BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County): (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	578	177	31.7	27.2-36.6	401	68.3	63.4-72.8
GENDER
Male	201	54	29.2	22.4-37.1	147	70.8	62.9-77.6
Female	377	123	33.9	28.1-40.1	254	66.1	59.9-71.9
RACE
White	487	154	33.0	28.2-38.3	333	67.0	61.7-71.8
Other	89	22	19.2	10.0-33.8	67	80.8	66.2-90.0
AGE
18-44	199	57	27.8	20.9-35.9	142	72.2	64.1-79.1
45+	374	119	34.5	28.7-40.8	255	65.5	59.2-71.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	271	67	25.5	19.3-32.8	204	74.5	67.2-80.7
Some College +	303	108	36.4	30.2-43.2	195	63.6	56.8-69.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	338	99	29.4	23.7-35.9	239	70.6	64.1-76.3
$50,000+	119	37	31.5	22.5-42.1	82	68.5	57.9-77.5

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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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	578	177	31.7	27.2-36.6	401	68.3	63.4-72.8
GENDER
Male	201	54	29.2	22.4-37.1	147	70.8	62.9-77.6
Female	377	123	33.9	28.1-40.1	254	66.1	59.9-71.9
RACE
White	487	154	33.0	28.2-38.3	333	67.0	61.7-71.8
Other	89	22	19.2	10.0-33.8	67	80.8	66.2-90.0
AGE
18-44	199	57	27.8	20.9-35.9	142	72.2	64.1-79.1
45+	374	119	34.5	28.7-40.8	255	65.5	59.2-71.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	271	67	25.5	19.3-32.8	204	74.5	67.2-80.7
Some College +	303	108	36.4	30.2-43.2	195	63.6	56.8-69.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	338	99	29.4	23.7-35.9	239	70.6	64.1-76.3
$50,000+	119	37	31.5	22.5-42.1	82	68.5	57.9-77.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

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?