BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren): (Taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,438	8,076	53.6	52.5-54.6	6,362	46.4	45.4-47.5
-NE Partnership I	379	161	39.5	34.1-45.2	218	60.5	54.8-65.9
GENDER
Male	134	47	33.3	25.2-42.4	87	66.7	57.6-74.8
Female	245	114	44.7	37.7-51.9	131	55.3	48.1-62.3
RACE
White	166	88	49.4	40.8-58.1	78	50.6	41.9-59.2
Other	208	72	32.8	25.9-40.4	136	67.2	59.6-74.1
AGE
18-44	130	49	34.7	26.2-44.3	81	65.3	55.7-73.8
45+	249	112	42.9	36.2-49.9	137	57.1	50.1-63.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	236	86	35.0	28.3-42.2	150	65.0	57.8-71.7
Some College +	143	75	46.7	37.6-55.9	68	53.3	44.1-62.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	239	85	31.8	25.6-38.8	154	68.2	61.2-74.4
$50,000+	47	28	57.3	41.6-71.6	19	42.7	28.4-58.4

*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: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

Folic Acid

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,438	8,076	53.6	52.5-54.6	6,362	46.4	45.4-47.5
-NE Partnership I	379	161	39.5	34.1-45.2	218	60.5	54.8-65.9
GENDER
Male	134	47	33.3	25.2-42.4	87	66.7	57.6-74.8
Female	245	114	44.7	37.7-51.9	131	55.3	48.1-62.3
RACE
White	166	88	49.4	40.8-58.1	78	50.6	41.9-59.2
Other	208	72	32.8	25.9-40.4	136	67.2	59.6-74.1
AGE
18-44	130	49	34.7	26.2-44.3	81	65.3	55.7-73.8
45+	249	112	42.9	36.2-49.9	137	57.1	50.1-63.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	236	86	35.0	28.3-42.2	150	65.0	57.8-71.7
Some College +	143	75	46.7	37.6-55.9	68	53.3	44.1-62.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	239	85	31.8	25.6-38.8	154	68.2	61.2-74.4
$50,000+	47	28	57.3	41.6-71.6	19	42.7	28.4-58.4