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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Folic Acid

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,438 8,076 53.6 52.5-54.6 6,362 46.4 45.4-47.5
-Union County 422 279 66.2 60.7-71.4 143 33.8 28.6-39.3
GENDER
Male 128 78 62.4 52.6-71.2 50 37.6 28.8-47.4
Female 294 201 68.6 61.9-74.6 93 31.4 25.4-38.1
RACE
White 364 246 68.1 62.3-73.5 118 31.9 26.5-37.7
Other 57 32 55.7 40.6-69.7 25 44.3 30.3-59.4
AGE
18-44 186 117 61.1 52.6-68.9 69 38.9 31.1-47.4
45+ 234 160 70.5 63.3-76.9 74 29.5 23.1-36.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 95 58.8 49.8-67.1 67 41.2 32.9-50.2
Some College + 260 184 70.8 63.7-77.0 76 29.2 23.0-36.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 107 57.9 49.0-66.2 65 42.1 33.8-51.0
$50,000+ 168 114 71.2 62.6-78.5 54 28.8 21.5-37.4

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*Data for this table were derived from the first three folic acid questions. See the 2004 questionnaire.

^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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