BRFSS 2006 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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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	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
-Blad./Bruns./Colum./Pender	71	18	33.0	18.5-51.7	36	46.0	31.5-61.1	4	6.8	2.0-20.2	13	14.3	7.3-26.2
GENDER
Male	17	4	45.6	16.1-78.5	6	29.0	10.3-59.4	1	0.9	0.1- 7.0	6	24.5	8.0-54.7
Female	54	14	26.4	14.9-42.4	30	54.9	39.3-69.5	3	9.8	2.9-28.6	7	8.9	4.0-18.9
RACE
White	55	11	23.2	12.2-39.7	28	48.9	33.8-64.2	4	9.3	2.9-26.2	12	18.6	9.4-33.4
Other	16	7	59.2	25.4-86.1	8	38.0	12.9-71.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.7	0.3-18.9
AGE
18-44	70	18	33.4	18.7-52.1	35	45.3	30.9-60.6	4	6.8	2.1-20.4	13	14.5	7.3-26.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	26	8	40.3	16.0-70.4	11	36.9	17.2-62.3	3	11.6	2.7-38.4	4	11.2	3.5-30.1
Some College +	45	10	26.9	14.2-44.9	25	53.6	36.8-69.6	1	2.6	0.4-16.7	9	16.9	7.4-34.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	44	12	37.9	19.1-61.4	21	40.3	23.7-59.4	3	7.8	1.9-27.4	8	14.0	5.8-29.9
$50,000+	22	5	24.8	9.9-49.5	12	54.4	31.2-75.8	1	5.4	0.7-30.3	4	15.5	4.7-40.7

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

-Blad./Bruns./Colum./Pender

33.0

18.5-51.7

46.0

31.5-61.1

6.8

2.0-20.2

14.3

7.3-26.2

GENDER

Male

45.6

16.1-78.5

29.0

10.3-59.4

0.9

0.1- 7.0

24.5

8.0-54.7

Female

26.4

14.9-42.4

54.9

39.3-69.5

9.8

2.9-28.6

8.9

4.0-18.9

RACE

White

23.2

12.2-39.7

48.9

33.8-64.2

9.3

2.9-26.2

18.6

9.4-33.4

Other

59.2

25.4-86.1

38.0

12.9-71.8

0.0

. - .

2.7

0.3-18.9

AGE

18-44

33.4

18.7-52.1

45.3

30.9-60.6

6.8

2.1-20.4

14.5

7.3-26.5

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

40.3

16.0-70.4

36.9

17.2-62.3

11.6

2.7-38.4

11.2

3.5-30.1

Some College +

26.9

14.2-44.9

53.6

36.8-69.6

2.6

0.4-16.7

16.9

7.4-34.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

37.9

19.1-61.4

40.3

23.7-59.4

7.8

1.9-27.4

14.0

5.8-29.9

$50,000+

24.8

9.9-49.5

54.4

31.2-75.8

5.4

0.7-30.3

15.5

4.7-40.7

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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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