BRFSS 2006 - Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Cart./Curr./Crav./Dare/Hyde/Paml.	88	20	25.7	15.8-38.9	44	44.3	32.6-56.8	7	8.4	3.6-18.6	17	21.6	11.9-35.8
GENDER
Male	30	12	39.9	20.9-62.4	9	25.2	12.3-44.8	3	8.0	2.3-24.6	6	26.9	10.0-54.9
Female	58	8	15.5	7.1-30.8	35	58.0	42.9-71.7	4	8.7	2.7-24.6	11	17.8	9.4-31.1
RACE
White	78	15	21.8	12.1-36.0	41	46.7	33.9-60.0	7	9.4	4.0-20.5	15	22.1	11.7-37.7
Other	8	4	59.2	24.0-87.0	2	20.1	4.3-58.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	20.7	4.6-58.4
AGE
18-44	87	20	25.9	15.9-39.2	43	43.9	32.2-56.4	7	8.5	3.6-18.7	17	21.7	12.0-36.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	34	11	33.6	16.8-55.7	13	32.0	16.9-52.1	4	11.8	3.7-31.7	6	22.7	7.8-50.3
Some College +	54	9	18.9	9.3-34.7	31	55.0	40.1-69.0	3	5.5	1.5-17.8	11	20.6	11.1-35.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	58	13	21.2	11.5-36.0	30	49.8	34.4-65.4	4	4.9	1.7-13.1	11	24.1	11.0-44.8
$50,000+	21	5	26.8	11.5-50.9	11	46.6	26.2-68.2	1	7.3	1.0-37.1	4	19.3	7.1-42.8

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

-Cart./Curr./Crav./Dare/Hyde/Paml.

25.7

15.8-38.9

44.3

32.6-56.8

8.4

3.6-18.6

21.6

11.9-35.8

GENDER

Male

39.9

20.9-62.4

25.2

12.3-44.8

8.0

2.3-24.6

26.9

10.0-54.9

Female

15.5

7.1-30.8

58.0

42.9-71.7

8.7

2.7-24.6

17.8

9.4-31.1

RACE

White

21.8

12.1-36.0

46.7

33.9-60.0

9.4

4.0-20.5

22.1

11.7-37.7

Other

59.2

24.0-87.0

20.1

4.3-58.6

0.0

. - .

20.7

4.6-58.4

AGE

18-44

25.9

15.9-39.2

43.9

32.2-56.4

8.5

3.6-18.7

21.7

12.0-36.1

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

33.6

16.8-55.7

32.0

16.9-52.1

11.8

3.7-31.7

22.7

7.8-50.3

Some College +

18.9

9.3-34.7

55.0

40.1-69.0

5.5

1.5-17.8

20.6

11.1-35.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

21.2

11.5-36.0

49.8

34.4-65.4

4.9

1.7-13.1

24.1

11.0-44.8

$50,000+

26.8

11.5-50.9

46.6

26.2-68.2

7.3

1.0-37.1

19.3

7.1-42.8

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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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