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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Folic Acid

Do any of the vitamin pills or supplements you take contain folic acid?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,410 347 24.1 21.4-27.0 690 49.7 46.4-53.1 373 26.2 23.4-29.1
-Mountain AHEC 80 32 34.5 23.2-47.8 33 45.6 32.2-59.5 15 19.9 11.3-32.8
GENDER
Male 27 8 27.5 12.7-49.7 13 50.1 29.5-70.7 6 22.4 9.5-44.3
Female 53 24 40.1 25.2-57.2 20 41.9 25.5-60.3 9 17.9 8.2-34.9
RACE
White 68 27 34.5 22.5-48.9 30 50.4 36.0-64.7 11 15.1 7.9-27.0
African American 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 12.4 1.1-64.2 2 87.6 35.8-98.9
AGE
18-24 6 2 28.0 4.7-75.3 2 31.6 6.0-76.9 2 40.4 9.3-81.8
25-34 7 2 18.0 3.5-56.9 5 82.0 43.1-96.5 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 9 3 26.6 6.3-66.0 4 58.5 21.0-88.2 2 14.9 2.9-50.9
45-54 14 7 33.5 13.3-62.3 4 30.9 10.4-63.2 3 35.7 12.2-68.9
55-64 19 9 52.3 27.5-76.0 8 33.6 14.7-59.8 2 14.0 3.0-46.0
65-74 14 7 48.3 20.4-77.2 4 39.7 14.1-72.6 3 12.1 2.2-45.5
75+ 11 2 9.4 1.4-42.7 6 60.4 26.7-86.4 3 30.3 8.9-65.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 14 2 10.7 2.3-37.6 7 54.9 24.9-81.8 5 34.4 12.1-66.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 27 14 48.1 27.4-69.5 6 21.9 8.8-45.0 7 30.0 13.8-53.6
Some Post-H.S. 18 8 41.2 17.6-69.7 8 54.8 26.9-80.0 2 4.0 0.7-19.9
College Graduate 21 8 28.5 12.3-53.1 12 59.6 34.1-80.8 1 11.9 1.7-50.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 10 5 22.1 5.3-58.9 1 25.3 3.7-74.8 4 52.6 16.9-85.8
$15,000- 24,999 17 6 32.5 12.5-61.8 6 36.6 13.1-68.8 5 30.9 11.1-61.6
$25,000- 34,999 10 6 65.2 28.8-89.7 3 28.3 6.9-67.7 1 6.5 0.8-36.3
$35,000- 49,999 13 5 46.0 18.6-76.0 8 54.0 24.0-81.4 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 6 2 10.3 1.4-47.7 3 81.8 39.1-96.9 1 7.9 0.8-48.2
$75,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 2 71.0 17.9-96.5 1 29.0 3.5-82.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 36 13 23.8 12.2-41.4 15 48.7 29.8-68.0 8 27.5 13.2-48.5
No 44 19 41.0 25.0-59.1 18 43.7 26.4-62.6 7 15.4 6.3-32.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 10 1 5.9 0.7-34.5 7 76.1 40.8-93.6 2 18.0 3.8-54.8
Non-Veteran 70 31 38.1 25.5-52.5 26 41.7 27.9-57.0 13 20.2 10.9-34.3

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins but not multivitamins. Due to large number of responses, data for Don't know/Not sure category are also presented.

^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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