BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Some health experts recommend that women take 400 micrograms of the B vitamin folic acid, for which of the following reasons....*)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Make strong bones	Prevent birth defects	Prevent high bp	Other
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
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	96	16	14.0	8.4-22.6	63	66.9	55.6-76.5	4	4.4	1.4-12.7	13	14.7	8.1-25.1
Buncombe	95	7	7.9	3.6-16.7	78	78.9	67.9-86.8	3	5.4	1.7-15.5	7	7.8	3.6-16.1
Cabarrus	110	27	23.9	16.2-33.6	66	58.9	48.6-68.5	1	1.6	0.2-10.5	16	15.6	9.5-24.7
Catawba	104	15	13.8	8.1-22.7	73	68.6	57.8-77.7	3	2.8	0.9- 8.7	13	14.8	8.4-24.6
Cumberland	141	23	15.7	10.2-23.3	85	55.6	46.1-64.8	4	2.3	0.8- 6.2	29	26.4	18.2-36.6
Davidson	76	19	20.4	12.2-32.1	39	52.6	39.7-65.1	6	8.2	3.1-20.0	12	18.9	10.4-31.8
Durham	155	17	11.6	6.9-18.8	112	66.6	56.6-75.2	5	2.3	0.9- 5.6	21	19.6	12.1-30.1
Forsyth	118	15	13.3	7.7-22.0	79	69.1	59.2-77.5	3	2.1	0.6- 6.9	21	15.6	9.9-23.5
Gaston	89	12	13.3	7.3-22.9	60	69.0	57.7-78.4	3	3.9	1.2-12.4	14	13.8	7.8-23.2
Guilford	100	29	28.6	19.7-39.6	56	49.5	38.7-60.4	2	3.2	0.8-12.1	13	18.6	10.8-30.3
Iredell	113	15	12.2	6.9-20.5	77	67.2	56.0-76.7	3	2.8	0.8- 9.4	18	17.9	10.8-28.1
Johnston	141	19	13.0	8.1-20.2	89	56.7	46.7-66.1	6	6.2	2.6-14.1	27	24.2	16.3-34.2
Mecklenburg	210	33	14.7	10.1-20.9	134	62.2	54.5-69.2	10	6.1	3.2-11.5	33	17.0	12.0-23.7
New Hanover	100	15	14.1	7.9-23.8	67	67.4	56.1-77.1	4	5.5	2.0-13.9	14	13.0	7.1-22.8
Onslow	117	28	24.4	16.9-33.8	70	53.4	43.2-63.3	7	8.0	3.7-16.5	12	14.2	7.7-24.6
Orange	158	11	6.3	3.4-11.4	119	72.3	63.1-79.9	5	4.0	1.5-10.6	23	17.5	11.1-26.3
Pitt	126	24	21.6	13.9-31.9	84	62.7	52.2-72.0	6	4.3	1.8- 9.6	12	11.5	6.1-20.4
Randolph	84	19	25.5	16.1-38.0	45	43.6	32.3-55.7	2	2.0	0.4- 8.1	18	28.9	18.2-42.7
Robeson	99	21	17.5	11.0-26.8	57	58.7	46.7-69.7	1	0.9	0.1- 6.2	20	22.9	13.8-35.5
Rowan	108	21	20.0	12.7-29.9	64	56.3	45.4-66.7	5	4.4	1.7-11.0	18	19.3	11.5-30.5
Union	130	15	14.3	8.3-23.4	97	71.3	61.0-79.7	5	4.6	1.4-13.6	13	9.9	5.5-17.1
Wake	245	43	21.0	15.3-28.1	159	61.8	54.4-68.7	8	3.4	1.4- 8.0	35	13.9	9.7-19.4
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	74	11	14.7	7.9-25.6	47	60.6	47.8-72.0	0	0.0	. - .	16	24.8	15.3-37.4
Northeast Partnership II	92	16	18.1	10.7-28.9	54	55.6	43.5-67.1	5	5.9	2.1-15.4	17	20.4	11.7-33.0
Northeast Partnership I	87	17	14.9	8.8-24.2	37	41.4	30.2-53.6	6	12.9	5.7-26.7	27	30.7	21.0-42.6
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	85	15	15.6	8.7-26.3	59	72.3	60.7-81.5	4	5.5	2.1-13.9	7	6.6	3.0-13.9
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	125	26	20.8	14.0-29.7	75	60.5	50.7-69.5	4	1.9	0.7- 5.0	20	16.8	10.6-25.7
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	82	19	27.5	16.5-41.9	47	53.4	40.7-65.7	2	1.6	0.4- 6.7	14	17.5	10.0-28.7
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	92	19	19.0	11.7-29.5	52	56.1	44.9-66.7	1	1.4	0.2- 9.0	20	23.5	15.4-34.2
Chatham/Lee/Moore	111	17	22.0	13.1-34.4	76	57.3	45.1-68.7	2	1.2	0.3- 4.8	16	19.5	10.7-32.9
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	146	15	9.2	5.1-16.0	84	56.4	46.9-65.4	2	1.1	0.2- 4.6	45	33.4	25.1-42.9
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	87	20	25.3	16.2-37.3	51	55.4	43.7-66.6	5	6.0	2.4-14.0	11	13.2	7.1-23.3
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	92	13	16.1	8.8-27.7	63	66.5	54.8-76.4	5	6.1	2.4-14.9	11	11.2	6.1-19.9
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	115	14	12.2	6.8-21.2	81	70.1	59.5-78.9	6	4.7	1.8-11.4	14	13.0	7.4-21.9
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	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
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	199	38	18.4	13.1-25.4	102	48.9	40.9-56.8	11	7.8	4.1-14.5	48	24.9	18.4-32.7
No	3,844	629	17.1	15.5-18.7	2,495	62.5	60.5-64.4	132	3.7	3.0- 4.6	588	16.7	15.2-18.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,307	239	18.1	15.7-20.8	783	57.6	54.3-60.8	49	4.0	2.9- 5.5	236	20.3	17.6-23.1
Piedmont	2,335	376	17.6	15.6-19.8	1,526	61.9	59.3-64.4	77	3.7	2.8- 5.0	356	16.8	14.9-18.9
Western NC	401	52	13.0	9.4-17.7	288	70.6	64.6-75.9	17	4.6	2.7- 7.8	44	11.8	8.2-16.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	226	26	11.1	6.9-17.3	170	73.3	65.2-80.2	8	4.6	2.2- 9.5	22	11.0	6.4-18.2
Northwest	731	119	16.4	13.2-20.1	474	64.5	60.1-68.6	33	4.4	3.0- 6.5	105	14.8	12.0-18.1
Charlotte	625	94	14.5	11.5-18.3	412	63.5	58.7-68.1	21	5.0	3.0- 8.1	98	17.0	13.5-21.0
Greensboro	523	86	19.8	15.6-24.9	347	59.0	53.4-64.4	15	3.1	1.6- 6.0	75	18.0	13.8-23.1
Southern Regional	432	73	17.4	13.3-22.5	258	57.1	51.3-62.7	11	2.1	1.1- 3.9	90	23.4	18.7-28.9
Coastal	177	34	19.3	13.6-26.7	111	63.0	54.7-70.5	6	3.7	1.6- 8.3	26	14.0	9.1-20.7
Wake	672	106	18.3	14.5-22.9	434	61.0	56.0-65.8	21	3.3	1.8- 5.9	111	17.4	14.0-21.4
Area L	134	24	16.9	10.8-25.5	84	63.0	53.4-71.7	6	6.4	2.8-13.7	20	13.7	8.6-21.2
Eastern	488	97	20.2	16.1-25.0	290	55.4	49.9-60.8	21	4.2	2.5- 7.0	80	20.1	15.8-25.2

Total
Respond.^

Make strong bones

Prevent birth defects

Prevent high bp

Other

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

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

14.0

8.4-22.6

66.9

55.6-76.5

4.4

1.4-12.7

14.7

8.1-25.1

Buncombe

7.9

3.6-16.7

78.9

67.9-86.8

5.4

1.7-15.5

7.8

3.6-16.1

Cabarrus

110

23.9

16.2-33.6

58.9

48.6-68.5

1.6

0.2-10.5

15.6

9.5-24.7

Catawba

104

13.8

8.1-22.7

68.6

57.8-77.7

2.8

0.9- 8.7

14.8

8.4-24.6

Cumberland

141

15.7

10.2-23.3

55.6

46.1-64.8

2.3

0.8- 6.2

26.4

18.2-36.6

Davidson

20.4

12.2-32.1

52.6

39.7-65.1

8.2

3.1-20.0

18.9

10.4-31.8

Durham

155

11.6

6.9-18.8

112

66.6

56.6-75.2

2.3

0.9- 5.6

19.6

12.1-30.1

Forsyth

118

13.3

7.7-22.0

69.1

59.2-77.5

2.1

0.6- 6.9

15.6

9.9-23.5

Gaston

13.3

7.3-22.9

69.0

57.7-78.4

3.9

1.2-12.4

13.8

7.8-23.2

Guilford

100

28.6

19.7-39.6

49.5

38.7-60.4

3.2

0.8-12.1

18.6

10.8-30.3

Iredell

113

12.2

6.9-20.5

67.2

56.0-76.7

2.8

0.8- 9.4

17.9

10.8-28.1

Johnston

141

13.0

8.1-20.2

56.7

46.7-66.1

6.2

2.6-14.1

24.2

16.3-34.2

Mecklenburg

210

14.7

10.1-20.9

134

62.2

54.5-69.2

6.1

3.2-11.5

17.0

12.0-23.7

New Hanover

100

14.1

7.9-23.8

67.4

56.1-77.1

5.5

2.0-13.9

13.0

7.1-22.8

Onslow

117

24.4

16.9-33.8

53.4

43.2-63.3

8.0

3.7-16.5

14.2

7.7-24.6

Orange

158

6.3

3.4-11.4

119

72.3

63.1-79.9

4.0

1.5-10.6

17.5

11.1-26.3

Pitt

126

21.6

13.9-31.9

62.7

52.2-72.0

4.3

1.8- 9.6

11.5

6.1-20.4

Randolph

25.5

16.1-38.0

43.6

32.3-55.7

2.0

0.4- 8.1

28.9

18.2-42.7

Robeson

17.5

11.0-26.8

58.7

46.7-69.7

0.9

0.1- 6.2

22.9

13.8-35.5

Rowan

108

20.0

12.7-29.9

56.3

45.4-66.7

4.4

1.7-11.0

19.3

11.5-30.5

Union

130

14.3

8.3-23.4

71.3

61.0-79.7

4.6

1.4-13.6

9.9

5.5-17.1

Wake

245

21.0

15.3-28.1

159

61.8

54.4-68.7

3.4

1.4- 8.0

13.9

9.7-19.4

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

14.7

7.9-25.6

60.6

47.8-72.0

0.0

. - .

24.8

15.3-37.4

Northeast Partnership II

18.1

10.7-28.9

55.6

43.5-67.1

5.9

2.1-15.4

20.4

11.7-33.0

Northeast Partnership I

14.9

8.8-24.2

41.4

30.2-53.6

12.9

5.7-26.7

30.7

21.0-42.6

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

15.6

8.7-26.3

72.3

60.7-81.5

5.5

2.1-13.9

6.6

3.0-13.9

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

125

20.8

14.0-29.7

60.5

50.7-69.5

1.9

0.7- 5.0

16.8

10.6-25.7

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

27.5

16.5-41.9

53.4

40.7-65.7

1.6

0.4- 6.7

17.5

10.0-28.7

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

19.0

11.7-29.5

56.1

44.9-66.7

1.4

0.2- 9.0

23.5

15.4-34.2

Chatham/Lee/Moore

111

22.0

13.1-34.4

57.3

45.1-68.7

1.2

0.3- 4.8

19.5

10.7-32.9

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

146

9.2

5.1-16.0

56.4

46.9-65.4

1.1

0.2- 4.6

33.4

25.1-42.9

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

25.3

16.2-37.3

55.4

43.7-66.6

6.0

2.4-14.0

13.2

7.1-23.3

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

16.1

8.8-27.7

66.5

54.8-76.4

6.1

2.4-14.9

11.2

6.1-19.9

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

115

12.2

6.8-21.2

70.1

59.5-78.9

4.7

1.8-11.4

13.0

7.4-21.9

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

140

13.9

8.3-22.5

69.4

58.9-78.2

3.9

1.4-10.0

12.8

6.9-22.7

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

199

18.4

13.1-25.4

102

48.9

40.9-56.8

7.8

4.1-14.5

24.9

18.4-32.7

3,844

629

17.1

15.5-18.7

2,495

62.5

60.5-64.4

132

3.7

3.0- 4.6

588

16.7

15.2-18.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,307

239

18.1

15.7-20.8

783

57.6

54.3-60.8

4.0

2.9- 5.5

236

20.3

17.6-23.1

Piedmont

2,335

376

17.6

15.6-19.8

1,526

61.9

59.3-64.4

3.7

2.8- 5.0

356

16.8

14.9-18.9

Western NC

401

13.0

9.4-17.7

288

70.6

64.6-75.9

4.6

2.7- 7.8

11.8

8.2-16.8

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

226

11.1

6.9-17.3

170

73.3

65.2-80.2

4.6

2.2- 9.5

11.0

6.4-18.2

Northwest

731

119

16.4

13.2-20.1

474

64.5

60.1-68.6

4.4

3.0- 6.5

105

14.8

12.0-18.1

Charlotte

625

14.5

11.5-18.3

412

63.5

58.7-68.1

5.0

3.0- 8.1

17.0

13.5-21.0

Greensboro

523

19.8

15.6-24.9

347

59.0

53.4-64.4

3.1

1.6- 6.0

18.0

13.8-23.1

Southern Regional

432

17.4

13.3-22.5

258

57.1

51.3-62.7

2.1

1.1- 3.9

23.4

18.7-28.9

Coastal

177

19.3

13.6-26.7

111

63.0

54.7-70.5

3.7

1.6- 8.3

14.0

9.1-20.7

Wake

672

106

18.3

14.5-22.9

434

61.0

56.0-65.8

3.3

1.8- 5.9

111

17.4

14.0-21.4

Area L

134

16.9

10.8-25.5

63.0

53.4-71.7

6.4

2.8-13.7

13.7

8.6-21.2

Eastern

488

20.2

16.1-25.0

290

55.4

49.9-60.8

4.2

2.5- 7.0

20.1

15.8-25.2

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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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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