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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Aging-MALES

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 3,393 834 23.6 21.3-26.0 2,559 76.4 74.0-78.7
RACE
White 2,529 641 25.3 22.7-28.2 1,888 74.7 71.8-77.3
African American 583 154 25.1 20.0-31.0 429 74.9 69.0-80.0
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 79 17 27.0 11.3-51.8 62 73.0 48.2-88.7
Other Minorities 162 20 7.8 3.6-15.9 142 92.2 84.1-96.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 15 5.9 2.4-14.1 154 94.1 85.9-97.6
-English Speaking 53 7 6.4 1.9-19.2 46 93.6 80.8-98.1
-Spanish Speaking 116 8 5.8 1.8-16.8 108 94.2 83.2-98.2
Non-Hispanic 3,221 818 25.1 22.8-27.7 2,403 74.9 72.3-77.2
AGE
18-24 212 49 26.6 18.4-36.8 163 73.4 63.2-81.6
25-34 522 110 20.5 15.5-26.6 412 79.5 73.4-84.5
35-44 675 154 20.3 16.4-24.7 521 79.7 75.3-83.6
45-54 678 194 26.9 22.2-32.1 484 73.1 67.9-77.8
55-64 574 180 28.4 23.4-33.9 394 71.6 66.1-76.6
65-74 449 93 22.2 17.1-28.5 356 77.8 71.5-82.9
75+ 268 51 19.4 13.9-26.6 217 80.6 73.4-86.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 590 112 16.0 11.3-22.0 478 84.0 78.0-88.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,002 269 27.0 22.9-31.4 733 73.0 68.6-77.1
Some Post-H.S. 794 228 27.5 22.5-33.2 566 72.5 66.8-77.5
College Graduate 998 225 21.0 17.5-25.0 773 79.0 75.0-82.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 295 67 21.1 14.4-29.9 228 78.9 70.1-85.6
$15,000- 24,999 603 130 16.7 12.6-21.8 473 83.3 78.2-87.4
$25,000- 34,999 360 96 28.0 21.2-35.9 264 72.0 64.1-78.8
$35,000- 49,999 514 133 26.2 21.2-31.8 381 73.8 68.2-78.8
$50,000-74,999 430 129 30.1 23.4-37.7 301 69.9 62.3-76.6
$75,000+ 496 115 21.1 16.2-27.0 381 78.9 73.0-83.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 177 40 20.8 15.1-27.9 137 79.2 72.1-84.9
Guilford 164 42 25.9 18.9-34.4 122 74.1 65.6-81.1
Mecklenburg 165 27 13.7 8.5-21.3 138 86.3 78.7-91.5
Orange 169 38 18.2 12.7-25.5 131 81.8 74.5-87.3
Wake 170 26 13.4 8.3-20.9 144 86.6 79.1-91.7
Chatham/Lee 148 40 22.3 15.6-31.0 108 77.7 69.0-84.4
Nash/Wilson 134 32 21.0 14.4-29.6 102 79.0 70.4-85.6
Craven/Pamlico 167 36 22.0 15.4-30.4 131 78.0 69.6-84.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 157 43 24.1 17.5-32.3 114 75.9 67.7-82.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 49 28.9 21.2-38.0 116 71.1 62.0-78.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 44 20.9 13.7-30.7 129 79.1 69.3-86.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 160 38 16.7 10.1-26.2 122 83.3 73.8-89.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 172 45 24.6 18.1-32.7 127 75.4 67.3-81.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 122 38 30.4 21.7-40.9 84 69.6 59.1-78.3
Northeast NC I 138 35 22.3 14.9-32.0 103 77.7 68.0-85.1
Northeast NC II 178 49 30.5 22.9-39.4 129 69.5 60.6-77.1
Northeastern Partnership 316 84 27.9 22.0-34.8 232 72.1 65.2-78.0
Mountain AHEC 487 120 26.8 19.8-35.2 367 73.2 64.8-80.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,131 275 23.6 19.5-28.3 856 76.4 71.7-80.5
Piedmont 1,494 359 22.7 19.7-25.9 1,135 77.3 74.1-80.3
Western NC 768 200 27.0 21.6-33.2 568 73.0 66.8-78.4

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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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