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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 1,160 252 22.9 19.7-26.4 908 77.1 73.6-80.3
GENDER
Male 405 70 18.0 13.5-23.7 335 82.0 76.3-86.5
Female 755 182 27.2 23.0-31.8 573 72.8 68.2-77.0
RACE
White 1,014 228 24.4 21.0-28.2 786 75.6 71.8-79.0
African American 64 13 21.2 10.3-38.6 51 78.8 61.4-89.7
Other Minorities 82 11 9.1 2.9-25.1 71 90.9 74.9-97.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 43 2 2.1 0.4- 9.6 41 97.9 90.4-99.6
Non-Hispanic 1,115 250 24.4 21.1-28.1 865 75.6 71.9-78.9
AGE
18-24 59 18 26.7 15.3-42.2 41 73.3 57.8-84.7
25-34 169 31 19.3 12.6-28.5 138 80.7 71.5-87.4
35-44 175 33 17.2 11.5-25.1 142 82.8 74.9-88.5
45-54 196 57 34.8 26.7-43.9 139 65.2 56.1-73.3
55-64 212 60 28.5 21.8-36.4 152 71.5 63.6-78.2
65-74 177 29 19.0 12.9-27.2 148 81.0 72.8-87.1
75+ 168 23 14.2 9.1-21.5 145 85.8 78.5-90.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 175 25 14.0 8.4-22.6 150 86.0 77.4-91.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 336 79 25.8 19.6-33.2 257 74.2 66.8-80.4
Some Post-H.S. 300 76 28.2 21.9-35.5 224 71.8 64.5-78.1
College Graduate 346 71 20.4 15.6-26.2 275 79.6 73.8-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 151 21 17.0 9.5-28.8 130 83.0 71.2-90.5
$15,000- 24,999 235 56 22.5 15.7-31.2 179 77.5 68.8-84.3
$25,000- 34,999 164 34 19.3 13.2-27.3 130 80.7 72.7-86.8
$35,000- 49,999 162 41 27.8 20.0-37.2 121 72.2 62.8-80.0
$50,000-74,999 140 33 25.0 16.5-36.0 107 75.0 64.0-83.5
$75,000+ 131 33 28.2 18.9-39.8 98 71.8 60.2-81.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 393 80 24.6 19.1-31.2 313 75.4 68.8-80.9
No 761 170 22.0 18.2-26.2 591 78.0 73.8-81.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 156 27 17.0 11.2-24.9 129 83.0 75.1-88.8
Non-Veteran 1,004 225 23.8 20.3-27.7 779 76.2 72.3-79.7

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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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