2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 391 157 36.8 31.4-42.5 15 3.3 1.9- 5.6 *** *** *** 213 58.2 52.4-63.7
GENDER
Male 156 57 33.4 25.7-42.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 92 61.8 53.0-69.9
Female 235 100 39.4 32.2-47.1 11 3.9 2.1- 7.2 *** *** *** 121 55.3 47.6-62.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 240 107 40.8 33.9-48.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 124 55.3 48.0-62.4
Non-Hispanic Black 107 35 27.3 18.8-37.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 44 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 126 34 29.1 21.0-38.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 86 67.7 58.0-76.1
45-64 141 56 34.0 26.0-43.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 76 59.0 49.7-67.7
65+ 117 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 52 38.8 29.7-48.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 76 55.2 45.3-64.7
Some Post-H.S. 111 40 31.5 22.9-41.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 68 65.6 55.3-74.6
College Graduate 140 64 39.0 30.6-48.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 69 54.8 45.5-63.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 63 34.6 26.6-43.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 100 61.2 52.2-69.5
$50,000+ 148 63 38.6 30.3-47.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 77 55.7 46.6-64.5
Don't know/Not Sure 71 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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