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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 422 54 14.0 10.2-19.0 17 4.4 2.6- 7.2 37 11.2 7.5-16.4 26 7.8 4.7-12.5 288 62.7 56.3-68.6
GENDER
Male 141 15 13.9 7.6-23.8 3 2.0 0.6- 6.4 9 9.4 4.2-19.7 11 10.7 5.1-21.1 103 63.9 52.6-73.9
Female 281 39 14.1 10.0-19.6 14 6.2 3.5-10.6 28 12.5 8.1-18.9 15 5.5 3.2- 9.4 185 61.7 54.5-68.4
RACE
White 311 37 13.7 9.1-19.9 13 4.8 2.7- 8.5 21 8.3 4.8-14.0 19 6.3 3.9-10.1 221 67.0 59.8-73.4
Other 109 17 15.0 8.7-24.5 3 2.4 0.8- 7.4 15 17.1 9.4-29.1 7 11.0 4.4-25.0 67 54.5 42.4-66.1
AGE
18-44 141 24 16.3 10.1-25.1 9 4.9 2.4- 9.7 17 14.9 8.7-24.3 12 9.1 4.4-18.0 79 54.8 44.5-64.6
45+ 275 28 11.5 7.7-16.8 7 3.1 1.4- 6.6 20 7.4 4.6-11.9 14 6.5 3.7-11.2 206 71.5 64.8-77.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 88 9 14.9 6.4-30.8 2 2.8 0.7-10.8 11 15.7 7.0-31.7 3 2.7 0.7- 9.5 63 63.9 48.3-77.0
Some College + 333 45 13.7 9.9-18.7 15 4.9 2.8- 8.3 26 9.8 6.3-14.9 23 9.4 5.6-15.3 224 62.2 55.4-68.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 142 14 11.9 6.6-20.7 7 4.4 2.0- 9.5 12 14.7 7.1-28.1 4 3.5 1.2-10.1 105 65.4 53.4-75.7
$50,000+ 229 31 14.8 9.6-22.1 7 3.7 1.7- 7.8 18 7.9 4.7-12.9 19 10.2 5.7-17.7 154 63.4 55.2-71.0

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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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