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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Folic Acid-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Not taking vitamins
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,664 5,012 49.1 47.8-50.5 1,004 10.1 9.3-11.0 3,648 40.7 39.4-42.1
RACE
White 7,253 4,022 53.5 51.9-55.0 798 10.7 9.7-11.8 2,433 35.8 34.3-37.4
African American 1,740 734 39.7 36.9-42.6 140 7.7 6.2- 9.5 866 52.6 49.6-55.5
Asian 71 33 39.6 26.9-53.9 7 8.1 3.3-18.4 31 52.3 37.9-66.3
Native American 184 74 42.9 33.8-52.5 26 12.8 8.0-20.1 84 44.2 35.2-53.7
Other Minorities 380 127 28.3 23.1-34.0 28 8.7 5.5-13.4 225 63.1 56.8-68.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 423 153 32.1 26.9-37.7 36 9.8 6.5-14.5 234 58.2 52.1-64.0
-English Speaking 202 105 49.0 40.2-57.8 19 10.3 5.9-17.4 78 40.7 32.2-49.9
-Spanish Speaking 220 48 20.1 14.6-27.1 17 9.5 5.2-16.6 155 70.4 62.3-77.4
Non-Hispanic 9,222 4,851 50.4 49.0-51.8 967 10.1 9.3-11.0 3,404 39.4 38.1-40.8
AGE
18-24 377 138 35.8 29.9-42.3 32 10.1 6.6-15.1 207 54.1 47.6-60.4
25-34 1,180 519 43.5 40.2-46.9 75 6.2 4.8- 8.0 586 50.3 46.9-53.6
35-44 1,639 763 47.1 44.3-50.0 112 7.0 5.6- 8.8 764 45.8 43.0-48.7
45-54 1,894 976 51.7 48.9-54.4 198 11.5 9.8-13.5 720 36.8 34.2-39.5
55-64 1,904 1,102 57.3 54.6-60.0 205 10.8 9.2-12.6 597 31.9 29.4-34.5
65-74 1,433 809 57.5 54.3-60.6 205 15.1 12.8-17.7 419 27.5 24.8-30.3
75+ 1,152 658 55.5 52.0-59.0 166 15.0 12.6-17.7 328 29.5 26.4-32.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,391 543 34.4 31.1-37.9 155 10.4 8.4-12.8 693 55.2 51.5-58.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,931 1,357 42.8 40.3-45.3 328 11.2 9.5-13.0 1,246 46.0 43.5-48.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,564 1,430 53.4 50.8-56.1 252 9.6 8.1-11.4 882 36.9 34.4-39.5
College Graduate 2,754 1,669 58.2 55.8-60.5 267 9.3 8.1-10.8 818 32.5 30.3-34.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,266 539 37.5 34.0-41.1 143 11.2 9.1-13.8 584 51.3 47.5-55.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,684 806 43.0 40.0-46.1 164 8.6 7.1-10.4 714 48.4 45.2-51.6
$25,000- 34,999 1,153 578 45.1 41.2-49.0 127 10.9 8.2-14.5 448 44.0 40.0-48.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,319 744 56.7 53.2-60.1 120 7.4 6.0- 9.2 455 35.9 32.6-39.3
$50,000-74,999 1,173 637 52.4 48.7-56.1 129 11.7 9.4-14.4 407 35.9 32.5-39.5
$75,000+ 1,525 933 58.9 55.8-61.8 132 9.7 8.0-11.9 460 31.4 28.6-34.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,537 1,754 46.7 44.5-48.9 425 12.0 10.6-13.5 1,358 41.4 39.2-43.6
No 5,955 3,179 50.5 48.8-52.2 567 9.3 8.3-10.4 2,209 40.2 38.5-41.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 218 122 54.0 45.4-62.4 19 8.0 4.1-15.1 77 38.0 30.1-46.6
Non-Veteran 9,441 4,886 49.0 47.7-50.4 985 10.2 9.3-11.0 3,570 40.8 39.5-42.2

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins. 'Not taking vitamins' category is added to the denominator so that the estimates are based on all respondents.

^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.

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