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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 117 28 24.4 16.9-33.8 70 53.4 43.2-63.3 7 8.0 3.7-16.5 12 14.2 7.7-24.6
GENDER
Male 40 10 23.4 12.5-39.5 17 38.7 24.1-55.6 5 15.3 6.5-32.1 8 22.6 10.7-41.6
Female 77 18 25.2 16.1-37.2 53 65.4 53.0-76.0 2 2.1 0.5- 8.2 4 7.3 2.6-18.5
RACE
White 88 20 23.6 15.3-34.6 54 53.2 41.5-64.5 6 8.6 3.7-18.6 8 14.6 7.0-27.9
Other 28 8 27.4 13.5-47.7 15 53.4 33.5-72.3 1 6.3 0.9-33.5 4 12.9 4.6-31.2
AGE
18-44 116 28 24.5 17.0-33.9 69 53.2 43.1-63.2 7 8.1 3.7-16.5 12 14.2 7.7-24.7
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 35 12 33.9 19.8-51.6 17 45.8 29.7-62.9 2 8.5 2.2-28.1 4 11.7 4.4-27.6
Some College + 81 16 19.6 11.8-30.6 52 57.1 44.3-69.1 5 7.8 3.1-18.4 8 15.5 7.2-30.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 70 20 29.7 19.5-42.3 41 55.3 42.5-67.3 3 4.6 1.3-14.7 6 10.5 4.7-22.0
$50,000+ 32 4 12.5 4.4-30.5 21 52.1 32.7-71.0 3 14.2 4.7-35.7 4 21.2 7.5-47.0

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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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