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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Folic Acid-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,013 167 17.8 14.7-21.3 53 5.1 3.6- 7.2 95 10.2 7.8-13.3 81 8.2 5.9-11.4 617 58.7 54.3-63.0
GENDER
Male 271 49 19.2 13.9-26.0 13 4.3 2.1- 8.5 26 10.4 6.4-16.7 20 9.7 5.3-16.9 163 56.4 48.3-64.1
Female 742 118 16.8 13.5-20.8 40 5.6 3.8- 8.4 69 10.0 7.4-13.4 61 7.2 5.1-10.0 454 60.3 55.4-65.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 1 11.1 1.5-51.0 1 6.8 0.9-37.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 82.1 46.3-96.1
-English Speaking 8 1 11.1 1.5-51.0 1 6.8 0.9-37.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 82.1 46.3-96.1
Non-Hispanic 1,002 165 17.7 14.6-21.2 52 5.1 3.6- 7.3 95 10.3 7.8-13.3 81 8.2 5.9-11.4 609 58.7 54.3-63.0
AGE
18-24 35 11 27.9 14.8-46.3 2 7.2 1.7-26.3 5 9.8 3.5-24.4 2 6.2 1.5-22.5 15 48.8 30.1-67.9
25-34 134 33 19.8 12.8-29.3 6 3.5 1.3- 9.4 16 14.2 7.3-25.6 16 15.5 7.7-28.6 63 47.0 35.7-58.6
35-44 181 30 18.5 12.0-27.3 16 6.4 3.6-11.1 18 8.2 4.4-14.7 17 9.0 5.1-15.4 100 57.9 48.4-66.8
45-54 222 37 16.0 10.7-23.2 11 6.0 2.8-12.4 19 9.7 5.8-15.9 11 4.7 2.2-10.0 144 63.6 55.0-71.3
55-64 223 25 12.4 7.9-18.9 11 5.5 2.7-10.7 17 6.3 3.5-11.1 20 6.4 3.7-10.8 150 69.4 61.5-76.4
65-74 138 22 12.1 7.3-19.2 6 3.4 1.4- 8.2 13 13.4 6.9-24.4 8 3.7 1.4- 9.4 89 67.4 56.2-76.9
75+ 74 8 19.3 9.2-36.0 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 5 7.5 2.9-18.1 6 6.6 2.8-14.8 54 65.5 50.3-78.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 159 23 12.3 7.5-19.6 6 2.9 1.1- 7.5 15 15.9 7.3-31.4 13 8.7 3.9-18.0 102 60.3 47.4-71.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 312 62 22.6 16.5-30.2 14 4.9 2.4- 9.9 27 6.9 4.3-10.8 21 6.0 3.4-10.4 188 59.6 51.8-67.0
Some Post-H.S. 291 46 17.0 12.1-23.4 24 7.9 4.7-13.0 34 14.2 9.6-20.5 30 7.6 4.7-12.0 157 53.2 45.4-60.9
College Graduate 251 36 15.9 10.6-23.2 9 3.3 1.4- 7.7 19 6.5 3.8-10.9 17 11.3 5.4-22.0 170 63.0 53.8-71.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 141 25 20.6 11.9-33.2 8 8.5 2.8-22.8 12 6.5 3.2-12.7 16 10.5 5.4-19.4 80 53.9 42.0-65.5
$15,000- 24,999 219 32 16.8 10.4-26.1 17 6.7 3.6-12.1 16 7.9 4.5-13.6 14 5.7 2.9-10.9 140 62.9 53.5-71.4
$25,000- 34,999 158 19 11.7 6.6-19.9 6 5.8 2.3-13.8 21 9.4 5.4-15.9 15 9.2 4.6-17.5 97 63.9 53.2-73.4
$35,000- 49,999 159 28 15.9 10.0-24.3 7 3.3 1.4- 7.4 17 17.7 9.5-30.7 13 7.6 3.7-15.0 94 55.5 44.5-65.9
$50,000-74,999 120 25 21.8 13.7-32.9 8 5.1 2.2-11.0 11 11.6 5.7-22.2 8 5.5 2.4-11.9 68 56.0 44.3-67.0
$75,000+ 100 19 20.8 12.5-32.7 3 3.3 0.9-11.6 6 5.3 2.2-12.0 8 13.1 4.8-31.3 64 57.5 43.8-70.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 356 53 19.6 14.2-26.3 21 5.8 3.3-10.1 27 9.5 5.8-15.1 28 7.2 3.5-14.0 227 58.0 50.3-65.2
No 649 113 17.2 13.6-21.5 32 4.9 3.1- 7.6 68 10.7 7.7-14.6 52 8.7 5.9-12.6 384 58.5 53.1-63.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 131 23 20.0 12.7-30.1 5 2.7 1.0- 7.1 6 7.2 3.1-16.0 7 4.3 1.6-10.7 90 65.8 55.0-75.3
Non-Veteran 882 144 17.4 14.2-21.3 48 5.5 3.7- 7.9 89 10.7 8.0-14.1 74 8.8 6.2-12.4 527 57.6 52.8-62.3

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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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