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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 130 15 14.3 8.3-23.4 97 71.3 61.0-79.7 5 4.6 1.4-13.6 13 9.9 5.5-17.1
GENDER
Male 27 3 14.9 4.7-38.7 17 57.3 36.2-76.1 3 13.9 3.6-41.0 4 13.9 5.0-32.8
Female 103 12 14.0 7.6-24.4 80 76.4 65.5-84.7 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 9 8.4 4.1-16.6
RACE
White 106 9 8.3 4.1-16.1 83 77.1 66.2-85.3 5 6.0 1.9-17.3 9 8.6 4.3-16.6
Other 24 6 33.7 15.3-58.9 14 52.2 29.3-74.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 14.0 4.6-35.4
AGE
18-44 128 14 13.6 7.7-22.7 96 71.8 61.4-80.2 5 4.7 1.5-13.8 13 10.0 5.6-17.4
45+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 7 25.4 12.3-45.2 22 45.7 29.5-62.9 2 8.9 1.8-34.3 8 20.0 9.8-36.6
Some College + 91 8 8.5 4.0-17.0 75 84.6 74.9-91.0 3 2.3 0.7- 7.8 5 4.6 1.7-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 51 10 30.4 16.9-48.5 32 45.8 31.0-61.3 2 8.3 1.7-32.4 7 15.5 7.2-30.5
$50,000+ 64 3 3.6 1.1-11.1 53 86.5 75.5-93.0 3 3.0 0.8-10.0 5 6.9 2.6-17.4

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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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