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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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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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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 88 23 18.3 10.5-30.0 45 58.8 45.3-71.0 4 7.9 2.5-22.7 16 15.0 8.5-25.0
GENDER
Male 25 4 16.9 5.1-43.6 12 45.8 25.4-67.8 2 15.9 4.2-45.1 7 21.3 9.4-41.5
Female 63 19 19.3 11.2-31.2 33 68.1 53.8-79.6 2 2.2 0.5- 9.9 9 10.4 4.9-20.8
RACE
White 55 13 13.9 7.2-24.9 32 65.9 49.6-79.2 2 6.6 1.4-26.0 8 13.6 6.2-27.5
Other 33 10 25.2 10.5-49.1 13 47.6 27.2-68.9 2 10.1 1.7-41.8 8 17.1 7.6-34.4
AGE
18-44 87 22 18.1 10.3-29.8 45 58.9 45.4-71.2 4 8.0 2.5-22.7 16 15.0 8.6-25.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 33 11 25.5 11.2-48.2 12 44.2 25.1-65.2 3 11.8 2.7-39.1 7 18.4 8.2-36.5
Some College + 55 12 13.2 6.6-24.4 33 69.1 52.6-81.8 1 5.2 0.7-28.8 9 12.6 5.6-25.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 54 18 18.0 10.0-30.1 22 56.1 38.8-72.0 2 6.9 1.2-31.8 12 19.1 9.7-34.0
$50,000+ 21 2 10.7 2.6-35.3 15 63.8 37.2-84.0 1 13.8 2.1-54.6 3 11.7 3.6-32.0

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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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