BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Some health experts recommend that women take 400 micrograms of the B vitamin folic acid, for which of the following reasons....*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Make strong bones	Prevent birth defects	Prevent high bp	Other
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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	79	19	17.2	10.2-27.6	47	64.8	50.1-77.1	4	8.1	2.1-27.0	9	9.9	4.6-19.9
Buncombe	74	7	12.6	5.5-26.4	60	78.2	64.5-87.7	1	1.2	0.2- 8.2	6	8.0	3.3-17.8
Cabarrus	78	9	14.3	6.4-28.9	46	51.5	38.0-64.9	4	3.3	1.0-10.0	19	30.9	19.2-45.7
Catawba	82	17	23.4	14.1-36.2	52	62.3	49.1-73.8	4	3.3	1.1- 9.5	9	11.0	5.4-21.1
Cumberland	116	22	18.4	11.2-28.8	61	53.2	42.1-64.1	7	8.8	3.5-20.6	26	19.5	12.7-28.8
Davidson	84	17	22.0	12.9-34.8	45	48.6	36.3-61.1	7	10.5	4.8-21.5	15	19.0	10.2-32.5
Durham	128	18	11.9	6.8-19.8	80	58.9	46.8-70.0	7	9.5	3.6-22.9	23	19.7	11.9-30.8
Forsyth	84	14	20.2	10.3-35.7	52	56.3	42.5-69.2	5	7.7	2.4-22.5	13	15.8	8.9-26.5
Gaston	69	15	25.4	13.7-42.2	39	45.0	30.9-60.0	2	8.9	2.3-28.7	13	20.8	11.0-35.7
Guilford	99	15	17.6	9.6-30.0	56	52.0	40.1-63.7	5	6.3	2.5-15.0	23	24.1	14.9-36.6
Iredell	102	21	26.8	17.1-39.3	59	45.2	33.7-57.2	1	0.5	0.1- 3.8	21	27.5	16.1-42.9
Johnston	121	16	13.9	7.9-23.2	81	65.9	54.3-75.8	4	1.9	0.7- 5.1	20	18.3	11.0-28.9
Mecklenburg	238	46	18.1	13.1-24.5	137	55.8	47.6-63.6	14	9.7	4.7-19.2	41	16.4	11.7-22.5
New Hanover	78	11	20.8	10.4-37.3	49	54.6	40.3-68.2	2	3.0	0.6-13.5	16	21.6	11.5-36.7
Onslow	91	17	19.0	11.1-30.5	50	53.5	40.7-65.8	6	6.5	2.5-15.9	18	21.1	12.7-32.9
Orange	87	6	7.7	3.3-16.9	66	70.7	56.1-82.0	4	10.1	3.4-26.2	11	11.5	5.5-22.6
Pitt	115	23	23.7	15.2-35.1	63	49.1	38.6-59.6	3	3.0	0.9- 9.9	26	24.2	16.3-34.4
Randolph	76	12	11.9	6.1-21.7	52	75.3	62.8-84.6	2	1.6	0.4- 6.4	10	11.3	5.6-21.5
Robeson	76	12	18.6	10.1-31.8	43	57.0	43.3-69.7	2	2.4	0.6- 9.1	19	22.0	13.2-34.5
Rowan	84	23	22.4	13.8-34.2	38	50.7	38.1-63.3	4	6.3	2.3-16.2	19	20.6	12.7-31.7
Union	92	14	14.1	7.8-24.2	61	62.3	48.0-74.8	2	1.9	0.5- 7.2	15	21.7	11.1-38.1
Wake	198	35	22.9	15.5-32.5	132	61.0	51.6-69.5	4	2.8	1.0- 7.5	27	13.3	8.5-20.3
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	67	16	26.4	15.1-41.9	33	50.3	34.9-65.6	2	2.5	0.6- 9.6	16	20.9	11.6-34.7
Northeast Partnership II***	81	20	23.5	14.0-36.5	42	49.0	35.6-62.5	2	2.5	0.5-11.1	17	25.1	14.6-39.7
Northeast Partnership I***	76	19	23.3	13.9-36.2	35	43.1	30.8-56.2	2	2.7	0.5-13.8	20	31.0	19.7-45.0
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	87	24	23.3	15.0-34.5	47	58.5	46.3-69.8	3	3.5	1.1-10.8	13	14.7	7.9-25.7
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	91	17	20.9	11.8-34.3	61	63.2	48.9-75.5	2	2.4	0.6- 9.2	11	13.5	5.9-28.1
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	71	18	33.0	18.5-51.7	36	46.0	31.5-61.1	4	6.8	2.0-20.2	13	14.3	7.3-26.2
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	88	23	18.3	10.5-30.0	45	58.8	45.3-71.0	4	7.9	2.5-22.7	16	15.0	8.5-25.0
Chatham/Lee/Moore	91	18	16.3	9.7-26.2	55	48.9	36.3-61.6	2	2.9	0.7-11.3	16	31.9	19.5-47.6
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	114	29	22.3	14.2-33.4	55	46.3	35.0-57.9	4	3.3	1.1- 9.8	26	28.1	18.5-40.3
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	76	24	30.9	20.6-43.5	39	51.0	38.4-63.5	2	2.9	0.7-11.0	11	15.1	7.9-27.1
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	88	20	25.7	15.8-38.9	44	44.3	32.6-56.8	7	8.4	3.6-18.6	17	21.6	11.9-35.8
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	94	17	20.1	11.7-32.5	60	56.4	43.9-68.1	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6	16	23.1	14.0-35.7
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
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	183	49	25.4	18.5-33.9	87	47.5	38.1-57.0	4	2.0	0.6- 6.3	43	25.1	17.9-34.0
No	3,184	599	19.6	17.7-21.6	1,891	57.2	54.8-59.6	129	5.2	4.1- 6.6	565	18.0	16.2-19.9
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	1,099	223	22.5	19.1-26.2	610	53.5	49.3-57.5	41	4.0	2.7- 6.0	225	20.0	17.0-23.4
Piedmont	1,952	374	19.4	17.0-22.1	1,167	56.7	53.6-59.7	79	5.6	4.2- 7.6	332	18.3	16.0-20.7
Western NC	316	51	16.3	11.8-22.1	201	64.4	57.4-70.8	13	4.6	2.1- 9.6	51	14.8	10.7-20.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	166	21	11.9	7.1-19.4	117	72.6	63.2-80.4	5	4.4	1.3-13.7	23	11.1	6.8-17.5
Northwest	635	137	23.4	19.2-28.2	353	51.6	46.5-56.7	30	5.1	3.2- 8.2	115	19.9	16.0-24.5
Charlotte	540	97	18.3	14.5-22.9	324	55.8	50.2-61.3	25	7.2	4.1-12.6	94	18.6	14.8-23.2
Greensboro	423	73	16.2	11.9-21.7	267	60.1	53.5-66.3	17	5.5	3.0- 9.6	66	18.2	13.5-24.2
Southern Regional	368	82	22.5	17.0-29.1	198	54.5	47.3-61.5	14	4.4	2.2- 8.8	74	18.7	14.0-24.4
Coastal	148	28	29.0	18.6-42.0	85	48.3	37.7-59.0	5	5.5	2.0-14.0	30	17.3	11.0-26.2
Wake	564	92	18.4	13.7-24.1	359	60.9	54.9-66.6	19	4.7	2.6- 8.3	94	16.0	12.4-20.5
Area L	121	35	27.1	18.9-37.2	55	45.8	35.4-56.6	6	4.7	1.9-11.0	25	22.4	14.4-33.2
Eastern	402	83	21.6	16.7-27.5	220	51.8	45.1-58.5	12	2.7	1.4- 5.1	87	23.9	18.3-30.6

Total
Respond.^

Make strong bones

Prevent birth defects

Prevent high bp

Other

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

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

17.2

10.2-27.6

64.8

50.1-77.1

8.1

2.1-27.0

9.9

4.6-19.9

Buncombe

12.6

5.5-26.4

78.2

64.5-87.7

1.2

0.2- 8.2

8.0

3.3-17.8

Cabarrus

14.3

6.4-28.9

51.5

38.0-64.9

3.3

1.0-10.0

30.9

19.2-45.7

Catawba

23.4

14.1-36.2

62.3

49.1-73.8

3.3

1.1- 9.5

11.0

5.4-21.1

Cumberland

116

18.4

11.2-28.8

53.2

42.1-64.1

8.8

3.5-20.6

19.5

12.7-28.8

Davidson

22.0

12.9-34.8

48.6

36.3-61.1

10.5

4.8-21.5

19.0

10.2-32.5

Durham

128

11.9

6.8-19.8

58.9

46.8-70.0

9.5

3.6-22.9

19.7

11.9-30.8

Forsyth

20.2

10.3-35.7

56.3

42.5-69.2

7.7

2.4-22.5

15.8

8.9-26.5

Gaston

25.4

13.7-42.2

45.0

30.9-60.0

8.9

2.3-28.7

20.8

11.0-35.7

Guilford

17.6

9.6-30.0

52.0

40.1-63.7

6.3

2.5-15.0

24.1

14.9-36.6

Iredell

102

26.8

17.1-39.3

45.2

33.7-57.2

0.5

0.1- 3.8

27.5

16.1-42.9

Johnston

121

13.9

7.9-23.2

65.9

54.3-75.8

1.9

0.7- 5.1

18.3

11.0-28.9

Mecklenburg

238

18.1

13.1-24.5

137

55.8

47.6-63.6

9.7

4.7-19.2

16.4

11.7-22.5

New Hanover

20.8

10.4-37.3

54.6

40.3-68.2

3.0

0.6-13.5

21.6

11.5-36.7

Onslow

19.0

11.1-30.5

53.5

40.7-65.8

6.5

2.5-15.9

21.1

12.7-32.9

Orange

7.7

3.3-16.9

70.7

56.1-82.0

10.1

3.4-26.2

11.5

5.5-22.6

Pitt

115

23.7

15.2-35.1

49.1

38.6-59.6

3.0

0.9- 9.9

24.2

16.3-34.4

Randolph

11.9

6.1-21.7

75.3

62.8-84.6

1.6

0.4- 6.4

11.3

5.6-21.5

Robeson

18.6

10.1-31.8

57.0

43.3-69.7

2.4

0.6- 9.1

22.0

13.2-34.5

Rowan

22.4

13.8-34.2

50.7

38.1-63.3

6.3

2.3-16.2

20.6

12.7-31.7

Union

14.1

7.8-24.2

62.3

48.0-74.8

1.9

0.5- 7.2

21.7

11.1-38.1

Wake

198

22.9

15.5-32.5

132

61.0

51.6-69.5

2.8

1.0- 7.5

13.3

8.5-20.3

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

26.4

15.1-41.9

50.3

34.9-65.6

2.5

0.6- 9.6

20.9

11.6-34.7

Northeast Partnership II***

23.5

14.0-36.5

49.0

35.6-62.5

2.5

0.5-11.1

25.1

14.6-39.7

Northeast Partnership I***

23.3

13.9-36.2

43.1

30.8-56.2

2.7

0.5-13.8

31.0

19.7-45.0

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

23.3

15.0-34.5

58.5

46.3-69.8

3.5

1.1-10.8

14.7

7.9-25.7

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

20.9

11.8-34.3

63.2

48.9-75.5

2.4

0.6- 9.2

13.5

5.9-28.1

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

33.0

18.5-51.7

46.0

31.5-61.1

6.8

2.0-20.2

14.3

7.3-26.2

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

18.3

10.5-30.0

58.8

45.3-71.0

7.9

2.5-22.7

15.0

8.5-25.0

Chatham/Lee/Moore

16.3

9.7-26.2

48.9

36.3-61.6

2.9

0.7-11.3

31.9

19.5-47.6

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

114

22.3

14.2-33.4

46.3

35.0-57.9

3.3

1.1- 9.8

28.1

18.5-40.3

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

30.9

20.6-43.5

51.0

38.4-63.5

2.9

0.7-11.0

15.1

7.9-27.1

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

25.7

15.8-38.9

44.3

32.6-56.8

8.4

3.6-18.6

21.6

11.9-35.8

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

20.1

11.7-32.5

56.4

43.9-68.1

0.4

0.1- 2.6

23.1

14.0-35.7

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

11.5

5.9-21.3

68.9

55.7-79.6

6.4

1.7-21.8

13.1

7.3-22.6

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

183

25.4

18.5-33.9

47.5

38.1-57.0

2.0

0.6- 6.3

25.1

17.9-34.0

3,184

599

19.6

17.7-21.6

1,891

57.2

54.8-59.6

129

5.2

4.1- 6.6

565

18.0

16.2-19.9

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

1,099

223

22.5

19.1-26.2

610

53.5

49.3-57.5

4.0

2.7- 6.0

225

20.0

17.0-23.4

Piedmont

1,952

374

19.4

17.0-22.1

1,167

56.7

53.6-59.7

5.6

4.2- 7.6

332

18.3

16.0-20.7

Western NC

316

16.3

11.8-22.1

201

64.4

57.4-70.8

4.6

2.1- 9.6

14.8

10.7-20.1

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

166

11.9

7.1-19.4

117

72.6

63.2-80.4

4.4

1.3-13.7

11.1

6.8-17.5

Northwest

635

137

23.4

19.2-28.2

353

51.6

46.5-56.7

5.1

3.2- 8.2

115

19.9

16.0-24.5

Charlotte

540

18.3

14.5-22.9

324

55.8

50.2-61.3

7.2

4.1-12.6

18.6

14.8-23.2

Greensboro

423

16.2

11.9-21.7

267

60.1

53.5-66.3

5.5

3.0- 9.6

18.2

13.5-24.2

Southern Regional

368

22.5

17.0-29.1

198

54.5

47.3-61.5

4.4

2.2- 8.8

18.7

14.0-24.4

Coastal

148

29.0

18.6-42.0

48.3

37.7-59.0

5.5

2.0-14.0

17.3

11.0-26.2

Wake

564

18.4

13.7-24.1

359

60.9

54.9-66.6

4.7

2.6- 8.3

16.0

12.4-20.5

Area L

121

27.1

18.9-37.2

45.8

35.4-56.6

4.7

1.9-11.0

22.4

14.4-33.2

Eastern

402

21.6

16.7-27.5

220

51.8

45.1-58.5

2.7

1.4- 5.1

23.9

18.3-30.6

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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.

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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