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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
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
-Mountain AHEC 915 264 30.8 27.1-34.7 651 69.2 65.3-72.9
GENDER
Male 328 86 29.0 23.4-35.2 242 71.0 64.8-76.6
Female 587 178 32.3 27.7-37.3 409 67.7 62.7-72.3
RACE
White 785 230 31.7 27.8-35.9 555 68.3 64.1-72.2
African American 49 15 31.2 18.4-47.8 34 68.8 52.2-81.6
Other Minorities 3 1 31.6 3.9-84.1 2 68.4 15.9-96.1
AGE
18-24 47 11 19.4 9.9-34.6 36 80.6 65.4-90.1
25-34 123 33 24.4 16.0-35.3 90 75.6 64.7-84.0
35-44 150 46 34.9 26.2-44.7 104 65.1 55.3-73.8
45-54 174 60 36.6 28.0-46.1 114 63.4 53.9-72.0
55-64 155 54 34.8 26.2-44.4 101 65.2 55.6-73.8
65-74 140 36 30.0 21.4-40.2 104 70.0 59.8-78.6
75+ 121 23 25.5 16.3-37.7 98 74.5 62.3-83.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 130 23 16.1 9.7-25.7 107 83.9 74.3-90.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 257 73 31.4 24.5-39.3 184 68.6 60.7-75.5
Some Post-H.S. 248 76 33.7 26.8-41.5 172 66.3 58.5-73.2
College Graduate 276 90 34.0 27.6-41.0 186 66.0 59.0-72.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 116 25 18.4 11.5-28.2 91 81.6 71.8-88.5
$15,000- 24,999 161 35 23.5 16.0-33.2 126 76.5 66.8-84.0
$25,000- 34,999 123 37 33.0 23.5-44.1 86 67.0 55.9-76.5
$35,000- 49,999 127 41 33.8 24.5-44.5 86 66.2 55.5-75.5
$50,000-74,999 112 34 32.1 22.5-43.5 78 67.9 56.5-77.5
$75,000+ 93 31 33.5 23.3-45.5 62 66.5 54.5-76.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 316 87 33.3 26.8-40.5 229 66.7 59.5-73.2
No 593 175 29.4 25.1-34.1 418 70.6 65.9-74.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 31 25.5 17.6-35.5 108 74.5 64.5-82.4
Non-Veteran 772 232 32.0 28.0-36.3 540 68.0 63.7-72.0
Currently Serving 4 1 5.3 0.5-37.6 3 94.7 62.4-99.5

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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.

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