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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Folic Acid

How often did you take a multivitamin six months ago?

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  Total
Respond.^
Daily Weekly Monthly Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,988 6,981 39.9 38.7-41.1 866 6.7 6.1- 7.4 343 2.8 2.4- 3.3 6,798 50.5 49.3-51.8
-Union County 398 168 34.5 28.3-41.3 32 8.6 5.5-13.0 9 3.6 1.4- 8.7 189 53.3 46.3-60.2
GENDER
Male 148 52 30.9 21.2-42.5 8 5.4 2.4-11.8 2 3.9 0.9-15.9 86 59.8 48.2-70.4
Female 250 116 38.5 31.6-45.9 24 12.0 7.3-19.1 7 3.2 1.4- 7.2 103 46.3 38.5-54.3
RACE
White 335 147 34.4 28.5-40.9 26 9.0 5.5-14.3 9 4.6 1.9-11.1 153 51.9 44.7-59.1
Other 60 20 35.5 18.8-56.7 6 7.5 2.9-18.2 0 0.0 . - . 34 57.0 37.6-74.5
AGE
18-44 130 39 25.5 16.4-37.4 13 10.0 5.3-18.1 5 5.5 1.8-15.6 73 59.0 47.1-69.9
45+ 263 129 45.1 38.0-52.4 18 6.9 4.1-11.6 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5 112 46.4 39.2-53.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 61 33.0 21.6-46.8 8 3.6 1.5- 8.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 72 63.0 49.5-74.8
Some College + 255 107 35.7 29.0-42.9 24 11.8 7.3-18.5 8 5.7 2.2-13.8 116 46.9 39.3-54.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 74 37.6 26.0-50.8 8 5.7 2.3-13.4 3 4.6 0.9-19.8 73 52.1 39.3-64.6
$50,000+ 177 65 35.1 27.6-43.4 19 10.6 6.4-17.1 4 3.0 1.0- 8.6 89 51.3 42.9-59.7

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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