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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

Folic Acid

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,331 8,940 52.3 51.2-53.4 6,391 47.7 46.6-48.8
-Northeast Partnership I 428 218 45.2 39.1-51.4 210 54.8 48.6-60.9
GENDER
Male 153 69 41.6 31.6-52.3 84 58.4 47.7-68.4
Female 275 149 48.2 41.2-55.3 126 51.8 44.7-58.8
RACE
White 205 117 48.4 40.2-56.7 88 51.6 43.3-59.8
Other 222 100 42.3 33.8-51.4 122 57.7 48.6-66.2
AGE
18-44 105 40 31.5 21.2-43.9 65 68.5 56.1-78.8
45+ 318 175 53.8 47.5-60.0 143 46.2 40.0-52.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 254 112 37.1 29.5-45.5 142 62.9 54.5-70.5
Some College + 173 105 58.7 49.9-66.9 68 41.3 33.1-50.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 141 43.0 36.3-49.9 140 57.0 50.1-63.7
$50,000+ 76 42 52.2 39.6-64.5 34 47.8 35.5-60.4

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^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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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