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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 146 15 9.2 5.1-16.0 84 56.4 46.9-65.4 2 1.1 0.2- 4.6 45 33.4 25.1-42.9
GENDER
Male 36 4 12.2 4.5-28.9 16 44.7 28.0-62.7 1 2.1 0.3-13.5 15 41.1 24.9-59.4
Female 110 11 7.5 3.7-14.6 68 62.9 52.3-72.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 30 29.1 20.5-39.6
RACE
White 81 8 7.2 3.2-15.4 52 66.0 53.5-76.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 20 26.2 16.6-38.8
Other 63 7 12.3 5.3-25.8 30 41.6 28.6-55.8 1 1.7 0.2-11.2 25 44.4 30.9-58.9
AGE
18-44 144 15 9.4 5.2-16.4 83 55.7 46.3-64.8 2 1.1 0.2- 4.7 44 33.8 25.3-43.3
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 53 8 13.6 6.2-27.3 20 33.7 21.5-48.4 1 1.8 0.2-11.5 24 50.9 36.2-65.5
Some College + 91 7 6.2 2.6-14.3 63 72.6 61.4-81.5 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 20 20.7 13.0-31.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 88 12 10.9 5.6-20.3 49 50.3 38.6-62.0 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 26 37.4 26.5-49.9
$50,000+ 35 0 0.0 . - . 23 77.4 61.4-88.1 0 0.0 . - . 12 22.6 11.9-38.6

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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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