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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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 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
GENDER
Male 28 5 15.8 6.3-34.5 15 50.9 31.2-70.2 2 9.1 2.3-30.1 6 24.3 10.0-47.9
Female 64 11 20.1 10.8-34.4 39 59.7 45.8-72.2 3 3.1 1.0- 9.5 11 17.1 9.0-30.0
RACE
White 57 6 13.3 5.6-28.2 39 64.1 47.4-78.0 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1 11 21.6 10.3-39.8
Other 34 10 25.3 12.9-43.7 14 43.0 25.6-62.4 4 12.9 4.2-33.2 6 18.8 8.2-37.7
AGE
18-44 91 16 18.2 10.8-29.0 53 55.5 43.3-67.0 5 5.9 2.1-15.5 17 20.4 11.8-33.1
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 38 7 16.9 7.5-33.8 21 50.7 31.9-69.3 2 5.9 1.3-23.6 8 26.5 11.6-49.8
Some College + 54 9 19.1 9.6-34.4 33 59.3 44.1-72.9 3 5.8 1.4-20.9 9 15.8 7.9-29.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 53 7 11.5 4.8-24.9 29 55.6 40.0-70.2 5 10.7 3.8-26.3 12 22.3 12.2-37.2
$50,000+ 26 6 26.8 12.3-49.0 18 65.9 44.5-82.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.3 1.8-25.5

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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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