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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 140 21 13.9 8.3-22.5 98 69.4 58.9-78.2 5 3.9 1.4-10.0 16 12.8 6.9-22.7
GENDER
Male 43 9 20.8 10.0-38.2 24 53.2 35.2-70.5 2 3.5 0.7-15.9 8 22.4 10.1-42.8
Female 97 12 9.3 4.4-18.7 74 80.2 69.2-88.0 3 4.1 1.2-13.4 8 6.4 2.7-14.3
RACE
White 118 18 14.6 8.5-23.9 86 73.0 62.3-81.5 3 2.9 0.8- 9.5 11 9.5 4.7-18.3
Other 21 3 9.7 1.5-44.0 12 46.1 19.2-75.5 2 10.4 1.9-41.2 4 33.7 9.9-70.2
AGE
18-44 139 21 14.0 8.4-22.7 97 69.1 58.6-78.0 5 3.9 1.4-10.1 16 12.9 6.9-22.9
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 12 23.2 12.4-39.2 32 54.5 38.5-69.6 2 3.2 0.6-15.3 10 19.1 8.5-37.3
Some College + 83 9 7.4 2.9-17.2 65 79.9 66.9-88.6 3 4.3 1.2-13.9 6 8.4 3.2-20.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 86 15 17.0 9.2-29.3 55 62.5 48.8-74.4 3 4.1 1.1-13.6 13 16.4 8.0-30.6
$50,000+ 33 3 12.0 3.9-31.6 27 78.0 57.6-90.2 2 5.7 1.2-23.8 1 4.3 0.6-25.0

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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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