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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Folic Acid

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%)
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
-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
GENDER
Male 21 7 33.1 14.7-58.7 8 45.8 23.5-70.0 0 0.0 . - . 6 21.1 8.6-43.0
Female 60 13 17.0 9.5-28.7 34 51.1 35.7-66.2 2 4.1 0.9-17.5 11 27.8 14.1-47.5
RACE
White 46 12 25.6 13.0-44.1 24 49.8 32.2-67.5 0 0.0 . - . 10 24.6 11.9-44.2
Other 35 8 19.6 9.4-36.4 18 47.4 29.3-66.2 2 6.9 1.5-27.4 7 26.0 11.2-49.5
AGE
18-44 79 19 23.3 13.8-36.5 42 49.4 35.9-63.0 2 2.5 0.5-11.2 16 24.8 14.3-39.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 28 7 15.7 6.7-32.6 13 55.5 33.7-75.4 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 7 27.2 11.7-51.4
Some College + 53 13 28.0 15.1-46.1 29 45.1 29.3-61.9 1 3.0 0.4-18.5 10 23.9 11.4-43.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 52 13 21.7 10.7-39.0 25 48.0 31.3-65.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 13 29.5 15.7-48.3
$50,000+ 25 7 34.8 17.4-57.5 15 47.3 27.7-67.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 17.9 5.3-45.8

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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.


*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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