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24.4 23.5 26.1 24.8 27.2 29.9 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Took Every Day N. C. PRAMS FACT SHEET February 2005 Folic Acid Awareness: 2002 N. C. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System ( PRAMS) → Folic acid, a B vitamin, helps prevent birth defects of the brain and spinal cord when taken at least one month before becoming pregnant and through at least the first three months of pregnancy. → Folic acid helps a baby’s neural tube – the part of the developing baby that becomes the brain and spinal cord – develop properly. → Nearly 2,500 children are born each year in the United States with a neural tube defect. If all women took adequate folic acid before conception and during pregnancy, the number of babies born with a neural tube defect could drop as much as 70 percent. → The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) recommends that all women of childbearing age consume 400 micrograms of folic acid every day. → Because the most common neural tube defects occur during the first 28 days of pregnancy ( usually before a women even knows she is pregnant) it is recommended that all women of childbearing age consume a multivitamin containing 400 micrograms of folic acid. → The national Healthy People 2010 target is to have 80 percent of non- pregnant women ages 15 to 44 years to consume at least 400 micrograms of folic acid every day from fortified foods ( found most commonly in leafy green vegetables, orange juice, and enriched grains) or dietary supplements ( which are more bioavailable to the body). Percentage of women with a recent live birth who reported taking a multivitamin containing folic acid every day ( one month before became pregnant): N. C. PRAMS, 1997- 2002 - The percentage of women who reported taking a multivitamin containing folic acid every day the month before they became pregnant has increased more than 5 percentage points from 24.4 percent in 1997 to nearly 30 percent in 2002. - This is still well below the Healthy People 2010 target of 80 percent. – The percentage of women with a recent live birth who reported taking a multi-vitamin containing folic acid every day the month before they became pregnant has increased more than 5 percentage points from 24.4 percent in 1997 to nearly 30 percent in 2002. – This is still well below the Healthy People 2010 target of 80 percent. – Data from the 2001 NC BRFSS ( telephone survey of the general population of adults 18+) show a higher percentage of women ( ages 18- 44) reporting daily consumption of a multi-vitamin containing folic acid ( 42.2%). This difference could be due in part to the younger respondents in the PRAMS survey ( many of whom are under the age of 25). Younger women are less likely to take folic acid.
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Full Text | 24.4 23.5 26.1 24.8 27.2 29.9 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Took Every Day N. C. PRAMS FACT SHEET February 2005 Folic Acid Awareness: 2002 N. C. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System ( PRAMS) → Folic acid, a B vitamin, helps prevent birth defects of the brain and spinal cord when taken at least one month before becoming pregnant and through at least the first three months of pregnancy. → Folic acid helps a baby’s neural tube – the part of the developing baby that becomes the brain and spinal cord – develop properly. → Nearly 2,500 children are born each year in the United States with a neural tube defect. If all women took adequate folic acid before conception and during pregnancy, the number of babies born with a neural tube defect could drop as much as 70 percent. → The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) recommends that all women of childbearing age consume 400 micrograms of folic acid every day. → Because the most common neural tube defects occur during the first 28 days of pregnancy ( usually before a women even knows she is pregnant) it is recommended that all women of childbearing age consume a multivitamin containing 400 micrograms of folic acid. → The national Healthy People 2010 target is to have 80 percent of non- pregnant women ages 15 to 44 years to consume at least 400 micrograms of folic acid every day from fortified foods ( found most commonly in leafy green vegetables, orange juice, and enriched grains) or dietary supplements ( which are more bioavailable to the body). Percentage of women with a recent live birth who reported taking a multivitamin containing folic acid every day ( one month before became pregnant): N. C. PRAMS, 1997- 2002 - The percentage of women who reported taking a multivitamin containing folic acid every day the month before they became pregnant has increased more than 5 percentage points from 24.4 percent in 1997 to nearly 30 percent in 2002. - This is still well below the Healthy People 2010 target of 80 percent. – The percentage of women with a recent live birth who reported taking a multi-vitamin containing folic acid every day the month before they became pregnant has increased more than 5 percentage points from 24.4 percent in 1997 to nearly 30 percent in 2002. – This is still well below the Healthy People 2010 target of 80 percent. – Data from the 2001 NC BRFSS ( telephone survey of the general population of adults 18+) show a higher percentage of women ( ages 18- 44) reporting daily consumption of a multi-vitamin containing folic acid ( 42.2%). This difference could be due in part to the younger respondents in the PRAMS survey ( many of whom are under the age of 25). Younger women are less likely to take folic acid. |