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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 1,946 400 20.8 18.5-23.3 1,546 79.2 76.7-81.5
GENDER
Male 688 107 15.9 12.6-19.8 581 84.1 80.2-87.4
Female 1,258 293 25.1 22.1-28.4 965 74.9 71.6-77.9
RACE
White 1,735 368 22.2 19.7-24.9 1,367 77.8 75.1-80.3
African American 92 19 19.9 10.9-33.6 73 80.1 66.4-89.1
Other Minorities 118 13 7.2 2.7-17.9 105 92.8 82.1-97.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 76 3 1.8 0.5- 6.1 73 98.2 93.9-99.5
Non-Hispanic 1,868 397 22.4 19.9-25.0 1,471 77.6 75.0-80.1
AGE
18-24 102 23 20.4 12.6-31.4 79 79.6 68.6-87.4
25-34 258 47 18.4 13.1-25.1 211 81.6 74.9-86.9
35-44 298 53 16.2 11.8-21.7 245 83.8 78.3-88.2
45-54 340 93 29.5 23.8-35.9 247 70.5 64.1-76.2
55-64 371 93 25.8 20.8-31.6 278 74.2 68.4-79.2
65-74 299 54 20.6 15.6-26.6 245 79.4 73.4-84.4
75+ 271 36 14.4 10.1-20.0 235 85.6 80.0-89.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 334 50 14.0 9.9-19.4 284 86.0 80.6-90.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 586 124 21.8 17.4-26.8 462 78.2 73.2-82.6
Some Post-H.S. 473 115 25.8 20.9-31.3 358 74.2 68.7-79.1
College Graduate 545 107 19.7 15.9-24.2 438 80.3 75.8-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 272 48 18.4 12.8-25.7 224 81.6 74.3-87.2
$15,000- 24,999 404 83 18.4 13.6-24.3 321 81.6 75.7-86.4
$25,000- 34,999 267 57 21.2 16.0-27.5 210 78.8 72.5-84.0
$35,000- 49,999 287 58 21.9 16.5-28.6 229 78.1 71.4-83.5
$50,000-74,999 211 53 25.2 18.2-33.7 158 74.8 66.3-81.8
$75,000+ 222 48 23.2 16.6-31.5 174 76.8 68.5-83.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 664 132 22.9 18.8-27.6 532 77.1 72.4-81.2
No 1,271 266 19.8 17.1-22.9 1,005 80.2 77.1-82.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 258 38 15.9 11.2-22.0 220 84.1 78.0-88.8
Non-Veteran 1,688 362 21.5 19.0-24.3 1,326 78.5 75.7-81.0

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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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