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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

Folic Acid

Daily taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,321 7,138 47.2 46.1-48.2 7,183 52.8 51.8-53.9
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 577 307 50.0 44.9-55.0 270 50.0 45.0-55.1
GENDER
Male 203 81 38.0 30.5-46.1 122 62.0 53.9-69.5
Female 374 226 60.2 54.0-66.2 148 39.8 33.8-46.0
RACE
White 487 274 52.5 47.2-57.8 213 47.5 42.2-52.8
Other 87 33 30.3 17.8-46.7 54 69.7 53.3-82.2
AGE
18-44 199 83 38.6 30.7-47.1 116 61.4 52.9-69.3
45+ 373 220 56.6 50.3-62.8 153 43.4 37.2-49.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 270 117 41.3 34.1-48.9 153 58.7 51.1-65.9
Some College + 303 188 57.3 50.4-64.0 115 42.7 36.0-49.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 333 159 44.4 37.8-51.1 174 55.6 48.9-62.2
$50,000+ 121 86 66.3 55.6-75.6 35 33.7 24.4-44.4

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*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?' and those respondents not taking multivitamin or folic acid containing pills considered non-daily user.

^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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