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NORTH CAROLINA PRAMS
FACT SHEET
July 2011
Folic Acid Awareness:
2008 N.C. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
– The percentage of women with a recent live birth who reported taking a multivitamin containing folic acid every day the month before they became pregnant has increased from 24.4 percent in 1997 (C.I. 20.7–28.4) to 28.0 percent in 2008. (C.I. 25.4–30.7).
– However, this change is not statistically significant and falls below the Healthy People 2020 target of 33 percent.
– Data from the 2008 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 multivitamin containing folic acid (46.5%).5 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.
→ 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.1
→ Folic acid helps a baby’s neural tube, the part of the developing baby that becomes the brain and spinal cord, develop properly.1
→ Each year in North Carolina, approximately 150 children are born with a neural tube defect.2 If all women consumed adequate folic acid before conception and during pregnancy, the number of babies born with a neural tube defect could drop 50 to 70 percent.3
→ Because the most common neural tube defects occur during the first 28 days of pregnancy (usually before a women even knows she is pregnant), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all women of childbearing age consume a multivitamin every day containing 400 micrograms of folic acid.3
→ The national Healthy People 2020 target is to have 33 percent of females delivering a recent live birth taking multivitamins/folic acid every day in the month prior to pregnancy.4Percent
of women with a recent live birth who reported takinga multivitamin containing folic acid every day (one monthbefore becoming pregnant), NC PRAMS 1997–200828.028.430.831.626.228 629.927.224.826.123.524.40.05.010.015.020.025.030.035.0199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008Percent
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| Full Text | NORTH CAROLINA PRAMS FACT SHEET July 2011 Folic Acid Awareness: 2008 N.C. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) – The percentage of women with a recent live birth who reported taking a multivitamin containing folic acid every day the month before they became pregnant has increased from 24.4 percent in 1997 (C.I. 20.7–28.4) to 28.0 percent in 2008. (C.I. 25.4–30.7). – However, this change is not statistically significant and falls below the Healthy People 2020 target of 33 percent. – Data from the 2008 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 multivitamin containing folic acid (46.5%).5 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. → 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.1 → Folic acid helps a baby’s neural tube, the part of the developing baby that becomes the brain and spinal cord, develop properly.1 → Each year in North Carolina, approximately 150 children are born with a neural tube defect.2 If all women consumed adequate folic acid before conception and during pregnancy, the number of babies born with a neural tube defect could drop 50 to 70 percent.3 → Because the most common neural tube defects occur during the first 28 days of pregnancy (usually before a women even knows she is pregnant), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all women of childbearing age consume a multivitamin every day containing 400 micrograms of folic acid.3 → The national Healthy People 2020 target is to have 33 percent of females delivering a recent live birth taking multivitamins/folic acid every day in the month prior to pregnancy.4Percent of women with a recent live birth who reported takinga multivitamin containing folic acid every day (one monthbefore becoming pregnant), NC PRAMS 1997–200828.028.430.831.626.228 629.927.224.826.123.524.40.05.010.015.020.025.030.035.0199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008Percent |
