BRFSS 2004 - Northeastern Partnership**: (Currently taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid-FEMALES, Age 18-44*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	3,637	2,012	54.9	52.9-56.9	1,625	45.1	43.1-47.1
-Northeastern Partnership	200	91	44.6	37.1-52.4	109	55.4	47.6-62.9
RACE
White	98	56	54.9	43.8-65.5	42	45.1	34.5-56.2
African American	88	30	33.6	23.5-45.4	58	66.4	54.6-76.5
AGE
18-24	29	11	31.1	15.9-51.8	18	68.9	48.2-84.1
25-34	77	37	49.1	37.2-61.1	40	50.9	38.9-62.8
35-44	94	43	45.9	35.0-57.2	51	54.1	42.8-65.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	20	6	32.0	13.9-57.9	14	68.0	42.1-86.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	70	28	42.1	29.7-55.5	42	57.9	44.5-70.3
Some Post-H.S.	66	30	45.5	32.9-58.6	36	54.5	41.4-67.1
College Graduate	44	27	54.0	37.6-69.5	17	46.0	30.5-62.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	31	7	16.4	7.3-32.8	24	83.6	67.2-92.7
$15,000- 24,999	35	11	26.9	14.8-43.6	24	73.1	56.4-85.2
$25,000- 34,999	22	9	42.3	22.3-65.2	13	57.7	34.8-77.7
$35,000- 49,999	39	23	51.8	35.0-68.3	16	48.2	31.7-65.0
$50,000-74,999	19	11	64.8	41.2-82.9	8	35.2	17.1-58.8
$75,000+	17	9	58.6	34.2-79.5	8	41.4	20.5-65.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	43	17	34.5	21.1-50.9	26	65.5	49.1-78.9
No	151	74	48.5	39.8-57.4	77	51.5	42.6-60.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	6	4	53.8	16.6-87.2	2	46.2	12.8-83.4
Non-Veteran	192	86	44.1	36.5-52.0	106	55.9	48.0-63.5
Currently Serving	2	1	64.9	10.3-96.7	1	35.1	3.3-89.7

*Data for this table were derived from the first three folic acid questions.

^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: Northeastern Partnership**

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,637	2,012	54.9	52.9-56.9	1,625	45.1	43.1-47.1
-Northeastern Partnership	200	91	44.6	37.1-52.4	109	55.4	47.6-62.9
RACE
White	98	56	54.9	43.8-65.5	42	45.1	34.5-56.2
African American	88	30	33.6	23.5-45.4	58	66.4	54.6-76.5
AGE
18-24	29	11	31.1	15.9-51.8	18	68.9	48.2-84.1
25-34	77	37	49.1	37.2-61.1	40	50.9	38.9-62.8
35-44	94	43	45.9	35.0-57.2	51	54.1	42.8-65.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	20	6	32.0	13.9-57.9	14	68.0	42.1-86.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	70	28	42.1	29.7-55.5	42	57.9	44.5-70.3
Some Post-H.S.	66	30	45.5	32.9-58.6	36	54.5	41.4-67.1
College Graduate	44	27	54.0	37.6-69.5	17	46.0	30.5-62.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	31	7	16.4	7.3-32.8	24	83.6	67.2-92.7
$15,000- 24,999	35	11	26.9	14.8-43.6	24	73.1	56.4-85.2
$25,000- 34,999	22	9	42.3	22.3-65.2	13	57.7	34.8-77.7
$35,000- 49,999	39	23	51.8	35.0-68.3	16	48.2	31.7-65.0
$50,000-74,999	19	11	64.8	41.2-82.9	8	35.2	17.1-58.8
$75,000+	17	9	58.6	34.2-79.5	8	41.4	20.5-65.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	43	17	34.5	21.1-50.9	26	65.5	49.1-78.9
No	151	74	48.5	39.8-57.4	77	51.5	42.6-60.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	6	4	53.8	16.6-87.2	2	46.2	12.8-83.4
Non-Veteran	192	86	44.1	36.5-52.0	106	55.9	48.0-63.5
Currently Serving	2	1	64.9	10.3-96.7	1	35.1	3.3-89.7