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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

Folic Acid

Daily taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,741 6,745 39.8 38.7-40.9 7,996 60.2 59.1-61.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 540 266 42.7 37.4-48.2 274 57.3 51.8-62.6
GENDER
Male 209 96 40.1 32.1-48.7 113 59.9 51.3-67.9
Female 331 170 45.0 38.0-52.3 161 55.0 47.7-62.0
RACE
White 482 251 44.4 38.7-50.3 231 55.6 49.7-61.3
Other 57 15 21.7 10.5-39.5 42 78.3 60.5-89.5
AGE
18-44 131 44 27.6 19.2-38.0 87 72.4 62.0-80.8
45+ 408 222 52.4 46.5-58.3 186 47.6 41.7-53.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 246 100 30.6 23.6-38.7 146 69.4 61.3-76.4
Some College + 290 164 53.5 46.3-60.6 126 46.5 39.4-53.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 345 162 39.8 33.2-46.8 183 60.2 53.2-66.8
$50,000+ 124 66 52.3 41.6-62.7 58 47.7 37.3-58.4

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*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?'
and those respondents not taking multivitamin or folic acid containing pills considered non-daily user.

^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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