BRFSS 2006 - Alamance County: (Some health experts recommend that women take 400 micrograms of the B vitamin folic acid, for which of the following reasons....*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance 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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	Total Respond.^	Make strong bones	Prevent birth defects	Prevent high bp	Other
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
-Alamance County	79	19	17.2	10.2-27.6	47	64.8	50.1-77.1	4	8.1	2.1-27.0	9	9.9	4.6-19.9
GENDER
Male	28	7	13.2	5.5-28.4	15	64.5	41.0-82.6	3	14.4	3.5-44.3	3	7.9	2.1-25.1
Female	51	12	21.8	11.6-37.2	32	65.1	48.7-78.6	1	0.8	0.1- 5.5	6	12.3	5.0-27.0
RACE
White	49	5	6.0	2.4-14.5	36	71.8	51.8-85.8	2	10.1	2.0-38.5	6	12.1	4.9-26.8
Other	30	14	38.9	20.6-61.0	11	51.1	29.0-72.8	2	4.3	0.9-18.6	3	5.7	1.6-18.3
AGE
18-44	77	19	17.4	10.3-27.9	46	65.2	50.5-77.6	4	8.2	2.1-27.3	8	9.2	4.1-19.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	34	13	24.9	12.6-43.2	12	44.5	24.4-66.5	2	14.2	2.9-48.3	7	16.4	6.7-35.0
Some College +	45	6	10.4	4.3-23.2	35	82.7	67.9-91.5	2	2.7	0.6-12.0	2	4.2	1.0-16.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	42	12	17.7	8.8-32.5	24	71.5	53.8-84.5	2	2.7	0.6-12.2	4	8.0	2.3-24.2
$50,000+	24	4	16.9	5.9-39.6	16	61.7	37.5-81.2	1	4.4	0.6-26.0	3	17.0	5.3-42.7

Total
Respond.^

Make strong bones

Prevent birth defects

Prevent high bp

Other

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

-Alamance County

17.2

10.2-27.6

64.8

50.1-77.1

8.1

2.1-27.0

9.9

4.6-19.9

GENDER

Male

13.2

5.5-28.4

64.5

41.0-82.6

14.4

3.5-44.3

7.9

2.1-25.1

Female

21.8

11.6-37.2

65.1

48.7-78.6

0.8

0.1- 5.5

12.3

5.0-27.0

RACE

White

6.0

2.4-14.5

71.8

51.8-85.8

10.1

2.0-38.5

12.1

4.9-26.8

Other

38.9

20.6-61.0

51.1

29.0-72.8

4.3

0.9-18.6

5.7

1.6-18.3

AGE

18-44

17.4

10.3-27.9

65.2

50.5-77.6

8.2

2.1-27.3

9.2

4.1-19.3

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

24.9

12.6-43.2

44.5

24.4-66.5

14.2

2.9-48.3

16.4

6.7-35.0

Some College +

10.4

4.3-23.2

82.7

67.9-91.5

2.7

0.6-12.0

4.2

1.0-16.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

17.7

8.8-32.5

71.5

53.8-84.5

2.7

0.6-12.2

8.0

2.3-24.2

$50,000+

16.9

5.9-39.6

61.7

37.5-81.2

4.4

0.6-26.0

17.0

5.3-42.7

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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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