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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Folic Acid-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,134 5,509 59.9 58.7-61.2 3,625 40.1 38.8-41.3
RACE
White 6,798 4,362 63.8 62.4-65.2 2,436 36.2 34.8-37.6
African American 1,727 850 50.1 47.1-53.0 877 49.9 47.0-52.9
Asian 47 31 72.1 54.5-84.8 16 27.9 15.2-45.5
Native American 191 86 51.6 42.2-60.9 105 48.4 39.1-57.8
Other Minorities 314 143 40.7 34.4-47.3 171 59.3 52.7-65.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 357 169 43.1 37.0-49.5 188 56.9 50.5-63.0
-English Speaking 171 104 63.9 54.9-72.1 67 36.1 27.9-45.1
-Spanish Speaking 186 65 29.3 22.5-37.2 121 70.7 62.8-77.5
Non-Hispanic 8,766 5,334 60.8 59.5-62.1 3,432 39.2 37.9-40.5
AGE
18-24 486 211 42.1 36.8-47.6 275 57.9 52.4-63.2
25-34 1,466 809 55.0 51.9-58.1 657 45.0 41.9-48.1
35-44 1,685 992 59.1 56.1-62.0 693 40.9 38.0-43.9
45-54 1,691 1,031 61.0 58.1-63.9 660 39.0 36.1-41.9
55-64 1,504 993 66.6 63.6-69.5 511 33.4 30.5-36.4
65-74 1,235 807 65.4 62.1-68.7 428 34.6 31.3-37.9
75+ 1,015 633 64.3 60.7-67.8 382 35.7 32.2-39.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,435 642 43.5 40.3-46.7 793 56.5 53.3-59.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,719 1,506 55.0 52.7-57.4 1,213 45.0 42.6-47.3
Some Post-H.S. 2,393 1,515 62.2 59.7-64.6 878 37.8 35.4-40.3
College Graduate 2,574 1,836 70.9 68.7-73.0 738 29.1 27.0-31.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,164 563 47.5 43.9-51.2 601 52.5 48.8-56.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,636 875 51.9 48.8-54.9 761 48.1 45.1-51.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,034 612 57.2 53.3-60.9 422 42.8 39.1-46.7
$35,000- 49,999 1,110 705 62.0 58.5-65.4 405 38.0 34.6-41.5
$50,000-74,999 992 685 68.4 64.8-71.9 307 31.6 28.1-35.2
$75,000+ 1,101 791 72.4 69.1-75.5 310 27.6 24.5-30.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,009 1,751 58.3 56.0-60.5 1,258 41.7 39.5-44.0
No 5,979 3,687 60.9 59.4-62.5 2,292 39.1 37.5-40.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 163 114 71.5 62.7-79.0 49 28.5 21.0-37.3
Non-Veteran 8,937 5,371 59.7 58.4-61.0 3,566 40.3 39.0-41.6
Currently Serving 34 24 78.2 61.1-89.1 10 21.8 10.9-38.9

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*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.

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