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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,765 1,717 59.0 56.4-61.6 1,048 41.0 38.4-43.6
GENDER
Male 1,021 574 53.5 49.3-57.7 447 46.5 42.3-50.7
Female 1,744 1,143 64.1 61.1-67.1 601 35.9 32.9-38.9
RACE
White 2,565 1,617 60.0 57.4-62.6 948 40.0 37.4-42.6
African American 86 49 60.6 45.3-74.1 37 39.4 25.9-54.7
Other Minorities 108 48 42.0 29.0-56.1 60 58.0 43.9-71.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 64 27 31.7 19.0-47.8 37 68.3 52.2-81.0
Non-Hispanic 2,695 1,689 60.2 57.6-62.7 1,006 39.8 37.3-42.4
AGE
18-24 75 43 52.8 38.8-66.4 32 47.2 33.6-61.2
25-34 225 140 57.7 49.8-65.2 85 42.3 34.8-50.2
35-44 363 212 54.8 48.7-60.7 151 45.2 39.3-51.3
45-54 504 311 59.5 54.2-64.7 193 40.5 35.3-45.8
55-64 623 398 64.7 60.2-68.9 225 35.3 31.1-39.8
65-74 547 349 60.0 55.1-64.7 198 40.0 35.3-44.9
75+ 417 259 63.6 58.1-68.7 158 36.4 31.3-41.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 431 196 41.4 35.1-48.0 235 58.6 52.0-64.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 856 471 54.0 49.2-58.8 385 46.0 41.2-50.8
Some Post-H.S. 722 478 64.1 59.3-68.7 244 35.9 31.3-40.7
College Graduate 751 569 69.9 65.0-74.4 182 30.1 25.6-35.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 331 175 52.9 45.5-60.2 156 47.1 39.8-54.5
$15,000- 24,999 537 285 50.6 44.6-56.7 252 49.4 43.3-55.4
$25,000- 34,999 306 201 55.5 46.9-63.7 105 44.5 36.3-53.1
$35,000- 49,999 434 295 65.1 58.8-70.8 139 34.9 29.2-41.2
$50,000-74,999 385 266 66.4 60.1-72.2 119 33.6 27.8-39.9
$75,000+ 421 288 64.1 57.9-69.8 133 35.9 30.2-42.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,088 629 54.2 50.1-58.4 459 45.8 41.6-49.9
No 1,645 1,072 61.6 58.3-64.8 573 38.4 35.2-41.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 424 265 59.8 53.6-65.6 159 40.2 34.4-46.4
Non-Veteran 2,341 1,452 58.9 56.1-61.7 889 41.1 38.3-43.9

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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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