Some health experts recommend that women take 400 micrograms of the B vitamin folic acid, for which of the following reasons…?*

Females Age 18 - 44

Kentucky BRFSS 2002

Geographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Make strong bones   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Prevent birth defects   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Prevent high bp   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Other   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Don't know   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	1612	240  14.9  (12.2-18.0)	910  56.7  (52.3-61.0)	79   4.8  ( 3.5- 6.5)	81   7.8  ( 4.3-13.5)	302  15.8  (13.3-18.7)
ADDs
Barren River	103	11   8.4  ( 4.4-15.6)	66  68.3  (57.2-77.6)	8   8.8  ( 4.1-17.9)	3   1.8  ( 0.5- 6.1)	15  12.8  ( 7.0-22.0)
Big Sandy	98	14  17.0  ( 9.2-29.3)	58  56.0  (44.3-67.2)	5   4.5  ( 1.7-11.2)	3   2.7  ( 0.8- 8.8)	18  19.8  (11.9-31.1)
Bluegrass	103	21  22.5  (13.5-35.2)	55  53.8  (41.3-65.9)	6   3.5  ( 1.4- 8.1)	4   2.6  ( 0.9- 7.5)	17  17.6  ( 9.9-29.3)
Buffalo Trace	90	14  17.0  ( 9.3-29.0)	37  41.9  (31.0-53.6)	4   6.1  ( 2.1-16.2)	6   5.3  ( 2.2-12.0)	29  29.7  (20.5-41.0)
Cumberland Valley	115	15  11.5  ( 6.5-19.7)	58  57.4  (46.7-67.4)	8   7.1  ( 3.2-14.9)	6   5.1  ( 2.0-12.4)	28  18.9  (12.6-27.3)
FIVCO	121	17  15.9  ( 8.3-28.4)	72  56.4  (44.7-67.4)	5   3.9  ( 1.6- 9.5)	4   6.2  ( 1.8-19.4)	23  17.6  (11.0-26.8)
Gateway	139	26  20.4  (13.5-29.4)	67  43.4  (34.0-53.4)	4   4.9  ( 1.4-16.3)	10   7.7  ( 3.3-17.2)	32  23.5  (16.2-32.9)
Green River	97	14  14.2  ( 8.1-23.7)	57  61.1  (49.7-71.5)	5   3.7  ( 1.4- 9.4)	4   5.0  ( 1.3-17.0)	17  16.0  ( 9.7-25.1)
Kentucky River	105	14   9.7  ( 5.5-16.4)	56  54.6  (42.8-66.0)	6   5.1  ( 2.2-11.4)	4   8.6  ( 2.7-24.2)	25  22.0  (14.2-32.4)
KIPDA	111	15  10.5  ( 5.7-18.6)	64  50.4  (36.7-64.0)	6   5.5  ( 2.2-13.2)	7  19.3  ( 7.2-42.5)	19  14.2  ( 8.3-23.3)
Lake Cumberland	104	16  15.6  ( 9.2-25.2)	59  57.8  (47.1-67.9)	1   0.9  ( 0.1- 6.0)	9   5.6  ( 2.8-11.1)	19  20.1  (12.7-30.1)
Lincoln Trail	105	11   9.3  ( 5.0-16.8)	67  68.5  (57.9-77.5)	3   2.0  ( 0.6- 6.5)	6   5.6  ( 2.4-12.7)	18  14.5  ( 8.6-23.6)
Northern Kentucky	117	11  16.5  ( 8.2-30.4)	82  64.1  (51.9-74.8)	8   4.8  ( 2.3- 9.9)	4   5.2  ( 1.5-16.1)	12   9.4  ( 5.1-16.6)
Pennyrile	113	26  21.8  (14.8-30.9)	60  54.0  (43.8-63.8)	4   4.3  ( 1.5-11.6)	8   6.4  ( 2.9-13.4)	15  13.5  ( 7.8-22.4)
Purchase	91	15  12.3  ( 7.1-20.4)	52  58.9  (47.4-69.5)	6   8.8  ( 3.6-20.0)	3   5.0  ( 1.6-14.9)	15  15.0  ( 8.8-24.5)

*Responses include only those female respondents who were between ages 18 and 44

#Use caution in interpreting data for total respondents less than 50. N = Cell Size, NH = Non-Hispanic, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

Unless stated differently above, Missing, 'Don't know', and Refused responses are excluded.