2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Folic Acid

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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 3,492 1,417 37.5 35.5-39.6 183 5.9 4.9- 7.0 49 1.5 1.1- 2.1 1,843 55.1 53.0-57.2
Region 1 & 2 627 257 37.3 32.1-42.8 36 5.7 3.8- 8.5 *** *** *** 330 56.3 50.8-61.7
GENDER
Male 290 102 31.6 24.4-39.7 18 6.4 3.7-11.0 *** *** *** 167 60.9 52.6-68.6
Female 337 155 42.6 35.5-50.0 18 5.1 2.9- 8.9 *** *** *** 163 52.1 44.7-59.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 539 234 39.2 33.6-45.1 34 6.3 4.2- 9.4 *** *** *** 269 54.2 48.2-60.0
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 154 40 27.8 18.9-38.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 104 67.0 56.2-76.3
45-64 226 87 35.3 27.4-44.2 19 9.7 5.7-15.9 *** *** *** 118 54.2 45.2-63.0
65+ 238 126 52.1 43.0-61.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 104 44.9 36.0-54.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 72 29.5 22.2-38.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 138 67.9 59.2-75.5
Some Post-H.S. 195 90 45.0 35.2-55.1 13 6.7 3.6-12.4 *** *** *** 90 47.0 37.2-56.9
College Graduate 217 95 39.2 31.1-47.8 19 9.8 5.7-16.3 *** *** *** 102 50.5 41.8-59.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 277 110 35.2 27.9-43.2 12 5.4 2.7-10.4 *** *** *** 153 59.0 50.7-66.7
$50,000+ 225 95 42.3 33.4-51.7 18 7.3 4.2-12.6 *** *** *** 110 49.1 40.2-58.0
Don't know/Not Sure 125 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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