NC PRAMS 2005~` : (Have you ever heard or read that taking the vitamin folic acid can help prevent some birth defects?)

2005 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	1014	186	18.3	15.4-21.6	828	81.7	78.4-84.6
Age
< 20 years	95	35	40.5	28.5-53.7	60	59.5	46.3-71.5
20-24 years	251	58	25.1	18.8-32.8	193	74.9	67.2-81.2
25-34 years	513	70	11.7	8.6-15.7	443	88.3	84.3-91.4
35+ years	155	23	14.7	8.8-23.5	132	85.3	76.5-91.2
Race
White	728	100	14.0	11.1-17.5	628	86.0	82.5-88.9
Black	246	76	33.1	25.4-42.0	170	66.9	58.0-74.6
Other	40	10	26.6	12.6-47.7	30	73.4	52.3-87.4
Hispanic origin
Yes	129	30	21.4	14.1-31.0	99	78.6	69.0-85.9
No	885	156	17.7	14.6-21.2	729	82.3	78.8-85.4
Education
< High School	197	64	30.6	23.2-39.1	133	69.4	60.9-76.8
High School	292	65	18.8	13.5-25.5	227	81.2	74.5-86.5
> High School	523	57	12.7	9.4-16.9	466	87.3	83.1-90.6
Marital Status
Married	645	73	9.3	6.9-12.4	572	90.7	87.6-93.1
Other	369	113	34.2	28.0-41.0	256	65.8	59.0-72.0
Income
14,999 or less	295	81	29.5	23.1-36.8	214	70.5	63.2-76.9
15,000-24,999	156	32	16.1	9.9-25.2	124	83.9	74.8-90.1
25,000-49,999	178	21	9.2	5.2-15.8	157	90.8	84.2-94.8
50,000 or more	293	16	5.7	3.2-10.0	277	94.3	90.0-96.8
WIC recipient
No	552	75	13.3	10.1-17.3	477	86.7	82.7-89.9
Yes	457	110	24.3	19.5-29.9	347	75.7	70.1-80.5
Medicaid recipient
No	469	50	9.4	6.7-13.2	419	90.6	86.8-93.3
Yes	545	136	26.0	21.5-31.2	409	74.0	68.8-78.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	459	97	23.2	19.5-27.4	362	76.8	72.6-80.5
2500+ grams	555	89	17.9	14.8-21.4	466	82.1	78.6-85.2

~Due to low response rates in the later part of the year, the 2005 PRAMS tables only comprise data for January through August births.

#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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