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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Folic Acid

How would you describe how often you have taken multivitamins over the past six months?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Take daily Take at least 5 days a week Was taking regularly, not now Not taking regularly, now regularly Have not taken regularly
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,449 1,210 17.1 15.8-18.5 389 5.3 4.6- 6.1 611 9.0 8.0-10.1 632 8.7 7.8- 9.8 5,607 59.9 58.2-61.5
-Gaston County 219 30 19.5 12.6-28.9 11 6.7 3.2-13.2 16 10.6 5.9-18.4 17 10.0 5.4-18.0 145 53.2 43.8-62.4
GENDER
Male 77 12 19.9 9.9-35.8 3 6.5 1.8-21.0 7 14.4 6.5-29.0 8 14.3 6.1-29.7 47 45.0 30.6-60.3
Female 142 18 19.1 10.9-31.2 8 6.9 3.3-13.8 9 6.8 3.1-14.6 9 5.9 2.9-11.7 98 61.3 50.1-71.3
RACE
White 189 24 19.5 11.9-30.3 9 7.2 3.2-15.4 12 8.4 4.1-16.3 15 10.8 5.5-20.3 129 54.0 44.1-63.7
Other 30 6 19.3 7.0-43.2 2 4.9 1.1-18.7 4 18.3 6.2-43.3 2 7.2 1.5-28.9 16 50.3 27.0-73.4
AGE
18-44 70 20 29.5 17.8-44.6 7 9.5 3.9-21.1 8 12.5 5.8-24.7 5 10.0 3.6-24.9 30 38.6 25.3-53.9
45+ 149 10 6.5 3.3-12.4 4 3.0 1.1- 8.2 8 8.2 3.2-19.4 12 10.1 5.5-17.7 115 72.2 62.1-80.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 96 12 21.0 10.3-38.1 5 3.8 1.4-10.0 6 11.4 4.4-26.3 5 5.9 2.0-16.2 68 57.9 42.2-72.2
Some College + 123 18 18.2 10.5-29.6 6 9.0 3.7-20.5 10 10.0 4.8-19.7 12 13.5 6.4-26.2 77 49.4 38.2-60.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 116 17 19.6 10.6-33.4 4 5.1 1.4-16.6 9 12.9 5.9-26.0 6 6.5 2.5-15.7 80 56.0 42.0-69.0
$50,000+ 73 10 16.4 8.8-28.7 6 11.4 4.5-26.0 5 7.0 2.7-17.1 8 12.0 5.3-24.8 44 53.1 40.0-65.9

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*Asked only of those who reported taking a multivitamin in the past six months.

^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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