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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 76 24 30.9 20.6-43.5 39 51.0 38.4-63.5 2 2.9 0.7-11.0 11 15.1 7.9-27.1
GENDER
Male 23 8 35.9 18.2-58.5 9 42.6 22.4-65.6 2 6.9 1.7-24.4 4 14.6 5.3-34.5
Female 53 16 27.3 16.5-41.5 30 57.3 42.2-71.1 0 0.0 . - . 7 15.5 6.5-32.6
RACE
White 67 22 31.6 20.6-45.1 35 52.6 39.0-65.8 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 9 14.3 6.9-27.4
Other 9 2 25.0 5.1-67.3 4 37.6 12.8-71.1 1 15.2 2.1-59.5 2 22.2 5.2-59.5
AGE
18-44 75 24 31.0 20.7-43.7 38 50.9 38.2-63.4 2 2.9 0.7-11.1 11 15.2 7.9-27.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 32 12 34.1 18.4-54.3 15 48.1 28.9-67.9 1 3.2 0.4-19.8 4 14.6 4.9-36.2
Some College + 44 12 27.9 16.0-44.2 24 53.8 38.2-68.7 1 2.7 0.4-16.6 7 15.6 7.1-30.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 45 16 37.1 23.1-53.6 22 49.3 34.1-64.7 2 5.2 1.3-18.6 5 8.4 3.3-20.0
$50,000+ 25 7 24.8 11.2-46.4 13 52.0 30.0-73.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 23.2 9.0-48.1

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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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