NC PRAMS 2003: (Have you ever heard or read that taking the vitamin folic acid can help prevent some birth defects?)

2003 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

FOLIC ACID

Have you ever heard or read that taking the vitamin folic acid can help prevent some birth defects?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1473	223	13.9	11.8-16.3	1250	86.1	83.7-88.2
Age
< 20 years	162	48	25.4	17.5-35.5	114	74.6	64.5-82.5
20-24 years	401	87	19.9	15.4-25.3	314	80.1	74.7-84.6
25-34 years	725	65	8.5	6.2-11.4	660	91.5	88.6-93.8
35+ years	185	23	12.1	7.1-20.0	162	87.9	80.0-92.9
Race
White	1005	118	11.9	9.6-14.6	887	88.1	85.4-90.4
Black	404	97	21.0	16.1-27.0	307	79.0	73.0-83.9
Other	64	8	11.0	4.5-24.3	56	89.0	75.7-95.5
Hispanic origin
Yes	150	30	21.2	14.3-30.3	120	78.8	69.7-85.7
No	1320	192	12.7	10.6-15.2	1128	87.3	84.8-89.4
Education
< High School	320	87	25.0	19.4-31.6	233	75.0	68.4-80.6
High School	435	90	18.1	14.0-23.2	345	81.9	76.8-86.0
> High School	716	45	5.9	4.1- 8.6	671	94.1	91.4-95.9
Marital Status
Married	924	85	9.5	7.4-12.2	839	90.5	87.8-92.6
Other	549	138	21.8	17.6-26.7	411	78.2	73.3-82.4
Income
15,999 or less	404	104	20.9	16.2-26.5	300	79.1	73.5-83.8
16,000-24,999	192	32	17.8	11.9-25.7	160	82.2	74.3-88.1
25,000-39,999	212	30	14.3	9.3-21.3	182	85.7	78.7-90.7
40,000 or more	503	17	3.1	1.7- 5.6	486	96.9	94.4-98.3
WIC recipient
No	761	64	8.2	6.0-11.0	697	91.8	89.0-94.0
Yes	703	159	20.2	16.6-24.3	544	79.8	75.7-83.4
Medicaid recipient
No	705	49	6.5	4.6- 9.1	656	93.5	90.9-95.4
Yes	768	174	20.8	17.3-24.8	594	79.2	75.2-82.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	672	123	19.2	16.4-22.3	549	80.8	77.7-83.6
2500+ grams	801	100	13.4	11.1-16.1	701	86.6	83.9-88.9

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.

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