BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.): (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 II	456	237	49.1	43.9-54.4	219	50.9	45.6-56.1
GENDER
Male	151	68	41.6	33.4-50.3	83	58.4	49.7-66.6
Female	305	169	55.2	48.9-61.3	136	44.8	38.7-51.1
RACE
White	295	170	54.2	47.7-60.6	125	45.8	39.4-52.3
Other	160	66	41.2	32.8-50.2	94	58.8	49.8-67.2
AGE
18-44	134	53	33.7	25.6-42.9	81	66.3	57.1-74.4
45+	321	183	57.7	51.5-63.6	138	42.3	36.4-48.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	248	117	45.3	38.4-52.4	131	54.7	47.6-61.6
Some College +	208	120	53.5	45.7-61.2	88	46.5	38.8-54.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	276	141	49.2	42.5-55.9	135	50.8	44.1-57.5
$50,000+	86	45	51.3	40.0-62.5	41	48.7	37.5-60.0

*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 II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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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 II	456	237	49.1	43.9-54.4	219	50.9	45.6-56.1
GENDER
Male	151	68	41.6	33.4-50.3	83	58.4	49.7-66.6
Female	305	169	55.2	48.9-61.3	136	44.8	38.7-51.1
RACE
White	295	170	54.2	47.7-60.6	125	45.8	39.4-52.3
Other	160	66	41.2	32.8-50.2	94	58.8	49.8-67.2
AGE
18-44	134	53	33.7	25.6-42.9	81	66.3	57.1-74.4
45+	321	183	57.7	51.5-63.6	138	42.3	36.4-48.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	248	117	45.3	38.4-52.4	131	54.7	47.6-61.6
Some College +	208	120	53.5	45.7-61.2	88	46.5	38.8-54.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	276	141	49.2	42.5-55.9	135	50.8	44.1-57.5
$50,000+	86	45	51.3	40.0-62.5	41	48.7	37.5-60.0