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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,637 | 2,012 | 54.9 | 52.9-56.9 | 1,625 | 45.1 | 43.1-47.1 |
| -Western NC | 345 | 188 | 54.2 | 47.7-60.5 | 157 | 45.8 | 39.5-52.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 295 | 165 | 57.1 | 50.2-63.7 | 130 | 42.9 | 36.3-49.8 |
| African American | 22 | 10 | 32.1 | 13.7-58.6 | 12 | 67.9 | 41.4-86.3 |
| Other Minorities | 1 | 1 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 44 | 15 | 39.0 | 23.9-56.5 | 29 | 61.0 | 43.5-76.1 |
| 25-34 | 129 | 68 | 53.6 | 43.0-63.8 | 61 | 46.4 | 36.2-57.0 |
| 35-44 | 172 | 105 | 59.1 | 49.7-67.9 | 67 | 40.9 | 32.1-50.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 40 | 12 | 33.7 | 19.3-51.9 | 28 | 66.3 | 48.1-80.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 90 | 52 | 60.2 | 47.8-71.4 | 38 | 39.8 | 28.6-52.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 110 | 62 | 52.7 | 40.9-64.3 | 48 | 47.3 | 35.7-59.1 |
| College Graduate | 104 | 61 | 60.4 | 49.0-70.8 | 43 | 39.6 | 29.2-51.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 32 | 16 | 51.8 | 29.6-73.3 | 16 | 48.2 | 26.7-70.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 75 | 32 | 42.1 | 29.4-55.8 | 43 | 57.9 | 44.2-70.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 58 | 30 | 51.8 | 37.0-66.3 | 28 | 48.2 | 33.7-63.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 61 | 36 | 63.6 | 49.0-76.1 | 25 | 36.4 | 23.9-51.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 40 | 29 | 69.3 | 47.9-84.7 | 11 | 30.7 | 15.3-52.1 |
| $75,000+ | 31 | 22 | 56.0 | 33.3-76.5 | 9 | 44.0 | 23.5-66.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 69 | 40 | 62.5 | 48.2-74.8 | 29 | 37.5 | 25.2-51.8 |
| No | 274 | 147 | 52.1 | 44.9-59.3 | 127 | 47.9 | 40.7-55.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 7 | 5 | 78.5 | 38.5-95.5 | 2 | 21.5 | 4.5-61.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 338 | 183 | 53.8 | 47.2-60.2 | 155 | 46.2 | 39.8-52.8 |
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*Data for this table were derived from the first three folic acid questions.
^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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