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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 158 11 6.3 3.4-11.4 119 72.3 63.1-79.9 5 4.0 1.5-10.6 23 17.5 11.1-26.3
GENDER
Male 50 2 2.8 0.6-11.5 34 65.2 48.7-78.7 3 5.3 1.7-15.4 11 26.7 14.5-43.9
Female 108 9 8.8 4.4-16.6 85 77.4 67.0-85.3 2 3.1 0.5-16.6 12 10.7 5.9-18.7
RACE
White 120 5 3.5 1.4- 8.6 101 84.5 75.9-90.5 3 2.4 0.7- 8.3 11 9.6 5.0-17.6
Other 38 6 13.5 5.7-28.7 18 40.0 23.5-59.1 2 8.3 1.8-30.4 12 38.2 21.4-58.5
AGE
18-44 158 11 6.3 3.4-11.4 119 72.3 63.1-79.9 5 4.0 1.5-10.6 23 17.5 11.1-26.3
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 24 4 17.4 6.3-40.0 12 34.8 17.7-57.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 47.7 25.3-71.1
Some College + 134 7 4.1 1.8- 8.7 107 79.7 70.7-86.4 5 4.8 1.7-12.6 15 11.5 6.6-19.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 56 5 8.2 3.2-19.1 34 54.5 38.9-69.4 2 7.0 1.6-25.2 15 30.3 18.0-46.3
$50,000+ 63 3 4.7 1.5-13.8 55 86.9 75.4-93.5 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 4 6.5 2.3-16.9

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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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