29.8 14.9-50.8
AGE
18-44 97 28 28.9 19.9-40.0 54 48.8 37.9-59.8 2 3.3 0.8-12.3 13 19.0 11.0-30.9
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 23 10 44.9 24.6-67.1 13 55.1 32.9-75.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 77 19 24.2 15.0-36.5 43 48.0 35.9-60.4 2 4.1 1.0-15.1 13 23.7 13.9-37.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 36 17 48.6 31.1-66.4 13 27.2 15.2-43.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 24.2 10.9-45.6
$50,000+ 42 7 16.3 7.3-32.7 30 65.6 47.7-80.0 1 4.2 0.6-24.4 4 13.8 5.0-32.8

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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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