2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Preconception Health & Family Planning

How many times a week do you currently take a multivitamin, a prenatal vitamin,
or a folic acid vitamin?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Everyday Occasionally** Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 844 310 33.2 28.8-37.9 97 10.6 8.1-13.6 437 56.2 51.4-61.0
-Piedmont NC 486 185 34.7 29.0-40.9 48 9.6 6.7-13.6 253 55.7 49.4-61.9
GENDER
Female 486 185 34.7 29.0-40.9 48 9.6 6.7-13.6 253 55.7 49.4-61.9
RACE
White 286 111 33.7 26.7-41.6 27 8.9 5.7-13.6 148 57.4 49.3-65.1
African American 112 *** *** *** 11 8.0 4.0-15.5 *** *** ***
Other minorities 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 412 160 35.5 29.3-42.3 37 8.0 5.5-11.5 215 56.5 49.7-63.1
AGE
18-34 221 84 33.4 25.6-42.2 23 8.6 5.4-13.4 114 58.0 49.1-66.4
35-44 243 90 35.2 27.3-44.0 25 11.8 6.7-20.0 128 53.0 44.2-61.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 100 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 121 *** *** *** 13 8.8 4.8-15.7 *** *** ***
College Graduate 214 100 45.4 37.2-53.8 20 10.5 6.3-17.2 94 44.1 35.9-52.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 164 74 40.8 31.8-50.6 15 8.2 4.6-14.4 75 50.9 41.1-60.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 409 157 35.5 29.1-42.4 43 10.1 6.8-14.6 209 54.4 47.5-61.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 480 183 34.6 28.9-40.9 47 9.6 6.7-13.6 250 55.8 49.4-61.9

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*Asked only of females ages 18 to 44. **Occaisionally refers to less than everday or less than once a week.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

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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