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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

Care Giving

During the past month, did you provide any regular 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 15,046 3,788 23.7 22.8-24.7 11,258 76.3 75.3-77.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 549 138 26.8 21.6-32.7 411 73.2 67.3-78.4
GENDER
Male 213 51 24.4 17.1-33.4 162 75.6 66.6-82.9
Female 336 87 29.1 22.2-37.1 249 70.9 62.9-77.8
RACE
White 492 119 27.1 21.6-33.3 373 72.9 66.7-78.4
Other 56 19 24.3 11.6-43.9 37 75.7 56.1-88.4
AGE
18-44 135 30 25.5 15.6-38.7 105 74.5 61.3-84.4
45+ 414 108 27.7 22.7-33.3 306 72.3 66.7-77.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 253 62 28.2 19.8-38.3 191 71.8 61.7-80.2
Some College + 293 76 25.9 20.0-32.8 217 74.1 67.2-80.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 358 88 24.4 18.7-31.2 270 75.6 68.8-81.3
$50,000+ 124 36 28.4 19.7-39.1 88 71.6 60.9-80.3

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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.


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

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