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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 645 422 61.7 56.3-66.7 223 38.3 33.3-43.7
GENDER
Male 231 141 56.7 47.7-65.2 90 43.3 34.8-52.3
Female 414 281 66.1 60.2-71.6 133 33.9 28.4-39.8
RACE
White 455 311 68.4 62.8-73.5 144 31.6 26.5-37.2
Other 186 109 51.0 41.3-60.6 77 49.0 39.4-58.7
AGE
18-44 226 141 57.9 49.4-66.0 85 42.1 34.0-50.6
45+ 411 275 66.0 60.5-71.1 136 34.0 28.9-39.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 88 48.6 37.7-59.6 80 51.4 40.4-62.3
Some College + 476 333 67.4 61.8-72.6 143 32.6 27.4-38.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 142 55.3 46.3-64.0 92 44.7 36.0-53.7
$50,000+ 327 229 70.3 64.2-75.9 98 29.7 24.1-35.8

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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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