SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Folic Acid-FEMALES

Taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid*

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,423 5,298 53.4 52.0-54.7 4,125 46.6 45.3-48.0
RACE
White 7,054 4,252 58.2 56.6-59.7 2,802 41.8 40.3-43.4
African American 1,713 773 42.5 39.6-45.5 940 57.5 54.5-60.4
Asian 70 35 41.5 28.4-55.9 35 58.5 44.1-71.6
Native American 179 81 47.9 38.4-57.5 98 52.1 42.5-61.6
Other Minorities 372 133 30.6 25.3-36.5 239 69.4 63.5-74.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 415 159 34.3 28.9-40.1 256 65.7 59.9-71.1
-English Speaking 197 107 51.9 42.9-60.8 90 48.1 39.2-57.1
-Spanish Speaking 217 52 22.0 16.3-29.2 165 78.0 70.8-83.7
Non-Hispanic 8,990 5,131 54.8 53.4-56.2 3,859 45.2 43.8-46.6
AGE
18-24 373 151 40.7 34.4-47.2 222 59.3 52.8-65.6
25-34 1,177 554 46.7 43.3-50.1 623 53.3 49.9-56.7
35-44 1,622 803 50.1 47.2-52.9 819 49.9 47.1-52.8
45-54 1,861 1,033 55.8 53.1-58.5 828 44.2 41.5-46.9
55-64 1,848 1,159 62.4 59.7-65.1 689 37.6 34.9-40.3
65-74 1,370 861 64.0 60.8-67.1 509 36.0 32.9-39.2
75+ 1,091 686 61.0 57.3-64.5 405 39.0 35.5-42.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,340 567 37.3 33.9-40.9 773 62.7 59.1-66.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,839 1,451 48.1 45.5-50.7 1,388 51.9 49.3-54.5
Some Post-H.S. 2,507 1,503 57.1 54.4-59.8 1,004 42.9 40.2-45.6
College Graduate 2,714 1,764 62.3 59.9-64.6 950 37.7 35.4-40.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,228 577 42.0 38.3-45.8 651 58.0 54.2-61.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,643 848 45.9 42.8-49.1 795 54.1 50.9-57.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,115 610 50.4 46.3-54.5 505 49.6 45.5-53.7
$35,000- 49,999 1,295 781 59.9 56.4-63.4 514 40.1 36.6-43.6
$50,000-74,999 1,154 678 56.6 52.9-60.3 476 43.4 39.7-47.1
$75,000+ 1,501 980 63.4 60.3-66.3 521 36.6 33.7-39.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,434 1,880 51.9 49.6-54.1 1,554 48.1 45.9-50.4
No 5,820 3,338 54.3 52.6-56.0 2,482 45.7 44.0-47.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 215 130 59.1 50.6-67.2 85 40.9 32.8-49.4
Non-Veteran 9,203 5,164 53.2 51.8-54.6 4,039 46.8 45.4-48.2

Back to Folic Acid.

*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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 06JUN07.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook