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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 9,275 2,473 25.0 23.6-26.4 6,802 75.0 73.6-76.4
GENDER
Male 3,393 834 23.6 21.3-26.0 2,559 76.4 74.0-78.7
Female 5,882 1,639 26.3 24.7-28.1 4,243 73.7 71.9-75.3
RACE
White 6,827 1,842 26.2 24.5-27.9 4,985 73.8 72.1-75.5
African American 1,821 516 26.4 23.4-29.7 1,305 73.6 70.3-76.6
Asian 46 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 42 98.6 96.0-99.5
Native American 225 64 32.9 21.8-46.4 161 67.1 53.6-78.2
Other Minorities 322 41 9.4 5.8-15.0 281 90.6 85.0-94.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 334 43 7.8 4.4-13.2 291 92.2 86.8-95.6
-English Speaking 134 32 13.6 7.1-24.5 102 86.4 75.5-92.9
-Spanish Speaking 200 11 5.8 2.4-13.1 189 94.2 86.9-97.6
Non-Hispanic 8,931 2,427 26.1 24.7-27.6 6,504 73.9 72.4-75.3
AGE
18-24 569 130 24.0 18.8-30.2 439 76.0 69.8-81.2
25-34 1,393 302 19.3 16.2-22.8 1,091 80.7 77.2-83.8
35-44 1,759 466 23.9 21.1-26.8 1,293 76.1 73.2-78.9
45-54 1,826 593 31.7 28.5-35.1 1,233 68.3 64.9-71.5
55-64 1,507 496 30.3 27.0-33.8 1,011 69.7 66.2-73.0
65-74 1,244 310 25.6 22.2-29.5 934 74.4 70.5-77.8
75+ 918 161 18.6 15.2-22.5 757 81.4 77.5-84.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,564 296 16.3 13.4-19.7 1,268 83.7 80.3-86.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,768 759 27.6 25.1-30.4 2,009 72.4 69.6-74.9
Some Post-H.S. 2,316 725 28.0 25.0-31.2 1,591 72.0 68.8-75.0
College Graduate 2,603 689 24.9 22.5-27.4 1,914 75.1 72.6-77.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,085 246 21.1 17.4-25.3 839 78.9 74.7-82.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,706 444 22.9 19.9-26.2 1,262 77.1 73.8-80.1
$25,000- 34,999 1,022 289 27.2 22.9-31.8 733 72.8 68.2-77.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,226 349 26.6 23.2-30.4 877 73.4 69.6-76.8
$50,000-74,999 1,000 311 29.9 25.6-34.6 689 70.1 65.4-74.4
$75,000+ 1,144 305 23.6 20.2-27.4 839 76.4 72.6-79.8
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***
Eastern NC 3,244 868 24.7 22.2-27.4 2,376 75.3 72.6-77.8
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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