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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

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%)
North Carolina 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
-Wake County 391 64 19.8 14.6-26.4 17 4.4 2.6- 7.4 30 9.3 5.8-14.8 40 12.0 8.4-16.8 240 54.4 47.8-60.8
GENDER
Male 136 21 20.0 11.2-33.2 4 3.5 1.2- 9.8 9 9.7 4.0-21.4 13 11.8 6.3-20.9 89 55.0 43.4-66.1
Female 255 43 19.7 14.3-26.5 13 5.2 3.0- 8.9 21 9.1 5.5-14.7 27 12.2 8.1-18.0 151 53.9 46.6-61.1
RACE
White 319 41 13.9 10.1-19.0 15 5.5 3.2- 9.4 19 7.7 4.4-12.9 34 12.0 8.3-17.0 210 60.9 54.3-67.2
Other 72 23 36.4 21.7-54.2 2 1.4 0.3- 5.7 11 14.0 5.7-30.7 6 12.1 5.0-26.8 30 36.0 23.2-51.2
AGE
18-44 131 28 24.2 15.4-35.8 11 5.6 2.9-10.6 12 10.8 5.2-21.1 21 16.4 10.3-25.1 59 43.0 33.2-53.5
45+ 257 35 15.2 10.7-21.1 6 3.2 1.4- 7.3 16 6.8 3.8-11.9 19 7.4 4.5-11.9 181 67.4 60.3-73.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 88 19 24.5 14.6-38.3 3 2.7 0.9- 8.4 3 9.4 2.0-34.8 5 6.4 2.3-16.4 58 56.9 42.1-70.6
Some College + 303 45 18.7 12.8-26.5 14 4.9 2.7- 8.5 27 9.3 5.8-14.5 35 13.4 9.2-19.2 182 53.8 46.4-61.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 117 13 12.5 6.3-23.4 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 13 17.4 8.1-33.5 7 4.3 1.9- 9.4 82 64.2 50.4-75.9
$50,000+ 225 38 20.8 13.9-30.0 14 5.8 3.2-10.1 12 6.7 3.4-12.6 28 15.3 10.2-22.3 133 51.4 43.2-59.6

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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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