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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Care Giving

For HOW LONG have you provided regular care or assistance to this person?

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 1 year 1-5 years More than 5 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,749 1,387 40.0 37.7-42.4 1,254 32.3 30.2-34.5 1,108 27.7 25.7-29.7
-Mtn. AHEC 211 82 40.7 31.1-51.0 71 35.5 26.5-45.6 58 23.8 16.1-33.8
GENDER
Male 71 30 46.0 30.6-62.2 22 27.6 16.9-41.7 19 26.4 13.1-46.1
Female 140 52 36.6 25.1-49.8 49 41.6 29.3-55.0 39 21.8 14.6-31.4
RACE
White 182 69 39.7 29.7-50.7 62 35.5 26.0-46.3 51 24.8 16.4-35.6
Other 28 13 51.1 25.1-76.5 8 34.9 13.9-64.1 7 14.0 5.5-31.3
AGE
18-44 48 22 48.1 27.9-69.0 14 30.8 14.7-53.6 12 21.1 7.6-46.5
45+ 163 60 36.0 27.6-45.4 57 38.5 29.9-47.8 46 25.5 18.6-34.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 33 35.0 21.1-52.0 32 34.1 20.1-51.7 27 30.9 17.2-49.0
Some College + 118 48 45.7 34.3-57.5 39 36.9 26.7-48.4 31 17.4 11.5-25.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 131 50 43.9 31.9-56.7 47 36.1 26.0-47.7 34 20.0 13.1-29.1
$50,000+ 56 21 45.4 29.9-61.9 18 30.0 17.8-46.0 17 24.5 13.8-39.7

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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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