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

Folic Acid

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 14,848 7,746 46.7 45.5-47.8 7,102 53.3 52.2-54.5
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 544 307 51.7 45.9-57.4 237 48.3 42.6-54.1
GENDER
Male 210 106 47.8 39.1-56.7 104 52.2 43.3-60.9
Female 334 201 55.2 47.8-62.4 133 44.8 37.6-52.2
RACE
White 486 290 53.7 47.6-59.6 196 46.3 40.4-52.4
Other 57 17 27.9 14.3-47.3 40 72.1 52.7-85.7
AGE
18-44 133 59 41.0 30.5-52.4 74 59.0 47.6-69.5
45+ 410 247 58.5 52.5-64.2 163 41.5 35.8-47.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 248 114 38.2 30.0-47.2 134 61.8 52.8-70.0
Some College + 292 190 63.6 56.5-70.3 102 36.4 29.7-43.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 347 187 48.7 41.6-55.9 160 51.3 44.1-58.4
$50,000+ 125 77 64.0 53.3-73.5 48 36.0 26.5-46.7

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*Data for this table were derived from the first three folic acid questions. See the 2006 questionnaire.

^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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