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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Folic Acid-MALES

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 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
RACE
White 2,312 300 16.4 14.0-19.0 86 4.4 3.2- 5.9 137 8.6 6.7-11.0 180 8.0 6.7- 9.6 1,609 62.6 59.5-65.7
African American 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
Asian 20 4 11.7 3.1-35.1 1 4.4 0.6-26.1 2 3.6 0.8-14.7 3 26.5 8.2-59.2 10 53.7 27.6-78.0
Native American 38 4 14.0 3.3-43.8 1 3.0 0.4-18.5 5 9.5 3.5-23.4 4 10.7 3.0-31.7 24 62.8 41.2-80.3
Other Minorities 77 18 26.8 13.4-46.5 10 7.7 3.5-16.3 16 23.8 12.4-40.8 11 20.8 10.1-38.1 22 20.9 11.9-33.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 73 13 14.9 7.7-26.7 11 9.2 4.4-18.5 12 24.6 12.6-42.4 10 19.6 9.5-36.4 27 31.7 20.2-46.0
-English Speaking 35 2 7.3 1.7-26.3 2 2.6 0.6-10.1 3 7.3 2.1-22.3 6 31.5 13.5-57.5 22 51.3 30.6-71.5
-Spanish Speaking 38 11 20.5 9.6-38.5 9 14.3 6.1-29.8 9 37.6 18.8-60.9 4 10.7 3.0-31.3 5 17.0 6.5-37.5
Non-Hispanic 2,651 362 17.4 15.1-20.0 101 4.4 3.3- 5.7 173 8.8 7.1-11.0 208 8.7 7.2-10.5 1,807 60.7 57.7-63.5
AGE
18-24 80 24 34.4 21.7-49.8 8 5.2 2.2-11.4 15 22.9 12.9-37.3 5 3.6 1.3- 9.4 28 34.0 21.8-48.8
25-34 228 52 22.3 16.6-29.3 19 6.7 4.0-11.1 27 14.2 9.0-21.6 32 15.2 10.1-22.1 98 41.6 34.1-49.4
35-44 415 78 18.1 14.1-22.9 21 5.2 2.8- 9.5 37 8.4 5.7-12.3 48 13.2 9.2-18.7 231 55.1 48.9-61.1
45-54 562 94 15.2 12.1-18.9 25 4.8 2.9- 7.8 46 7.9 5.7-10.9 47 9.0 6.4-12.6 350 63.1 58.1-67.9
55-64 656 74 11.9 9.1-15.5 16 2.0 1.1- 3.5 32 5.7 3.7- 8.5 46 7.3 5.2-10.1 488 73.2 68.7-77.2
65-74 498 36 7.0 4.8-10.1 19 3.8 2.1- 6.7 20 4.5 2.5- 7.8 27 4.1 2.6- 6.4 396 80.6 76.0-84.5
75+ 287 19 7.1 4.1-12.2 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6 9 2.1 1.0- 4.8 14 3.8 2.1- 6.6 242 85.5 80.0-89.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 253 45 25.5 17.7-35.3 17 6.6 3.5-12.1 28 19.8 12.1-30.6 17 5.0 2.7- 9.1 146 43.0 34.7-51.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 693 97 17.0 12.9-22.0 30 5.1 3.3- 8.0 58 13.1 8.8-19.2 55 8.1 5.7-11.4 453 56.7 50.7-62.4
Some Post-H.S. 697 98 18.1 13.9-23.3 33 5.3 3.1- 8.7 52 8.8 6.2-12.5 53 9.9 6.7-14.2 461 57.9 52.2-63.5
College Graduate 1,085 137 14.9 11.6-19.0 32 3.3 2.1- 5.2 49 5.4 3.8- 7.6 95 11.1 8.4-14.6 772 65.3 60.7-69.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 155 17 17.0 8.8-30.4 11 7.9 3.1-18.3 15 19.5 8.5-39.0 9 7.8 3.6-16.0 103 47.7 35.0-60.8
$15,000- 24,999 331 44 21.1 13.6-31.2 18 7.0 3.9-12.3 29 11.6 6.2-20.5 25 5.1 3.1- 8.2 215 55.2 46.2-63.9
$25,000- 34,999 297 35 13.4 8.6-20.2 18 8.6 4.3-16.3 23 9.5 5.5-15.8 23 8.2 5.0-13.2 198 60.4 52.0-68.2
$35,000- 49,999 408 60 16.7 12.2-22.3 18 4.6 2.4- 8.6 21 8.7 4.7-15.4 36 10.8 7.1-16.0 273 59.3 52.2-66.0
$50,000-74,999 477 70 14.8 11.0-19.7 20 4.3 2.5- 7.3 25 8.4 4.4-15.2 47 13.0 8.7-19.0 315 59.5 52.4-66.2
$75,000+ 838 119 17.7 13.7-22.6 17 2.5 1.4- 4.5 54 7.5 5.3-10.5 66 9.0 6.4-12.5 582 63.3 58.1-68.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 932 106 18.2 13.3-24.3 27 2.8 1.7- 4.4 72 12.0 8.5-16.6 56 6.6 4.5- 9.5 671 60.6 54.9-66.0
No 1,778 271 17.1 14.8-19.8 82 5.4 4.0- 7.1 115 8.9 6.8-11.6 163 10.6 8.6-13.0 1,147 58.0 54.6-61.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,077 107 10.7 8.5-13.3 30 2.7 1.7- 4.2 49 4.9 3.4- 7.0 67 7.6 5.2-10.8 824 74.2 70.2-77.8
Non-Veteran 1,655 270 19.9 17.0-23.3 82 5.4 4.0- 7.1 138 11.7 9.2-14.7 153 10.1 8.2-12.5 1,012 52.9 49.3-56.4

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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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