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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Folic Acid

Do any of the vitamin pills or supplements you take contain folic acid?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,410 347 24.1 21.4-27.0 690 49.7 46.4-53.1 373 26.2 23.4-29.1
-Northeastern Partnership 102 22 22.9 15.0-33.3 45 42.5 32.2-53.6 35 34.5 24.8-45.8
GENDER
Male 23 6 25.5 10.7-49.3 11 43.0 23.5-64.9 6 31.5 14.6-55.4
Female 79 16 21.8 13.5-33.2 34 42.3 30.8-54.8 29 35.9 24.9-48.7
RACE
White 60 13 25.6 14.8-40.5 28 44.9 31.7-58.9 19 29.5 18.8-43.1
African American 37 8 20.2 9.9-37.1 14 37.7 21.8-56.8 15 42.1 25.0-61.4
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 8 3 39.8 12.7-75.0 3 25.3 6.9-60.7 2 34.9 9.1-74.1
35-44 12 3 24.7 6.9-59.4 3 28.9 8.6-63.7 6 46.4 18.5-76.6
45-54 17 4 19.7 7.2-43.8 8 43.5 21.3-68.7 5 36.8 15.6-64.6
55-64 24 6 24.5 10.9-46.3 13 55.6 33.9-75.3 5 19.9 7.2-44.5
65-74 26 3 15.2 4.2-42.5 11 45.7 25.7-67.3 12 39.1 21.3-60.2
75+ 14 2 14.9 3.7-44.2 7 47.2 23.2-72.6 5 37.8 16.4-65.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 25 2 5.6 1.3-21.0 10 40.9 21.9-63.2 13 53.5 32.0-73.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 35 6 15.8 7.0-31.8 15 43.5 26.7-61.8 14 40.8 23.9-60.1
Some Post-H.S. 21 7 32.9 15.4-56.9 10 47.2 25.1-70.4 4 19.9 7.1-44.8
College Graduate 21 7 42.6 21.2-67.3 10 38.1 19.3-61.4 4 19.2 5.9-47.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 18 3 13.2 3.9-36.2 5 27.2 9.8-56.3 10 59.6 33.1-81.5
$15,000- 24,999 27 7 24.7 11.6-45.2 13 43.3 24.2-64.7 7 31.9 13.6-58.2
$25,000- 34,999 8 1 9.8 1.3-47.4 4 55.0 21.8-84.3 3 35.2 10.4-71.8
$35,000- 49,999 12 1 10.8 1.5-48.9 8 59.3 28.6-84.2 3 29.8 9.3-63.7
$50,000-74,999 6 2 41.1 10.3-80.9 4 58.9 19.1-89.7 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 8 4 54.4 21.7-83.7 3 38.5 12.3-73.6 1 7.1 0.9-38.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 44 8 16.4 8.1-30.3 16 35.6 21.4-53.0 20 48.0 32.1-64.3
No 57 14 27.6 16.4-42.7 29 47.8 33.8-62.3 14 24.5 13.6-40.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 6 0 0.0 . - . 4 69.6 26.8-93.4 2 30.4 6.6-73.2
Non-Veteran 95 22 24.9 16.4-35.9 40 40.1 29.7-51.4 33 35.1 24.9-46.8
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins but not multivitamins. Due to large number of responses, data for Don't know/Not sure category are also presented.

^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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