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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 84 8 16.0 5.8-36.9 10 11.8 5.3-24.0 23 32.6 21.1-46.7 43 39.7 27.4-53.4
GENDER
Male 19 3 34.9 11.3-69.5 2 9.0 1.7-35.6 6 30.7 12.1-58.8 8 25.3 10.6-49.4
Female 65 5 4.9 1.9-12.5 8 13.3 5.4-29.3 17 33.7 20.9-49.5 35 48.0 33.4-62.9
RACE
White 78 8 16.9 6.2-38.6 8 11.3 4.8-24.5 20 30.5 18.9-45.2 42 41.2 28.2-55.6
Other 6 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.1 4.0-57.4 3 67.8 28.7-91.7 1 13.1 1.7-57.6
AGE
18-44 30 4 24.0 7.7-54.3 5 14.2 4.8-35.3 12 35.6 18.5-57.4 9 26.2 12.0-48.1
45+ 54 4 5.1 1.8-13.4 5 8.5 3.3-20.0 11 28.5 16.3-44.8 34 58.0 42.9-71.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 28 3 19.6 4.6-55.3 6 24.0 8.7-51.2 7 28.0 11.9-53.0 12 28.4 13.7-49.6
Some College + 55 4 13.5 3.1-43.7 4 5.3 1.8-14.3 16 35.2 20.9-52.8 31 45.9 29.6-63.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 50 7 23.3 8.5-49.9 6 14.4 5.5-32.7 15 34.4 19.5-53.1 22 27.9 16.3-43.4
$50,000+ 25 1 2.8 0.4-17.5 3 7.3 2.2-21.3 5 28.4 11.8-54.1 16 61.6 38.7-80.2

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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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