2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 460 180 35.6 30.7-40.8 27 6.9 4.6-10.1 *** *** *** 245 55.8 50.5-61.0
GENDER
Male 208 70 29.0 22.4-36.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 124 63.4 55.4-70.6
Female 252 110 41.0 34.2-48.2 18 8.4 5.2-13.4 *** *** *** 121 49.5 42.3-56.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 297 122 39.0 32.6-45.8 17 7.0 4.2-11.4 *** *** *** 154 52.9 46.1-59.5
Non-Hispanic Black 87 28 24.2 16.2-34.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 156 50 26.7 20.1-34.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 94 65.0 56.6-72.5
45-64 155 50 33.2 25.4-42.0 14 9.8 5.7-16.4 *** *** *** 89 56.2 47.4-64.6
65+ 143 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 58 35.9 27.6-45.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 91 56.1 46.9-64.8
Some Post-H.S. 149 55 32.3 24.8-40.9 11 8.5 4.6-15.3 *** *** *** 81 58.2 49.2-66.7
College Graduate 147 66 40.4 31.9-49.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 72 51.2 42.1-60.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 76 38.9 31.1-47.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 98 54.6 46.2-62.7
$50,000+ 175 62 28.5 21.8-36.2 15 9.5 5.6-15.7 *** *** *** 94 59.8 51.4-67.6
Don't know/Not Sure 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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