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

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 138 12 7.4 3.3-15.9 32 24.1 14.5-37.3 94 68.4 55.4-79.1
GENDER
Male 51 5 12.1 4.1-30.9 19 38.9 21.1-60.2 27 49.0 30.3-68.0
Female 87 7 3.8 1.5- 9.0 13 12.7 6.3-24.0 67 83.5 72.0-90.9
RACE
White 119 10 6.2 2.5-14.4 27 23.5 13.6-37.4 82 70.4 56.6-81.2
Other 19 2 26.9 4.6-73.6 5 34.3 9.2-72.8 12 38.8 14.4-70.5
AGE
18-44 30 4 11.0 2.8-34.3 8 29.3 10.4-59.8 18 59.7 32.0-82.4
45+ 108 8 5.4 2.3-12.2 24 21.1 13.3-31.7 76 73.6 62.7-82.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 4 2.6 0.8- 8.7 12 22.6 8.7-47.2 46 74.8 51.3-89.3
Some College + 76 8 12.3 4.9-27.6 20 25.7 15.4-39.6 48 62.0 47.2-74.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 88 7 7.3 2.7-18.3 22 19.2 11.2-30.9 59 73.5 60.4-83.5
$50,000+ 36 5 13.5 3.7-39.1 7 26.9 12.5-48.7 24 59.6 38.3-77.8

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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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