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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Aging-WHITE 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 2,529 641 25.3 22.7-28.2 1,888 74.7 71.8-77.3
AGE
18-24 135 34 30.3 19.5-44.0 101 69.7 56.0-80.5
25-34 353 77 22.6 16.2-30.7 276 77.4 69.3-83.8
35-44 501 115 21.6 17.1-27.0 386 78.4 73.0-82.9
45-54 482 146 29.8 24.1-36.3 336 70.2 63.7-75.9
55-64 446 140 27.1 21.8-33.2 306 72.9 66.8-78.2
65-74 378 83 22.9 17.4-29.5 295 77.1 70.5-82.6
75+ 225 44 21.8 15.3-30.1 181 78.2 69.9-84.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 329 72 21.6 13.9-32.1 257 78.4 67.9-86.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 709 182 26.6 22.1-31.8 527 73.4 68.2-77.9
Some Post-H.S. 624 189 29.2 23.4-35.8 435 70.8 64.2-76.6
College Graduate 861 198 22.4 18.5-26.8 663 77.6 73.2-81.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 184 42 19.0 12.4-28.0 142 81.0 72.0-87.6
$15,000- 24,999 359 85 20.9 14.7-28.9 274 79.1 71.1-85.3
$25,000- 34,999 268 75 30.2 22.5-39.3 193 69.8 60.7-77.5
$35,000- 49,999 411 108 28.8 22.9-35.4 303 71.2 64.6-77.1
$50,000-74,999 355 107 31.7 24.3-40.1 248 68.3 59.9-75.7
$75,000+ 442 104 20.7 15.7-26.8 338 79.3 73.2-84.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 155 33 19.8 14.0-27.4 122 80.2 72.6-86.0
Guilford 112 31 30.8 21.8-41.7 81 69.2 58.3-78.2
Mecklenburg 108 19 15.1 8.2-26.0 89 84.9 74.0-91.8
Orange 134 30 21.7 15.1-30.2 104 78.3 69.8-84.9
Wake 126 17 11.1 6.6-17.9 109 88.9 82.1-93.4
Chatham/Lee 114 31 23.7 16.0-33.7 83 76.3 66.3-84.0
Nash/Wilson 81 19 19.0 11.6-29.5 62 81.0 70.5-88.4
Craven/Pamlico 129 26 19.9 12.8-29.6 103 80.1 70.4-87.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 41 24.9 17.9-33.4 105 75.1 66.6-82.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 157 48 29.9 21.8-39.4 109 70.1 60.6-78.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 28 29.3 19.2-42.0 75 70.7 58.0-80.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 137 34 24.2 16.9-33.4 103 75.8 66.6-83.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 21 21.0 13.2-31.9 61 79.0 68.1-86.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 82 26 38.8 27.6-51.4 56 61.2 48.6-72.4
Northeast NC I 70 23 33.7 22.0-47.9 47 66.3 52.1-78.0
Northeast NC II 122 34 30.8 21.8-41.5 88 69.2 58.5-78.2
Northeastern Partnership 192 57 31.5 23.9-40.2 135 68.5 59.8-76.1
Mountain AHEC 426 105 28.6 20.8-38.0 321 71.4 62.0-79.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 724 175 23.9 18.6-30.2 549 76.1 69.8-81.4
Piedmont 1,115 285 24.9 21.5-28.8 830 75.1 71.2-78.5
Western NC 690 181 28.9 23.0-35.6 509 71.1 64.4-77.0

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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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