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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Folic Acid-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,401 746 53.1 49.4-56.7 655 46.9 43.3-50.6
AGE
18-24 53 23 42.5 27.3-59.2 30 57.5 40.8-72.7
25-34 178 102 57.1 47.8-65.9 76 42.9 34.1-52.2
35-44 252 143 56.4 48.8-63.8 109 43.6 36.2-51.2
45-54 288 144 54.1 46.6-61.4 144 45.9 38.6-53.4
55-64 287 161 55.4 48.1-62.5 126 44.6 37.5-51.9
65-74 209 107 46.3 37.9-54.8 102 53.7 45.2-62.1
75+ 123 60 50.4 39.5-61.3 63 49.6 38.7-60.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 274 121 45.6 36.8-54.8 153 54.4 45.2-63.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 468 218 43.5 37.6-49.7 250 56.5 50.3-62.4
Some Post-H.S. 369 213 57.0 49.6-64.1 156 43.0 35.9-50.4
College Graduate 290 194 68.4 61.3-74.6 96 31.6 25.4-38.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 264 116 39.7 32.3-47.5 148 60.3 52.5-67.7
$15,000- 24,999 323 169 49.0 41.7-56.3 154 51.0 43.7-58.3
$25,000- 34,999 206 111 57.3 47.8-66.2 95 42.7 33.8-52.2
$35,000- 49,999 170 112 70.8 61.9-78.4 58 29.2 21.6-38.1
$50,000-74,999 130 81 55.5 43.4-67.1 49 44.5 32.9-56.6
$75,000+ 95 64 65.0 49.4-77.9 31 35.0 22.1-50.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 535 265 52.5 46.7-58.2 270 47.5 41.8-53.3
No 854 477 53.5 48.8-58.1 377 46.5 41.9-51.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 45 27 65.4 47.0-80.1 18 34.6 19.9-53.0
Non-Veteran 1,356 719 52.7 49.0-56.4 637 47.3 43.6-51.0

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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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