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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Folic Acid

Do any of the vitamin pills or supplements you take contain folic acid?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,580 387 25.8 22.7-29.2 711 44.7 41.0-48.4 482 29.5 26.2-33.1
-Mtn. AHEC 104 33 38.8 25.0-54.7 45 42.0 29.5-55.6 26 19.2 11.9-29.5
GENDER
Male 34 12 44.3 23.7-66.9 12 33.3 17.1-54.7 10 22.5 10.5-41.8
Female 70 21 35.3 18.3-57.0 33 47.7 30.7-65.2 16 17.1 9.2-29.4
RACE
White 90 28 38.6 24.2-55.4 40 42.8 29.6-57.1 22 18.5 11.1-29.2
Other 14 5 41.6 16.5-72.0 5 27.7 9.8-57.5 4 30.6 9.7-64.5
AGE
18-44 19 7 64.1 33.2-86.5 8 28.8 10.0-59.5 4 7.1 2.0-22.8
45+ 85 26 27.4 18.0-39.4 37 47.9 35.6-60.5 22 24.6 15.5-36.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 45 13 40.9 18.4-67.9 15 24.1 11.8-43.0 17 35.0 18.2-56.6
Some College + 58 20 38.1 22.5-56.6 29 53.3 36.2-69.6 9 8.6 3.9-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 68 20 40.3 22.2-61.6 27 34.3 20.4-51.4 21 25.4 14.5-40.6
$50,000+ 26 10 35.4 17.6-58.5 15 62.6 39.8-80.8 1 2.0 0.3-13.3

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins but not multivitamins. Due to large number of responses, data for DNK/Not sure category are also presented.

^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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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