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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Aging and Caregiving-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 758 342 44.1 39.7-48.6 416 55.9 51.4-60.3
GENDER
Male 241 90 37.9 30.7-45.6 151 62.1 54.4-69.3
Female 517 252 48.6 43.2-54.0 265 51.4 46.0-56.8
AGE
18-24 28 12 48.0 25.4-71.5 16 52.0 28.5-74.6
25-34 99 42 37.3 26.8-49.1 57 62.7 50.9-73.2
35-44 156 68 38.4 29.6-47.9 88 61.6 52.1-70.4
45-54 191 86 43.9 35.3-52.8 105 56.1 47.2-64.7
55-64 152 72 53.7 43.6-63.5 80 46.3 36.5-56.4
65-74 81 40 51.2 38.7-63.7 41 48.8 36.3-61.3
75+ 46 20 37.3 23.0-54.2 26 62.7 45.8-77.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 141 70 49.2 39.0-59.4 71 50.8 40.6-61.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 256 102 40.2 33.0-47.8 154 59.8 52.2-67.0
Some Post-H.S. 211 98 46.7 38.4-55.2 113 53.3 44.8-61.6
College Graduate 147 71 43.8 33.6-54.6 76 56.2 45.4-66.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 138 66 48.5 39.0-58.1 72 51.5 41.9-61.0
$15,000- 24,999 176 78 41.9 33.0-51.4 98 58.1 48.6-67.0
$25,000- 34,999 111 50 43.4 32.7-54.9 61 56.6 45.1-67.3
$35,000- 49,999 89 53 56.4 44.0-68.0 36 43.6 32.0-56.0
$50,000-74,999 62 19 31.4 18.3-48.4 43 68.6 51.6-81.7
$75,000+ 44 16 38.8 22.9-57.5 28 61.2 42.5-77.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 272 134 47.9 40.9-55.0 138 52.1 45.0-59.1
No 483 208 42.3 36.7-48.1 275 57.7 51.9-63.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 94 33 32.7 22.5-44.9 61 67.3 55.1-77.5
Non-Veteran 660 309 46.2 41.4-51.1 351 53.8 48.9-58.6
Currently Serving 4 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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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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