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

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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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 92 14 11.5 5.9-21.3 57 68.9 55.7-79.6 4 6.4 1.7-21.8 17 13.1 7.3-22.6
GENDER
Male 26 3 9.5 2.5-30.5 19 69.6 45.5-86.3 1 9.5 1.4-44.0 3 11.4 3.6-30.6
Female 66 11 13.1 6.3-25.3 38 68.3 53.4-80.3 3 4.0 1.0-15.4 14 14.5 7.5-26.4
RACE
White 71 8 9.4 4.2-19.8 46 71.3 57.1-82.3 4 7.2 1.9-24.1 13 12.1 6.3-21.9
Other 20 5 21.9 5.0-60.0 11 54.1 23.3-82.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 24.0 5.6-62.9
AGE
18-44 92 14 11.5 5.9-21.3 57 68.9 55.7-79.6 4 6.4 1.7-21.8 17 13.1 7.3-22.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 29 5 9.4 2.4-30.7 14 57.8 33.5-78.9 1 10.9 1.6-48.3 9 21.9 9.4-42.9
Some College + 63 9 12.8 6.0-25.3 43 75.8 62.0-85.8 3 3.6 0.9-14.1 8 7.7 3.2-17.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 59 7 8.8 3.1-22.3 37 73.9 58.6-85.0 3 3.4 0.8-13.3 12 13.9 6.8-26.5
$50,000+ 27 4 12.9 3.9-34.6 18 71.7 48.9-87.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 15.4 5.3-37.4

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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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