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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Care Giving-MALES

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 5,971 995 15.9 14.7-17.2 4,976 84.1 82.8-85.3
RACE
White 4,651 781 16.5 15.1-17.9 3,870 83.5 82.1-84.9
African American 856 163 19.6 16.1-23.7 693 80.4 76.3-83.9
Asian 41 2 5.1 1.1-20.7 39 94.9 79.3-98.9
Native American 102 23 21.4 13.6-32.0 79 78.6 68.0-86.4
Other Minorities 301 23 5.2 3.2- 8.3 278 94.8 91.7-96.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 355 25 4.3 2.7- 6.9 330 95.7 93.1-97.3
-English Speaking 86 18 16.6 9.8-26.6 68 83.4 73.4-90.2
-Spanish Speaking 269 7 1.8 0.7- 4.7 262 98.2 95.3-99.3
Non-Hispanic 5,613 970 17.3 16.0-18.7 4,643 82.7 81.3-84.0
AGE
18-24 286 44 14.8 10.4-20.7 242 85.2 79.3-89.6
25-34 830 92 11.5 9.1-14.6 738 88.5 85.4-90.9
35-44 1,109 148 12.7 10.6-15.1 961 87.3 84.9-89.4
45-54 1,195 235 19.3 16.7-22.1 960 80.7 77.9-83.3
55-64 1,145 221 20.6 17.9-23.7 924 79.4 76.3-82.1
65-74 824 164 20.3 17.3-23.6 660 79.7 76.4-82.7
75+ 562 89 17.3 13.6-21.6 473 82.7 78.4-86.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 987 131 12.2 9.3-15.8 856 87.8 84.2-90.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,764 289 16.0 13.7-18.4 1,475 84.0 81.6-86.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,317 256 19.7 16.9-22.7 1,061 80.3 77.3-83.1
College Graduate 1,893 315 15.3 13.5-17.2 1,578 84.7 82.8-86.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 544 66 11.4 8.4-15.2 478 88.6 84.8-91.6
$15,000- 24,999 985 178 15.4 12.5-18.8 807 84.6 81.2-87.5
$25,000- 34,999 756 135 16.9 13.7-20.6 621 83.1 79.4-86.3
$35,000- 49,999 905 154 18.1 14.6-22.2 751 81.9 77.8-85.4
$50,000-74,999 897 146 15.3 12.6-18.3 751 84.7 81.7-87.4
$75,000+ 1,185 211 16.6 14.2-19.3 974 83.4 80.7-85.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,820 326 18.5 16.1-21.0 1,494 81.5 79.0-83.9
No 4,110 661 15.0 13.6-16.6 3,449 85.0 83.4-86.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,036 369 18.2 16.3-20.4 1,667 81.8 79.6-83.7
Non-Veteran 3,929 626 15.1 13.7-16.7 3,303 84.9 83.3-86.3

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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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