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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Folic Acid

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,095 8,475 56.8 55.5-58.1 5,620 43.2 41.9-44.5
-Piedmont NC 6,753 4,172 58.0 56.2-59.9 2,581 42.0 40.1-43.8
GENDER
Male 2,475 1,379 51.6 48.6-54.6 1,096 48.4 45.4-51.4
Female 4,278 2,793 64.0 61.8-66.1 1,485 36.0 33.9-38.2
RACE
White 5,441 3,477 62.5 60.5-64.5 1,964 37.5 35.5-39.5
African American 912 505 49.4 44.7-54.1 407 50.6 45.9-55.3
Other Minorities 380 178 43.6 36.5-51.0 202 56.4 49.0-63.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 288 127 39.5 31.8-47.7 161 60.5 52.3-68.2
Non-Hispanic 6,452 4,037 59.7 57.9-61.6 2,415 40.3 38.4-42.1
AGE
18-24 217 114 49.7 41.3-58.1 103 50.3 41.9-58.7
25-34 670 417 57.1 51.8-62.2 253 42.9 37.8-48.2
35-44 1,139 703 59.9 56.2-63.6 436 40.1 36.4-43.8
45-54 1,406 859 58.8 55.4-62.0 547 41.2 38.0-44.6
55-64 1,380 867 60.9 57.5-64.2 513 39.1 35.8-42.5
65-74 1,071 670 61.0 57.2-64.7 401 39.0 35.3-42.8
75+ 830 519 58.9 54.4-63.2 311 41.1 36.8-45.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 866 395 40.7 35.3-46.2 471 59.3 53.8-64.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,876 1,039 50.9 47.3-54.5 837 49.1 45.5-52.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,713 1,111 59.5 55.6-63.3 602 40.5 36.7-44.4
College Graduate 2,292 1,625 69.9 67.2-72.5 667 30.1 27.5-32.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 607 320 45.7 39.3-52.2 287 54.3 47.8-60.7
$15,000- 24,999 957 535 46.8 41.5-52.2 422 53.2 47.8-58.5
$25,000- 34,999 677 402 57.0 51.3-62.6 275 43.0 37.4-48.7
$35,000- 49,999 944 580 58.5 53.7-63.1 364 41.5 36.9-46.3
$50,000-74,999 1,002 650 62.9 58.2-67.3 352 37.1 32.7-41.8
$75,000+ 1,649 1,161 68.6 65.3-71.7 488 31.4 28.3-34.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,291 1,368 56.4 53.2-59.6 923 43.6 40.4-46.8
No 4,409 2,777 58.7 56.4-61.0 1,632 41.3 39.0-43.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 907 534 57.4 52.6-62.0 373 42.6 38.0-47.4
Non-Veteran 5,844 3,638 58.2 56.1-60.2 2,206 41.8 39.8-43.9

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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