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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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 6,827 1,842 26.2 24.5-27.9 4,985 73.8 72.1-75.5
GENDER
Male 2,529 641 25.3 22.7-28.2 1,888 74.7 71.8-77.3
Female 4,298 1,201 27.0 25.0-29.0 3,097 73.0 71.0-75.0
AGE
18-24 363 88 26.9 19.9-35.3 275 73.1 64.7-80.1
25-34 937 201 20.8 16.9-25.4 736 79.2 74.6-83.1
35-44 1,255 331 24.5 21.2-28.0 924 75.5 72.0-78.8
45-54 1,318 437 33.2 29.4-37.2 881 66.8 62.8-70.6
55-64 1,163 385 29.5 25.8-33.4 778 70.5 66.6-74.2
65-74 1,003 253 25.6 21.8-29.7 750 74.4 70.3-78.2
75+ 750 136 20.0 16.2-24.5 614 80.0 75.5-83.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 897 193 19.8 15.4-25.1 704 80.2 74.9-84.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,976 536 28.0 25.0-31.3 1,440 72.0 68.7-75.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,775 554 28.0 24.6-31.7 1,221 72.0 68.3-75.4
College Graduate 2,164 557 25.6 22.9-28.4 1,607 74.4 71.6-77.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 637 144 21.2 16.9-26.2 493 78.8 73.8-83.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,088 296 26.2 22.1-30.8 792 73.8 69.2-77.9
$25,000- 34,999 739 215 28.2 23.3-33.7 524 71.8 66.3-76.7
$35,000- 49,999 982 271 26.8 22.8-31.1 711 73.2 68.9-77.2
$50,000-74,999 838 253 30.6 25.8-35.8 585 69.4 64.2-74.2
$75,000+ 1,017 272 23.6 20.0-27.5 745 76.4 72.5-80.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 397 107 24.7 20.3-29.6 290 75.3 70.4-79.7
Guilford 311 78 28.2 22.5-34.8 233 71.8 65.2-77.5
Mecklenburg 289 67 20.4 15.2-26.7 222 79.6 73.3-84.8
Orange 370 78 22.2 15.7-30.4 292 77.8 69.6-84.3
Wake 322 67 17.7 13.7-22.5 255 82.3 77.5-86.3
Chatham/Lee 286 74 25.9 20.4-32.2 212 74.1 67.8-79.6
Nash/Wilson 231 63 26.0 20.1-32.9 168 74.0 67.1-79.9
Craven/Pamlico 347 86 22.9 18.1-28.4 261 77.1 71.6-81.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 396 119 27.0 22.3-32.3 277 73.0 67.7-77.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 429 131 29.7 24.3-35.8 298 70.3 64.2-75.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 87 30.6 23.7-38.5 200 69.4 61.5-76.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 364 108 28.5 23.4-34.3 256 71.5 65.7-76.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 197 56 25.5 19.4-32.7 141 74.5 67.3-80.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 256 86 35.9 29.3-43.1 170 64.1 56.9-70.7
Northeast NC I 204 58 29.3 22.5-37.2 146 70.7 62.8-77.5
Northeast NC II 342 92 30.6 24.9-37.0 250 69.4 63.0-75.1
Northeastern Partnership 546 150 30.3 25.6-35.4 396 69.7 64.6-74.4
Mountain AHEC 1,153 327 30.0 25.5-34.9 826 70.0 65.1-74.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,030 536 24.1 21.0-27.5 1,494 75.9 72.5-79.0
Piedmont 2,927 768 26.1 23.9-28.5 2,159 73.9 71.5-76.1
Western NC 1,870 538 29.6 26.1-33.3 1,332 70.4 66.7-73.9

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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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