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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Folic Acid-WHITES

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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Respond.^
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%)
TOTAL 2,322 359 16.5 14.4-18.8 1,481 61.5 58.7-64.2 92 4.9 3.7- 6.5 390 17.1 15.1-19.2
GENDER
Male 681 135 19.5 16.0-23.6 332 51.1 46.1-56.0 48 7.8 5.4-11.0 166 21.6 18.1-25.7
Female 1,641 224 14.2 11.8-17.0 1,149 69.2 66.0-72.2 44 2.9 1.9- 4.2 224 13.7 11.7-16.1
AGE
18-24 218 37 18.8 12.8-26.7 125 54.1 45.8-62.2 14 8.3 4.7-14.3 42 18.8 13.6-25.5
25-34 782 108 13.9 11.2-17.1 546 69.1 65.0-72.9 20 2.8 1.7- 4.7 108 14.1 11.4-17.4
35-44 1,281 207 17.5 15.1-20.2 793 59.6 56.3-62.8 56 4.7 3.4- 6.5 225 18.2 15.7-20.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 99 27 26.3 16.0-40.1 35 32.9 22.1-45.9 6 7.4 2.2-22.3 31 33.4 22.3-46.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 467 94 18.6 14.3-23.7 240 55.3 49.1-61.3 21 5.3 3.1- 8.9 112 20.9 16.7-25.8
Some Post-H.S. 682 128 20.5 16.1-25.7 400 55.4 49.8-60.8 35 6.8 4.3-10.6 119 17.3 13.8-21.6
College Graduate 1,070 109 11.0 8.8-13.7 805 73.5 69.9-76.8 30 3.0 2.0- 4.6 126 12.5 10.1-15.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 29 22.7 14.5-33.7 54 50.1 38.0-62.1 5 5.8 2.1-15.4 30 21.4 13.7-31.8
$15,000- 24,999 200 44 19.6 12.9-28.6 107 59.2 49.2-68.4 11 2.3 1.2- 4.5 38 18.9 12.2-28.1
$25,000- 34,999 226 47 21.3 15.2-28.9 127 57.9 48.9-66.5 12 4.3 2.1- 8.5 40 16.6 10.8-24.7
$35,000- 49,999 412 65 17.5 12.7-23.6 268 61.8 55.3-67.9 13 3.3 1.6- 6.6 66 17.4 13.3-22.5
$50,000-74,999 437 60 13.4 10.0-17.8 272 58.6 52.4-64.5 19 7.3 4.2-12.4 86 20.7 16.3-26.0
$75,000+ 705 81 13.5 10.5-17.2 517 70.5 66.0-74.7 18 3.3 1.7- 6.1 89 12.7 10.0-16.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 493 81 16.5 12.4-21.7 263 52.3 46.2-58.3 21 3.5 2.1- 5.7 128 27.7 22.5-33.5
No 1,790 270 16.4 14.0-19.1 1,200 64.3 61.1-67.3 68 5.3 3.9- 7.3 252 14.0 12.1-16.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 171 33 18.6 12.8-26.2 81 46.2 37.4-55.2 13 7.9 4.2-14.3 44 27.4 20.0-36.3
Non-Veteran 2,150 326 16.3 14.1-18.8 1,399 62.8 59.9-65.7 79 4.7 3.5- 6.3 346 16.2 14.2-18.4

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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.

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