BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (People may provide regular care or assistance to an older adult who has a long-term illness or disability. <br>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?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,577	4,111	28.1	27.2-29.1	10,466	71.9	70.9-72.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	350	109	30.5	25.1-36.5	241	69.5	63.5-74.9
GENDER
Male	131	43	29.3	21.2-39.1	88	70.7	60.9-78.8
Female	219	66	31.7	25.4-38.8	153	68.3	61.2-74.6
RACE
White	332	103	32.1	26.7-38.1	229	67.9	61.9-73.3
Other	17	5	14.7	4.5-38.5	12	85.3	61.5-95.5
AGE
18-44	128	33	27.2	19.2-37.0	95	72.8	63.0-80.8
45+	222	76	32.4	25.5-40.2	146	67.6	59.8-74.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	188	52	26.7	19.8-34.8	136	73.3	65.2-80.2
Some College +	162	57	35.6	27.8-44.3	105	64.4	55.7-72.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	217	66	29.2	22.7-36.8	151	70.8	63.2-77.3
$50,000+	62	26	42.4	30.1-55.8	36	57.6	44.2-69.9

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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 (MAHEC): 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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Aging and Caregiving

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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,577	4,111	28.1	27.2-29.1	10,466	71.9	70.9-72.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	350	109	30.5	25.1-36.5	241	69.5	63.5-74.9
GENDER
Male	131	43	29.3	21.2-39.1	88	70.7	60.9-78.8
Female	219	66	31.7	25.4-38.8	153	68.3	61.2-74.6
RACE
White	332	103	32.1	26.7-38.1	229	67.9	61.9-73.3
Other	17	5	14.7	4.5-38.5	12	85.3	61.5-95.5
AGE
18-44	128	33	27.2	19.2-37.0	95	72.8	63.0-80.8
45+	222	76	32.4	25.5-40.2	146	67.6	59.8-74.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	188	52	26.7	19.8-34.8	136	73.3	65.2-80.2
Some College +	162	57	35.6	27.8-44.3	105	64.4	55.7-72.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	217	66	29.2	22.7-36.8	151	70.8	63.2-77.3
$50,000+	62	26	42.4	30.1-55.8	36	57.6	44.2-69.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Aging and Caregiving

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?

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?