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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 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 3,367 648 19.9 18.0-21.9 1,978 56.7 54.4-59.0 133 5.1 4.0- 6.4 608 18.3 16.6-20.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 67 16 26.4 15.1-41.9 33 50.3 34.9-65.6 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6 16 20.9 11.6-34.7
GENDER
Male 26 5 22.4 8.4-47.5 12 55.5 32.7-76.2 0 0.0 . - . 9 22.1 10.1-41.8
Female 41 11 32.1 18.2-50.1 21 42.8 27.5-59.7 2 6.0 1.5-21.3 7 19.1 7.3-41.2
RACE
White 53 9 18.3 8.0-36.5 28 55.3 37.5-71.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.9 15 24.8 13.5-41.2
Other 14 7 63.8 36.6-84.3 5 27.3 10.3-54.9 1 6.4 0.9-34.8 1 2.6 0.3-16.8
AGE
18-44 65 16 26.7 15.3-42.4 32 50.0 34.4-65.5 2 2.5 0.6- 9.7 15 20.8 11.4-34.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 29 9 32.9 15.4-56.8 8 32.9 13.5-60.6 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 11 32.1 15.8-54.4
Some College + 37 7 18.9 8.5-36.8 24 70.7 52.2-84.2 1 3.0 0.4-18.8 5 7.4 2.6-19.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 30 9 40.9 21.1-64.2 15 42.6 23.9-63.6 1 2.8 0.4-17.8 5 13.7 5.2-31.5
$50,000+ 29 6 17.0 7.1-35.5 13 48.5 27.0-70.6 1 2.9 0.4-18.5 9 31.6 15.0-54.8

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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.


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