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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Aging and Caregiving

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,067 1,699 42.5 40.6-44.4 2,368 57.5 55.6-59.4
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 120 39 29.3 21.4-38.7 81 70.7 61.3-78.6
GENDER
Male 40 9 20.6 10.6-36.1 31 79.4 63.9-89.4
Female 80 30 35.6 25.0-47.8 50 64.4 52.2-75.0
RACE
White 75 22 27.4 17.8-39.5 53 72.6 60.5-82.2
Other 45 17 32.3 19.8-48.1 28 67.7 51.9-80.2
AGE
18-44 44 14 29.1 17.0-45.1 30 70.9 54.9-83.0
45+ 75 25 30.0 20.2-42.0 50 70.0 58.0-79.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 63 17 27.4 17.1-40.9 46 72.6 59.1-82.9
Some College + 57 22 31.4 20.4-45.1 35 68.6 54.9-79.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 25 32.2 21.7-44.8 48 67.8 55.2-78.3
$50,000+ 28 7 18.8 8.7-36.1 21 81.2 63.9-91.3

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Asked only of respondents who provided regular care or assistance to an older adult who has a long-term illness or disability.

^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.

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