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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Aging-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,821 516 26.4 23.4-29.7 1,305 73.6 70.3-76.6
GENDER
Male 583 154 25.1 20.0-31.0 429 74.9 69.0-80.0
Female 1,238 362 27.4 23.9-31.2 876 72.6 68.8-76.1
AGE
18-24 138 30 19.1 11.5-29.8 108 80.9 70.2-88.5
25-34 279 79 25.4 18.3-34.1 200 74.6 65.9-81.7
35-44 363 114 30.9 24.2-38.5 249 69.1 61.5-75.8
45-54 408 129 30.0 23.9-36.8 279 70.0 63.2-76.1
55-64 281 89 31.4 23.9-40.2 192 68.6 59.8-76.1
65-74 200 49 27.8 18.5-39.4 151 72.2 60.6-81.5
75+ 140 23 13.3 7.2-23.1 117 86.7 76.9-92.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 434 87 22.2 16.4-29.4 347 77.8 70.6-83.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 632 181 28.7 23.3-34.8 451 71.3 65.2-76.7
Some Post-H.S. 425 139 27.6 21.6-34.5 286 72.4 65.5-78.4
College Graduate 326 108 24.7 19.1-31.4 218 75.3 68.6-80.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 343 84 26.8 19.0-36.3 259 73.2 63.7-81.0
$15,000- 24,999 424 122 24.7 18.8-31.7 302 75.3 68.3-81.2
$25,000- 34,999 221 66 29.6 21.3-39.5 155 70.4 60.5-78.7
$35,000- 49,999 196 65 28.0 20.2-37.5 131 72.0 62.5-79.8
$50,000-74,999 116 41 28.5 19.2-39.9 75 71.5 60.1-80.8
$75,000+ 93 25 21.3 13.0-32.9 68 78.7 67.1-87.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 10 32.2 16.4-53.6 19 67.8 46.4-83.6
Guilford 115 33 23.5 15.9-33.3 82 76.5 66.7-84.1
Mecklenburg 117 22 20.9 13.6-30.8 95 79.1 69.2-86.4
Orange 48 16 30.7 18.6-46.1 32 69.3 53.9-81.4
Wake 84 22 22.0 13.8-33.2 62 78.0 66.8-86.2
Chatham/Lee 70 19 21.0 12.1-33.9 51 79.0 66.1-87.9
Nash/Wilson 119 30 24.2 16.3-34.2 89 75.8 65.8-83.7
Craven/Pamlico 90 21 25.8 16.5-37.9 69 74.2 62.1-83.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 15 4 24.0 6.9-57.5 11 76.0 42.5-93.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 1 9.8 1.3-47.2 8 90.2 52.8-98.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 160 51 22.2 14.0-33.4 109 77.8 66.6-86.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 0 0.0 . - . 10 100 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 52 34.7 26.1-44.6 90 65.3 55.4-73.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 36 26.2 17.8-36.8 90 73.8 63.2-82.2
Northeast NC I 233 69 27.1 21.1-34.0 164 72.9 66.0-78.9
Northeast NC II 143 43 31.4 22.6-41.9 100 68.6 58.1-77.4
Northeastern Partnership 376 112 29.3 23.7-35.6 264 70.7 64.4-76.3
Mountain AHEC 49 14 34.6 19.8-53.1 35 65.4 46.9-80.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 956 279 30.1 25.4-35.3 677 69.9 64.7-74.6
Piedmont 794 217 23.6 19.7-28.1 577 76.4 71.9-80.3
Western NC 71 20 27.5 15.3-44.4 51 72.5 55.6-84.7

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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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