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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Care Giving

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  Total
Respond.^
< 20 years 20 to 50 years 50 to 75 years 75 years and older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,259 196 7.3 6.1- 8.8 365 13.4 11.7-15.2 1,174 35.9 33.7-38.2 1,524 43.4 41.1-45.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 75 2 2.1 0.5- 8.8 5 9.6 3.6-23.2 31 45.0 32.2-58.5 37 43.3 30.5-57.0
GENDER
Male 20 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.8 2.1-30.6 12 53.7 27.8-77.7 6 37.5 15.1-67.0
Female 55 2 3.1 0.7-12.5 3 9.9 2.8-29.6 19 41.1 26.8-57.1 31 45.9 31.3-61.2
RACE
White 74 2 2.2 0.5- 9.0 5 9.7 3.6-23.5 31 45.8 32.7-59.4 36 42.4 29.5-56.3
Other 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 24 2 4.4 1.0-17.9 3 14.5 4.1-40.2 10 41.8 22.1-64.5 9 39.4 19.4-63.7
45+ 51 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.1 1.2-18.5 21 48.1 33.8-62.7 28 46.9 32.8-61.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 28 1 2.3 0.3-15.1 2 9.1 2.2-30.9 14 59.7 39.7-76.9 11 28.9 15.0-48.2
Some College + 46 1 2.1 0.3-13.6 3 10.0 2.8-29.9 17 39.4 24.3-56.9 25 48.5 31.7-65.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 47 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.0 1.2-18.4 21 54.8 39.0-69.7 24 40.2 26.3-55.9
$50,000+ 21 1 4.7 0.6-27.7 1 13.4 2.0-54.4 8 34.3 15.5-59.7 11 47.6 22.6-73.9

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*Asked only of care givers.

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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