2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 566 237 37.8 32.8-43.0 26 5.2 3.2- 8.5 *** *** *** 293 55.8 50.4-61.0
GENDER
Male 247 92 32.3 25.5-39.8 12 5.6 2.9-10.4 *** *** *** 137 60.2 52.3-67.5
Female 319 145 42.6 35.6-49.9 14 5.0 2.3-10.2 *** *** *** 156 52.0 44.7-59.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 352 154 38.6 32.3-45.4 21 6.8 4.0-11.6 *** *** *** 174 53.8 46.9-60.5
Non-Hispanic Black 166 67 36.6 28.2-45.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 92 59.4 49.9-68.2
Other 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 152 40 23.8 16.8-32.7 12 8.4 4.3-15.9 *** *** *** 97 66.4 56.9-74.7
45-64 213 94 44.0 35.7-52.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 107 52.1 43.4-60.5
65+ 193 100 53.6 44.3-62.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 86 43.2 34.3-52.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 230 99 37.6 30.2-45.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 121 57.9 49.7-65.7
Some Post-H.S. 166 63 35.4 26.9-45.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 90 56.0 46.3-65.3
College Graduate 169 75 43.3 34.5-52.5 11 5.9 3.0-11.4 *** *** *** 81 49.9 40.8-59.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 282 113 35.5 28.7-43.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 153 59.1 51.4-66.3
$50,000+ 179 81 39.8 31.3-49.0 11 8.1 3.8-16.2 *** *** *** 86 51.9 42.6-61.1
Don't know/Not Sure 105 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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