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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Aging-FEMALES

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 5,882 1,639 26.3 24.7-28.1 4,243 73.7 71.9-75.3
RACE
White 4,298 1,201 27.0 25.0-29.0 3,097 73.0 71.0-75.0
African American 1,238 362 27.4 23.9-31.2 876 72.6 68.8-76.1
Asian 23 4 4.2 1.3-12.4 19 95.8 87.6-98.7
Native American 146 47 38.9 26.1-53.4 99 61.1 46.6-73.9
Other Minorities 160 21 11.8 6.3-21.1 139 88.2 78.9-93.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 28 10.7 5.4-20.0 137 89.3 80.0-94.6
-English Speaking 81 25 22.1 10.6-40.4 56 77.9 59.6-89.4
-Spanish Speaking 84 3 5.7 1.6-18.9 81 94.3 81.1-98.4
Non-Hispanic 5,710 1,609 27.1 25.4-28.8 4,101 72.9 71.2-74.6
AGE
18-24 357 81 21.1 15.6-27.8 276 78.9 72.2-84.4
25-34 871 192 18.0 14.8-21.7 679 82.0 78.3-85.2
35-44 1,084 312 27.4 23.7-31.5 772 72.6 68.5-76.3
45-54 1,148 399 36.5 32.4-40.7 749 63.5 59.3-67.6
55-64 933 316 32.1 27.7-36.7 617 67.9 63.3-72.3
65-74 795 217 28.4 23.9-33.3 578 71.6 66.7-76.1
75+ 650 110 18.1 14.1-22.9 540 81.9 77.1-85.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 974 184 16.6 13.4-20.5 790 83.4 79.5-86.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,766 490 28.3 25.2-31.7 1,276 71.7 68.3-74.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,522 497 28.4 25.2-31.9 1,025 71.6 68.1-74.8
College Graduate 1,605 464 28.4 25.3-31.8 1,141 71.6 68.2-74.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 790 179 21.0 17.1-25.6 611 79.0 74.4-82.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,103 314 29.2 25.1-33.6 789 70.8 66.4-74.9
$25,000- 34,999 662 193 26.4 21.5-32.1 469 73.6 67.9-78.5
$35,000- 49,999 712 216 27.0 22.4-32.2 496 73.0 67.8-77.6
$50,000-74,999 570 182 29.7 24.8-35.1 388 70.3 64.9-75.2
$75,000+ 648 190 26.6 22.3-31.4 458 73.4 68.6-77.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 271 81 28.2 22.7-34.5 190 71.8 65.5-77.3
Guilford 279 74 27.4 21.6-34.2 205 72.6 65.8-78.4
Mecklenburg 277 63 22.4 17.3-28.4 214 77.6 71.6-82.7
Orange 281 60 22.9 14.7-34.0 221 77.1 66.0-85.3
Wake 276 71 22.6 17.5-28.6 205 77.4 71.4-82.5
Chatham/Lee 244 58 24.2 18.7-30.7 186 75.8 69.3-81.3
Nash/Wilson 235 66 28.5 22.5-35.5 169 71.5 64.5-77.5
Craven/Pamlico 281 74 24.5 19.4-30.4 207 75.5 69.6-80.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 268 82 27.7 22.1-34.1 186 72.3 65.9-77.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 285 85 29.0 22.3-36.9 200 71.0 63.1-77.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 297 97 31.0 24.5-38.3 200 69.0 61.7-75.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 262 81 30.2 24.2-36.9 181 69.8 63.1-75.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 293 89 30.2 24.5-36.6 204 69.8 63.4-75.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 288 92 31.1 25.4-37.4 196 68.9 62.6-74.6
Northeast NC I 310 96 30.8 25.3-36.9 214 69.2 63.1-74.7
Northeast NC II 323 88 30.0 24.4-36.3 235 70.0 63.7-75.6
Northeastern Partnership 633 184 30.3 26.2-34.8 449 69.7 65.2-73.8
Mountain AHEC 803 240 30.7 26.5-35.4 563 69.3 64.6-73.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,113 593 25.7 22.9-28.7 1,520 74.3 71.3-77.1
Piedmont 2,486 664 25.8 23.5-28.3 1,822 74.2 71.7-76.5
Western NC 1,283 382 29.9 26.4-33.7 901 70.1 66.3-73.6

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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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