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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

Folic Acid

Some health experts recommend that women take 400 micrograms of the B vitamin folic acid, for which of the following reasons....*

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Respond.^
Make strong bones Prevent birth defects Prevent high bp Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % 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
-NE 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
GENDER
Male 25 2 4.3 1.0-16.6 11 46.2 25.8-67.9 3 20.6 6.6-48.5 9 29.0 14.0-50.6
Female 62 15 21.4 12.4-34.3 26 38.6 26.4-52.4 3 8.3 2.6-23.6 18 31.8 20.3-46.1
RACE
White 27 2 6.4 1.5-23.0 18 63.3 41.3-80.8 2 11.9 2.8-38.3 5 18.5 7.5-38.8
Other 57 13 16.6 9.0-28.5 18 31.3 19.6-45.9 4 14.0 5.1-33.0 22 38.1 25.1-53.2
AGE
18-44 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
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 47 9 11.3 5.5-22.0 13 27.7 15.8-43.9 6 23.1 10.6-43.2 19 37.9 23.9-54.3
Some College + 40 8 19.5 9.3-36.6 24 58.8 41.2-74.5 0 0.0 . - . 8 21.6 10.6-39.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 60 13 15.7 8.6-27.1 21 35.5 22.9-50.6 5 14.9 6.0-32.4 21 33.9 21.9-48.4
$50,000+ 11 0 0.0 . - . 9 82.2 47.4-95.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 17.8 4.1-52.6

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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, 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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