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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Folic Acid

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,331 8,940 52.3 51.2-53.4 6,391 47.7 46.6-48.8
-Mtn. AHEC 911 595 59.3 54.8-63.7 316 40.7 36.3-45.2
GENDER
Male 344 194 52.0 45.1-58.9 150 48.0 41.1-54.9
Female 567 401 65.9 60.2-71.2 166 34.1 28.8-39.8
RACE
White 813 547 61.4 56.6-66.0 266 38.6 34.0-43.4
Other 94 45 38.6 26.4-52.3 49 61.4 47.7-73.6
AGE
18-44 240 132 48.4 40.1-56.7 108 51.6 43.3-59.9
45+ 670 462 67.1 62.5-71.4 208 32.9 28.6-37.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 386 214 46.1 39.1-53.4 172 53.9 46.6-60.9
Some College + 520 376 69.8 64.5-74.6 144 30.2 25.4-35.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 555 350 56.0 50.2-61.6 205 44.0 38.4-49.8
$50,000+ 231 163 70.8 63.1-77.4 68 29.2 22.6-36.9

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^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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