BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg County: (Do you currently take any vitamin pills or supplements?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,811	9,140	59.0	58.0-60.1	5,671	41.0	39.9-42.0
-Mecklenburg County	630	431	63.6	59.2-67.9	199	36.4	32.1-40.8
GENDER
Male	244	158	61.1	54.1-67.7	86	38.9	32.3-45.9
Female	386	273	66.1	60.4-71.4	113	33.9	28.6-39.6
RACE
White	438	329	72.4	67.3-76.9	109	27.6	23.1-32.7
Other	187	98	45.8	37.8-54.0	89	54.2	46.0-62.2
AGE
18-44	314	198	59.0	52.7-64.9	116	41.0	35.1-47.3
45+	314	231	68.7	62.1-74.6	83	31.3	25.4-37.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	178	89	42.1	34.1-50.6	89	57.9	49.4-65.9
Some College +	451	341	73.4	68.5-77.7	110	26.6	22.3-31.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	158	52.2	45.0-59.3	103	47.8	40.7-55.0
$50,000+	241	186	75.4	69.0-81.0	55	24.6	19.0-31.0

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^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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,811	9,140	59.0	58.0-60.1	5,671	41.0	39.9-42.0
-Mecklenburg County	630	431	63.6	59.2-67.9	199	36.4	32.1-40.8
GENDER
Male	244	158	61.1	54.1-67.7	86	38.9	32.3-45.9
Female	386	273	66.1	60.4-71.4	113	33.9	28.6-39.6
RACE
White	438	329	72.4	67.3-76.9	109	27.6	23.1-32.7
Other	187	98	45.8	37.8-54.0	89	54.2	46.0-62.2
AGE
18-44	314	198	59.0	52.7-64.9	116	41.0	35.1-47.3
45+	314	231	68.7	62.1-74.6	83	31.3	25.4-37.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	178	89	42.1	34.1-50.6	89	57.9	49.4-65.9
Some College +	451	341	73.4	68.5-77.7	110	26.6	22.3-31.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	158	52.2	45.0-59.3	103	47.8	40.7-55.0
$50,000+	241	186	75.4	69.0-81.0	55	24.6	19.0-31.0

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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