SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Care Giving

People may provide regular care or assistance to an older adult who has a long-term illness or disability.
During the past month, did you provide any such care or assistance to a family member or friend?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,057 2,804 19.1 18.1-20.1 11,253 80.9 79.9-81.9
-Buncombe County 339 55 16.4 11.8-22.4 284 83.6 77.6-88.2
GENDER
Male 127 20 14.3 7.9-24.3 107 85.7 75.7-92.1
Female 212 35 18.9 13.3-26.3 177 81.1 73.7-86.7
RACE
White 300 49 17.8 12.7-24.5 251 82.2 75.5-87.3
Other 37 6 6.9 2.5-17.6 31 93.1 82.4-97.5
AGE
18-44 89 15 15.5 8.3-26.9 74 84.5 73.1-91.7
45+ 247 40 17.4 12.5-23.7 207 82.6 76.3-87.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 23 20.5 11.8-33.2 97 79.5 66.8-88.2
Some College + 218 32 13.9 9.4-20.2 186 86.1 79.8-90.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 32 18.3 11.5-27.8 152 81.7 72.2-88.5
$50,000+ 112 16 14.6 8.5-23.8 96 85.4 76.2-91.5

Back to Care Giving.

^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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 29MAY08.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook