BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina: (Taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
TOTAL	1,727	850	50.1	47.1-53.0	877	49.9	47.0-52.9
AGE
18-24	111	32	26.0	17.6-36.8	79	74.0	63.2-82.4
25-34	317	146	43.8	37.3-50.5	171	56.2	49.5-62.7
35-44	344	161	49.8	43.3-56.4	183	50.2	43.6-56.7
45-54	333	179	57.0	50.3-63.4	154	43.0	36.6-49.7
55-64	252	148	62.8	55.5-69.5	104	37.2	30.5-44.5
65-74	205	101	47.3	38.7-56.0	104	52.7	44.0-61.3
75+	154	75	51.9	42.5-61.3	79	48.1	38.7-57.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	359	134	39.1	33.2-45.5	225	60.9	54.5-66.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	563	250	44.1	39.0-49.2	313	55.9	50.8-61.0
Some Post-H.S.	456	242	53.1	47.3-58.8	214	46.9	41.2-52.7
College Graduate	346	221	63.4	56.9-69.5	125	36.6	30.5-43.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	366	143	38.5	32.7-44.7	223	61.5	55.3-67.3
$15,000- 24,999	426	205	47.6	41.7-53.6	221	52.4	46.4-58.3
$25,000- 34,999	227	111	49.4	41.4-57.4	116	50.6	42.6-58.6
$35,000- 49,999	175	95	51.4	42.5-60.2	80	48.6	39.8-57.5
$50,000-74,999	91	59	69.6	57.8-79.3	32	30.4	20.7-42.2
$75,000+	79	57	77.4	66.1-85.7	22	22.6	14.3-33.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	616	288	47.6	42.8-52.4	328	52.4	47.6-57.2
No	1,070	549	52.2	48.5-56.0	521	47.8	44.0-51.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	50	29	68.8	52.6-81.5	21	31.2	18.5-47.4
Non-Veteran	1,667	815	49.4	46.4-52.4	852	50.6	47.6-53.6
Currently Serving	10	6	69.5	37.4-89.7	4	30.5	10.3-62.6

*Data for this table were derived from the first three folic acid questions. See the 2004 questionnaire.

^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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Folic Acid-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	1,727	850	50.1	47.1-53.0	877	49.9	47.0-52.9
AGE
18-24	111	32	26.0	17.6-36.8	79	74.0	63.2-82.4
25-34	317	146	43.8	37.3-50.5	171	56.2	49.5-62.7
35-44	344	161	49.8	43.3-56.4	183	50.2	43.6-56.7
45-54	333	179	57.0	50.3-63.4	154	43.0	36.6-49.7
55-64	252	148	62.8	55.5-69.5	104	37.2	30.5-44.5
65-74	205	101	47.3	38.7-56.0	104	52.7	44.0-61.3
75+	154	75	51.9	42.5-61.3	79	48.1	38.7-57.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	359	134	39.1	33.2-45.5	225	60.9	54.5-66.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	563	250	44.1	39.0-49.2	313	55.9	50.8-61.0
Some Post-H.S.	456	242	53.1	47.3-58.8	214	46.9	41.2-52.7
College Graduate	346	221	63.4	56.9-69.5	125	36.6	30.5-43.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	366	143	38.5	32.7-44.7	223	61.5	55.3-67.3
$15,000- 24,999	426	205	47.6	41.7-53.6	221	52.4	46.4-58.3
$25,000- 34,999	227	111	49.4	41.4-57.4	116	50.6	42.6-58.6
$35,000- 49,999	175	95	51.4	42.5-60.2	80	48.6	39.8-57.5
$50,000-74,999	91	59	69.6	57.8-79.3	32	30.4	20.7-42.2
$75,000+	79	57	77.4	66.1-85.7	22	22.6	14.3-33.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	616	288	47.6	42.8-52.4	328	52.4	47.6-57.2
No	1,070	549	52.2	48.5-56.0	521	47.8	44.0-51.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	50	29	68.8	52.6-81.5	21	31.2	18.5-47.4
Non-Veteran	1,667	815	49.4	46.4-52.4	852	50.6	47.6-53.6
Currently Serving	10	6	69.5	37.4-89.7	4	30.5	10.3-62.6