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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 100 15 14.1 7.9-23.8 67 67.4 56.1-77.1 4 5.5 2.0-13.9 14 13.0 7.1-22.8
GENDER
Male 37 7 15.8 7.3-30.7 19 57.1 39.4-73.1 2 6.6 1.6-23.5 9 20.5 9.6-38.4
Female 63 8 12.6 5.2-27.5 48 76.7 62.0-86.9 2 4.4 1.1-15.9 5 6.4 2.4-16.0
RACE
White 85 11 12.8 6.5-23.6 59 70.9 59.0-80.4 3 5.0 1.6-14.7 12 11.3 6.2-20.0
Other 14 4 21.5 6.6-51.5 8 51.5 23.5-78.6 1 8.3 1.1-41.6 1 18.7 2.8-64.3
AGE
18-44 99 15 14.2 8.0-24.0 67 68.0 56.6-77.6 4 5.5 2.0-14.0 13 12.3 6.5-22.1
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 17 5 26.8 10.0-54.6 8 44.5 22.0-69.5 2 10.9 2.7-35.3 2 17.8 4.2-51.5
Some College + 83 10 10.2 5.2-19.2 59 74.4 63.1-83.2 2 3.8 0.9-14.5 12 11.6 6.3-20.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 40 8 15.8 7.2-31.2 23 63.1 44.3-78.6 1 2.6 0.4-16.5 8 18.5 7.7-38.2
$50,000+ 39 5 18.1 7.4-37.9 31 74.5 55.5-87.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.4 2.2-22.1

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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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