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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Care Giving-FEMALES

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%)
TOTAL 10,749 2,264 20.9 19.9-21.9 8,485 79.1 78.1-80.1
RACE
White 8,051 1,738 21.9 20.7-23.0 6,313 78.1 77.0-79.3
African American 2,012 437 21.4 19.2-23.7 1,575 78.6 76.3-80.8
Asian 68 4 5.9 2.1-15.4 64 94.1 84.6-97.9
Native American 181 42 22.1 14.9-31.7 139 77.9 68.3-85.1
Other Minorities 402 31 7.0 4.3-11.1 371 93.0 88.9-95.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 500 36 5.4 3.7- 7.8 464 94.6 92.2-96.3
-English Speaking 171 23 11.7 7.3-18.2 148 88.3 81.8-92.7
-Spanish Speaking 329 13 2.9 1.6- 5.3 316 97.1 94.7-98.4
Non-Hispanic 10,238 2,227 22.1 21.1-23.1 8,011 77.9 76.9-78.9
AGE
18-24 498 104 19.9 15.9-24.5 394 80.1 75.5-84.1
25-34 1,481 245 16.2 14.1-18.6 1,236 83.8 81.4-85.9
35-44 1,979 395 19.5 17.5-21.6 1,584 80.5 78.4-82.5
45-54 2,048 524 26.0 23.8-28.4 1,524 74.0 71.6-76.2
55-64 1,939 508 27.2 24.9-29.7 1,431 72.8 70.3-75.1
65-74 1,485 294 21.2 18.8-23.9 1,191 78.8 76.1-81.2
75+ 1,263 181 14.2 12.0-16.7 1,082 85.8 83.3-88.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,621 241 14.8 12.6-17.4 1,380 85.2 82.6-87.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,252 673 20.5 18.7-22.4 2,579 79.5 77.6-81.3
Some Post-H.S. 2,781 680 24.8 22.7-26.9 2,101 75.2 73.1-77.3
College Graduate 3,076 665 20.8 19.2-22.6 2,411 79.2 77.4-80.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,463 257 18.3 15.7-21.2 1,206 81.7 78.8-84.3
$15,000- 24,999 2,010 427 19.4 17.3-21.7 1,583 80.6 78.3-82.7
$25,000- 34,999 1,304 317 23.8 21.0-26.8 987 76.2 73.2-79.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,388 310 22.6 20.0-25.5 1,078 77.4 74.5-80.0
$50,000-74,999 1,306 306 23.4 20.8-26.4 1,000 76.6 73.6-79.2
$75,000+ 1,555 342 22.3 19.8-25.0 1,213 77.7 75.0-80.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,482 737 22.7 20.8-24.6 2,745 77.3 75.4-79.2
No 7,210 1,516 20.2 19.0-21.3 5,694 79.8 78.7-81.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 216 35 17.9 12.2-25.4 181 82.1 74.6-87.8
Non-Veteran 10,530 2,228 20.9 19.9-21.9 8,302 79.1 78.1-80.1

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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.

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