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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Care Giving

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  Total
Respond.^
Under 18 years 18-59 years 60 years or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,756 432 13.1 11.5-14.8 914 28.3 26.2-30.5 2,410 58.6 56.3-60.9
-Mtn. AHEC 213 20 8.3 4.5-14.6 52 24.3 16.4-34.4 141 67.5 57.3-76.3
GENDER
Male 73 7 10.6 4.1-24.6 26 36.2 21.7-53.8 40 53.2 37.0-68.7
Female 140 13 6.4 3.3-12.0 26 14.9 9.0-23.7 101 78.6 69.1-85.8
RACE
White 183 15 6.9 3.5-13.2 45 24.2 15.8-35.1 123 68.9 58.0-78.1
Other 28 3 18.8 4.3-54.5 7 26.0 9.1-55.3 18 55.2 28.0-79.6
AGE
18-44 49 9 12.6 5.0-28.5 12 26.9 11.7-50.5 28 60.5 38.8-78.8
45+ 164 11 5.5 2.7-10.9 40 22.6 15.9-31.2 113 71.8 63.0-79.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 7 3.8 1.5- 9.1 22 23.0 10.9-42.2 63 73.2 54.9-86.0
Some College + 120 13 12.3 6.1-23.4 30 25.5 16.9-36.4 77 62.2 50.5-72.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 132 14 9.6 4.9-17.9 33 20.5 13.3-30.2 85 70.0 59.0-79.0
$50,000+ 57 6 10.4 3.2-28.9 14 27.3 15.5-43.4 37 62.3 45.6-76.5

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*Asked only of care givers.

^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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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