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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,732 377 17.3 15.0-19.8 112 4.6 3.6- 5.9 187 9.7 7.9-11.9 220 9.4 7.8-11.3 1,836 59.0 56.1-61.9
Female 5,717 833 17.0 15.5-18.6 277 5.8 4.9- 6.9 424 8.5 7.4- 9.6 412 8.2 7.1- 9.4 3,771 60.5 58.5-62.4
RACE
White 6,994 937 15.7 14.3-17.1 306 5.3 4.5- 6.2 456 8.1 7.1- 9.4 514 8.4 7.4- 9.4 4,781 62.5 60.8-64.3
African American 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
Asian 52 12 18.2 8.6-34.4 2 3.4 0.7-15.0 6 12.0 4.9-26.5 5 17.2 5.8-41.2 27 49.2 31.6-67.1
Native American 125 12 11.6 4.4-27.1 6 4.7 1.8-11.7 19 10.8 6.2-18.2 13 11.4 5.3-22.7 75 61.6 48.7-73.1
Other Minorities 235 77 37.1 27.3-48.1 21 6.5 3.8-10.9 29 16.9 10.3-26.5 16 12.6 6.8-22.1 92 26.9 20.1-35.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 234 68 30.5 22.1-40.4 27 8.4 5.3-13.1 28 16.6 9.9-26.6 19 12.2 6.7-21.2 92 32.3 24.6-41.0
-English Speaking 126 15 11.0 5.6-20.4 12 6.1 3.3-11.1 10 9.3 4.0-20.1 12 18.6 8.9-34.8 77 55.0 42.1-67.3
-Spanish Speaking 108 53 45.1 31.8-59.1 15 10.1 5.4-18.1 18 22.1 11.8-37.6 7 7.5 2.9-18.0 15 15.2 8.2-26.6
Non-Hispanic 8,198 1,139 16.4 15.1-17.8 362 5.1 4.4- 5.9 581 8.6 7.6- 9.7 610 8.5 7.6- 9.5 5,506 61.3 59.7-63.0
AGE
18-24 225 64 29.7 22.1-38.7 17 5.6 2.8-10.8 31 16.4 10.8-24.0 15 6.1 3.5-10.6 98 42.2 33.9-51.0
25-34 866 189 21.2 17.9-24.9 68 7.1 5.4- 9.4 86 11.6 8.7-15.1 86 12.9 9.9-16.7 437 47.2 42.9-51.6
35-44 1,312 263 19.4 16.8-22.2 96 7.2 5.6- 9.4 122 8.5 6.8-10.6 130 11.1 8.8-13.8 701 53.8 50.3-57.3
45-54 1,648 267 16.2 14.1-18.5 78 5.0 3.8- 6.7 138 8.4 6.9-10.4 143 8.8 7.2-10.7 1,022 61.6 58.6-64.5
55-64 1,821 208 11.6 9.8-13.6 65 3.4 2.5- 4.5 117 7.0 5.6- 8.7 128 7.0 5.7- 8.6 1,303 71.1 68.4-73.6
65-74 1,456 129 8.9 7.3-11.0 40 3.0 2.1- 4.4 58 4.6 3.3- 6.3 79 5.0 3.9- 6.5 1,150 78.4 75.6-81.0
75+ 1,077 79 8.0 6.0-10.7 23 2.4 1.5- 4.0 55 4.8 3.5- 6.7 47 3.8 2.7- 5.3 873 81.0 77.7-83.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 870 148 24.5 19.3-30.6 44 5.1 3.4- 7.6 79 13.5 9.5-18.7 55 5.9 4.0- 8.5 544 51.0 45.4-56.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,248 310 17.1 14.6-19.9 95 4.8 3.7- 6.3 168 10.4 8.0-13.3 147 6.9 5.5- 8.7 1,528 60.8 57.4-64.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,302 331 17.1 14.7-19.8 121 6.7 5.0- 8.7 168 9.2 7.5-11.2 173 8.6 6.8-10.7 1,509 58.6 55.3-61.7
College Graduate 3,021 420 15.2 13.3-17.4 128 4.6 3.7- 5.7 196 6.8 5.6- 8.1 257 10.9 9.2-12.9 2,020 62.5 59.9-65.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 719 91 15.5 11.4-20.7 30 5.5 3.2- 9.1 52 12.5 7.5-19.9 48 6.7 4.4- 9.9 498 59.9 53.3-66.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,215 159 17.5 13.8-22.1 72 7.2 5.3- 9.7 87 9.0 6.3-12.8 77 5.6 4.2- 7.5 820 60.7 55.8-65.3
$25,000- 34,999 915 120 14.7 11.7-18.4 42 6.8 4.4-10.4 83 10.7 7.9-14.5 52 6.4 4.4- 9.1 618 61.4 56.4-66.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,270 185 15.4 12.9-18.3 63 6.2 4.0- 9.3 87 9.0 6.6-12.0 89 9.1 6.7-12.3 846 60.4 56.1-64.4
$50,000-74,999 1,325 212 16.4 13.8-19.4 62 4.9 3.6- 6.5 82 7.8 5.5-10.8 116 11.1 8.5-14.3 853 59.9 55.8-63.8
$75,000+ 1,970 295 17.2 14.7-20.0 79 4.4 3.4- 5.8 141 8.1 6.5-10.0 180 10.2 8.4-12.4 1,275 60.0 56.8-63.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,923 353 16.2 13.6-19.1 116 4.5 3.6- 5.6 226 9.9 8.1-12.1 176 6.1 4.9- 7.6 2,052 63.3 60.2-66.2
No 5,464 851 17.6 16.1-19.2 267 5.6 4.7- 6.7 380 8.6 7.4- 9.9 452 9.8 8.6-11.2 3,514 58.4 56.3-60.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,225 130 11.4 9.3-14.0 37 2.9 2.0- 4.3 60 5.0 3.6- 7.0 74 7.4 5.3-10.4 924 73.1 69.4-76.6
Non-Veteran 7,223 1,080 18.0 16.5-19.6 352 5.7 4.9- 6.6 551 9.6 8.5-10.9 558 8.9 7.9-10.1 4,682 57.7 55.9-59.5

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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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