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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston County

Folic Acid

A multivitamin is a supplement containing several vitamins including Folic Acid.
Have you taken a multivitamin sometime during the past six months?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,095 8,475 56.8 55.5-58.1 5,620 43.2 41.9-44.5
-Johnston County 418 236 48.7 40.3-57.3 182 51.3 42.7-59.7
GENDER
Male 143 69 41.7 28.8-55.9 74 58.3 44.1-71.2
Female 275 167 56.2 48.2-63.9 108 43.8 36.1-51.8
RACE
White 336 200 58.0 50.5-65.1 136 42.0 34.9-49.5
Other 77 33 30.8 17.1-48.9 44 69.2 51.1-82.9
AGE
18-44 155 88 44.5 32.3-57.3 67 55.5 42.7-67.7
45+ 260 147 55.8 48.5-62.8 113 44.2 37.2-51.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 211 94 33.3 23.8-44.4 117 66.7 55.6-76.2
Some College + 205 141 67.6 58.1-75.7 64 32.4 24.3-41.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 101 36.1 25.9-47.8 111 63.9 52.2-74.1
$50,000+ 159 111 68.4 57.8-77.3 48 31.6 22.7-42.2

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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.

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