2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Folic Acid

How often do you now take a multivitamin?

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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 8 391 145 32.1 26.9-37.6 25 10.4 6.3-16.9 *** *** *** 217 56.5 50.2-62.6
GENDER
Male 179 54 26.7 19.8-35.0 14 12.4 5.7-24.8 *** *** *** 108 59.8 49.8-69.1
Female 212 91 36.9 29.8-44.8 11 8.7 4.6-15.6 *** *** *** 109 53.5 45.4-61.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 254 94 34.1 28.0-40.9 13 6.5 3.7-11.1 *** *** *** 145 58.8 51.7-65.5
Non-Hispanic Black 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 113 28 22.4 14.9-32.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 138 47 29.0 21.6-37.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 84 65.1 55.8-73.4
65+ 135 69 53.4 43.4-63.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 60 42.3 33.0-52.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 151 51 29.1 21.4-38.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 90 64.6 55.1-73.0
Some Post-H.S. 126 49 32.4 23.7-42.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 113 45 37.3 27.8-47.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 88 37.9 30.6-45.9 12 8.1 4.2-14.9 *** *** *** 106 52.6 44.4-60.6
$50,000+ 114 36 24.0 16.1-34.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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