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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Care Giving

People may provide regular care or assistance to someone 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?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,720 3,259 18.5 17.7-19.3 13,461 81.5 80.7-82.3
-Eastern NC 5,370 1,080 20.0 18.6-21.4 4,290 80.0 78.6-81.4
GENDER
Male 1,851 316 17.0 14.8-19.3 1,535 83.0 80.7-85.2
Female 3,519 764 22.7 21.0-24.6 2,755 77.3 75.4-79.0
RACE
White 3,622 736 20.5 18.8-22.3 2,886 79.5 77.7-81.2
African American 1,287 266 21.6 18.6-24.9 1,021 78.4 75.1-81.4
Other Minorities 447 74 12.5 9.3-16.8 373 87.5 83.2-90.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 237 23 8.3 4.9-13.6 214 91.7 86.4-95.1
Non-Hispanic 5,127 1,056 20.9 19.5-22.5 4,071 79.1 77.5-80.5
AGE
18-24 264 60 21.0 15.7-27.7 204 79.0 72.3-84.3
25-34 747 117 16.1 13.0-19.7 630 83.9 80.3-87.0
35-44 962 179 18.1 15.3-21.2 783 81.9 78.8-84.7
45-54 1,101 232 21.0 18.2-24.2 869 79.0 75.8-81.8
55-64 1,010 253 25.6 22.3-29.2 757 74.4 70.8-77.7
65-74 742 155 21.4 18.2-25.1 587 78.6 74.9-81.8
75+ 521 79 16.4 12.6-20.9 442 83.6 79.1-87.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 822 118 13.8 10.9-17.4 704 86.2 82.6-89.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,765 331 18.9 16.4-21.6 1,434 81.1 78.4-83.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,380 314 23.3 20.5-26.5 1,066 76.7 73.5-79.5
College Graduate 1,398 315 22.0 19.6-24.7 1,083 78.0 75.3-80.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 727 116 16.4 12.9-20.5 611 83.6 79.5-87.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,003 227 20.3 17.1-24.0 776 79.7 76.0-82.9
$25,000- 34,999 681 165 22.8 18.6-27.5 516 77.2 72.5-81.4
$35,000- 49,999 769 156 21.4 18.1-25.2 613 78.6 74.8-81.9
$50,000-74,999 705 140 19.5 16.2-23.3 565 80.5 76.7-83.8
$75,000+ 741 155 22.0 18.4-26.0 586 78.0 74.0-81.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,835 390 21.6 19.2-24.3 1,445 78.4 75.7-80.8
No 3,503 680 19.3 17.6-21.1 2,823 80.7 78.9-82.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 871 146 16.6 13.9-19.9 725 83.4 80.1-86.1
Non-Veteran 4,494 933 20.7 19.1-22.4 3,561 79.3 77.6-80.9

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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: 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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