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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Folic Acid-FEMALES

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 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 4,682 637 15.2 13.7-16.8 220 5.9 4.9- 7.1 319 7.8 6.7- 9.1 334 8.6 7.4-10.1 3,172 62.5 60.3-64.6
African American 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
Asian 32 8 27.7 12.1-51.8 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 4 24.2 9.4-49.7 2 3.5 0.7-14.9 17 42.6 24.7-62.8
Native American 87 8 9.1 3.1-23.9 5 6.3 2.2-17.1 14 12.1 6.5-21.2 9 12.0 4.7-27.1 51 60.5 45.9-73.4
Other Minorities 158 59 46.8 34.9-59.0 11 5.4 2.8-10.1 13 10.4 5.0-20.5 5 4.8 1.8-11.8 70 32.7 23.7-43.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 161 55 44.4 32.3-57.2 16 7.6 4.4-13.0 16 9.6 4.8-18.2 9 5.6 2.5-12.1 65 32.8 23.4-43.7
-English Speaking 91 13 14.3 7.0-27.1 10 9.3 4.7-17.5 7 11.1 3.6-29.1 6 6.9 2.6-16.9 55 58.4 44.0-71.5
-Spanish Speaking 70 42 66.8 50.5-79.9 6 6.4 2.7-14.7 9 8.4 3.6-18.3 3 4.7 1.2-16.1 10 13.7 6.1-27.8
Non-Hispanic 5,547 777 15.7 14.3-17.1 261 5.7 4.8- 6.8 408 8.4 7.4- 9.6 402 8.3 7.2- 9.6 3,699 61.8 59.9-63.7
AGE
18-24 145 40 26.1 17.6-36.8 9 5.9 2.1-15.1 16 11.3 6.4-19.3 10 8.2 4.2-15.4 70 48.5 38.0-59.2
25-34 638 137 20.3 16.7-24.4 49 7.5 5.4-10.2 59 9.5 7.0-12.9 54 11.2 7.8-15.8 339 51.5 46.6-56.4
35-44 897 185 20.4 17.2-23.9 75 8.8 6.7-11.4 85 8.6 6.7-11.1 82 9.4 7.3-12.0 470 52.8 48.7-56.9
45-54 1,086 173 16.9 14.3-19.9 53 5.2 3.7- 7.3 92 8.9 6.8-11.5 96 8.6 6.7-11.0 672 60.4 56.6-64.1
55-64 1,165 134 11.3 9.2-13.7 49 4.5 3.3- 6.3 85 8.1 6.3-10.4 82 6.8 5.3- 8.7 815 69.3 65.9-72.4
65-74 958 93 10.4 8.1-13.2 21 2.5 1.5- 4.0 38 4.7 3.2- 6.9 52 5.7 4.1- 7.8 754 76.7 73.2-80.0
75+ 790 60 8.4 6.0-11.9 20 2.9 1.7- 5.1 46 6.2 4.3- 8.8 33 3.8 2.5- 5.7 631 78.7 74.5-82.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 617 103 23.8 17.3-31.9 27 4.1 2.5- 6.6 51 9.1 6.0-13.7 38 6.5 4.0-10.3 398 56.5 49.2-63.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,555 213 17.2 14.4-20.3 65 4.6 3.5- 6.1 110 8.1 6.2-10.4 92 6.0 4.4- 8.0 1,075 64.2 60.6-67.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,605 233 16.4 13.7-19.4 88 7.6 5.4-10.4 116 9.4 7.3-11.9 120 7.7 5.8-10.2 1,048 59.0 55.1-62.7
College Graduate 1,936 283 15.4 13.4-17.8 96 5.7 4.5- 7.2 147 7.9 6.3- 9.7 162 10.7 8.8-13.1 1,248 60.3 57.2-63.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 564 74 14.7 11.0-19.4 19 4.2 2.4- 7.1 37 8.7 5.7-12.9 39 6.0 3.8- 9.4 395 66.4 60.6-71.7
$15,000- 24,999 884 115 15.2 12.0-19.1 54 7.2 5.1-10.2 58 7.4 5.0-10.7 52 6.0 4.1- 8.5 605 64.2 59.2-69.0
$25,000- 34,999 618 85 15.8 12.2-20.2 24 5.4 3.3- 9.0 60 11.7 8.0-16.8 29 4.9 2.8- 8.5 420 62.1 56.3-67.6
$35,000- 49,999 862 125 14.6 11.7-17.9 45 7.2 4.2-12.0 66 9.2 6.7-12.5 53 8.0 5.0-12.6 573 61.1 55.8-66.1
$50,000-74,999 848 142 17.6 14.3-21.5 42 5.3 3.8- 7.5 57 7.3 5.3-10.0 69 9.6 6.8-13.2 538 60.2 55.5-64.7
$75,000+ 1,132 176 16.7 14.0-19.8 62 6.4 4.8- 8.6 87 8.7 6.6-11.4 114 11.5 9.1-14.4 693 56.7 52.8-60.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,991 247 14.7 12.5-17.2 89 5.8 4.5- 7.5 154 8.4 6.8-10.3 120 5.8 4.6- 7.3 1,381 65.3 62.3-68.2
No 3,686 580 18.0 16.1-20.1 185 5.8 4.7- 7.2 265 8.3 7.0- 9.8 289 9.2 7.8-10.9 2,367 58.6 56.2-61.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 148 23 18.6 11.6-28.5 7 4.7 1.9-11.2 11 6.6 3.1-13.3 7 6.4 2.8-13.7 100 63.7 53.3-73.0
Non-Veteran 5,568 810 17.0 15.4-18.6 270 5.8 4.9- 6.9 413 8.5 7.5- 9.7 405 8.3 7.2- 9.5 3,670 60.4 58.4-62.3

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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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