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

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 138 53 39.8 28.2-52.6 46 35.5 24.6-48.2 39 24.7 15.2-37.4
GENDER
Male 51 21 44.0 26.1-63.5 16 28.7 16.0-46.1 14 27.3 11.6-51.8
Female 87 32 36.5 22.3-53.5 30 40.8 25.7-57.9 25 22.7 13.7-35.1
RACE
White 119 45 39.6 27.6-53.1 40 35.1 23.7-48.4 34 25.3 15.4-38.8
Other 19 8 42.3 14.0-76.7 6 42.9 13.8-77.9 5 14.8 4.6-38.2
AGE
18-44 30 14 47.9 22.9-74.0 9 31.8 12.1-61.3 7 20.3 5.0-55.4
45+ 108 39 35.0 25.1-46.4 37 37.8 27.6-49.1 32 27.3 18.8-37.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 25 35.9 19.6-56.3 19 33.4 17.0-55.0 18 30.8 14.9-52.9
Some College + 76 28 43.7 29.7-58.7 27 37.7 25.4-51.9 21 18.6 11.2-29.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 88 35 44.8 30.4-60.2 29 33.1 21.6-47.1 24 22.1 13.5-33.9
$50,000+ 36 13 46.5 27.2-66.9 12 31.7 16.6-52.1 11 21.8 10.8-39.0

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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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