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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Folic Acid

A multivitamin is a supplement containing several vitamins including 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
-Wake County 581 393 62.1 56.3-67.5 188 37.9 32.5-43.7
GENDER
Male 208 137 57.0 47.3-66.1 71 43.0 33.9-52.7
Female 373 256 66.9 60.6-72.7 117 33.1 27.3-39.4
RACE
White 439 320 69.1 62.6-74.9 119 30.9 25.1-37.4
Other 142 73 48.3 37.2-59.5 69 51.7 40.5-62.8
AGE
18-44 198 131 58.2 48.9-66.9 67 41.8 33.1-51.1
45+ 377 259 67.3 61.6-72.6 118 32.7 27.4-38.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 88 46.9 36.4-57.7 72 53.1 42.3-63.6
Some College + 420 305 67.7 60.9-73.8 115 32.3 26.2-39.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 117 52.3 41.7-62.6 73 47.7 37.4-58.3
$50,000+ 311 226 69.2 61.6-75.8 85 30.8 24.2-38.4

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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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