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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Aging

People may provide regular care or assistance to an older adult who has a long-term illness or disability.
During the past month, did you provide any such care or assistance to a family member or friend who is 60 years of age or older?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,275 2,473 25.0 23.6-26.4 6,802 75.0 73.6-76.4
-Eastern NC 3,244 868 24.7 22.2-27.4 2,376 75.3 72.6-77.8
GENDER
Male 1,131 275 23.6 19.5-28.3 856 76.4 71.7-80.5
Female 2,113 593 25.7 22.9-28.7 1,520 74.3 71.3-77.1
RACE
White 2,030 536 24.1 21.0-27.5 1,494 75.9 72.5-79.0
African American 956 279 30.1 25.4-35.3 677 69.9 64.7-74.6
Other Minorities 242 51 16.2 10.4-24.3 191 83.8 75.7-89.6
AGE
18-24 196 45 25.0 15.8-37.3 151 75.0 62.7-84.2
25-34 482 113 21.5 16.4-27.6 369 78.5 72.4-83.6
35-44 587 177 24.7 19.9-30.2 410 75.3 69.8-80.1
45-54 636 194 29.1 23.6-35.3 442 70.9 64.7-76.4
55-64 552 176 29.5 24.3-35.4 376 70.5 64.6-75.7
65-74 451 104 22.9 17.2-29.7 347 77.1 70.3-82.8
75+ 323 54 14.9 10.3-21.1 269 85.1 78.9-89.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 651 118 16.4 12.6-21.1 533 83.6 78.9-87.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,081 275 23.3 19.7-27.4 806 76.7 72.6-80.3
Some Post-H.S. 831 269 28.8 23.2-35.2 562 71.2 64.8-76.8
College Graduate 678 205 28.6 23.4-34.5 473 71.4 65.5-76.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 459 102 20.8 15.6-27.3 357 79.2 72.7-84.4
$15,000- 24,999 649 164 21.4 17.1-26.5 485 78.6 73.5-82.9
$25,000- 34,999 372 100 26.7 19.7-35.1 272 73.3 64.9-80.3
$35,000- 49,999 416 118 26.2 20.3-33.2 298 73.8 66.8-79.7
$50,000-74,999 330 102 30.1 21.9-39.9 228 69.9 60.1-78.1
$75,000+ 288 86 25.1 17.7-34.5 202 74.9 65.5-82.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 121 24.4 20.3-29.1 327 75.6 70.9-79.7
Guilford 443 116 26.7 22.0-32.0 327 73.3 68.0-78.0
Mecklenburg 442 90 18.0 14.1-22.7 352 82.0 77.3-85.9
Orange 450 98 20.9 15.3-27.8 352 79.1 72.2-84.7
Wake 446 97 18.3 14.4-22.8 349 81.7 77.2-85.6
Chatham/Lee 392 98 23.3 18.8-28.5 294 76.7 71.5-81.2
Nash/Wilson 369 98 24.9 20.2-30.2 271 75.1 69.8-79.8
Craven/Pamlico 448 110 23.3 19.0-28.2 338 76.7 71.8-81.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 425 125 26.1 21.6-31.1 300 73.9 68.9-78.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 450 134 29.0 23.7-34.8 316 71.0 65.2-76.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 470 141 25.9 20.5-32.2 329 74.1 67.8-79.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 422 119 22.7 17.2-29.3 303 77.3 70.7-82.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 465 134 27.6 23.1-32.6 331 72.4 67.4-76.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 130 30.8 25.6-36.5 280 69.2 63.5-74.4
Northeast NC I 448 131 27.3 22.5-32.6 317 72.7 67.4-77.5
Northeast NC II 501 137 30.3 25.4-35.6 364 69.7 64.4-74.6
Northeastern Partnership 949 268 29.2 25.6-33.1 681 70.8 66.9-74.4
Mountain AHEC 1,290 360 28.8 24.6-33.4 930 71.2 66.6-75.4
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 3,980 1,023 24.3 22.4-26.3 2,957 75.7 73.7-77.6
Western NC 2,051 582 28.5 25.3-32.0 1,469 71.5 68.0-74.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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