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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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
-Mtn. AHEC 166 21 11.9 7.1-19.4 117 72.6 63.2-80.4 5 4.4 1.3-13.7 23 11.1 6.8-17.5
GENDER
Male 46 7 14.4 6.2-29.8 32 68.8 51.4-82.2 2 7.0 1.3-29.3 5 9.8 3.9-22.4
Female 120 14 10.1 5.4-17.9 85 75.5 65.4-83.5 3 2.4 0.6- 9.4 18 12.0 6.9-20.2
RACE
White 130 12 7.9 4.1-14.7 94 75.8 65.9-83.6 5 5.1 1.5-15.8 19 11.2 6.7-18.1
Other 35 8 33.9 14.9-60.1 23 55.2 32.1-76.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 10.9 2.4-37.3
AGE
18-44 166 21 11.9 7.1-19.4 117 72.6 63.2-80.4 5 4.4 1.3-13.7 23 11.1 6.8-17.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 6 10.1 3.3-27.3 25 67.4 47.3-82.6 1 7.3 1.1-36.9 10 15.2 6.9-30.1
Some College + 123 15 12.9 7.3-21.9 91 75.4 65.4-83.2 4 2.8 0.9- 8.7 13 8.9 4.7-16.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 102 13 12.2 6.2-22.6 70 74.1 62.6-83.0 4 2.8 0.9- 8.7 15 10.9 5.9-19.4
$50,000+ 50 4 8.1 2.5-23.1 38 76.0 59.4-87.2 0 0.0 . - . 8 15.9 7.3-31.5

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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.


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

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