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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Care Giving

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  Total
Respond.^
<20 years 20 to 50 years 50 to 75 years 75 years and older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,737 129 6.6 5.0- 8.6 332 14.8 12.8-17.2 946 36.4 33.7-39.3 1,330 42.1 39.4-44.9
-Eastern NC 874 49 6.6 4.6- 9.5 126 19.1 14.7-24.4 308 37.4 33.0-42.0 391 36.9 32.7-41.3
GENDER
Male 238 10 5.4 2.5-11.5 40 26.0 17.2-37.3 92 37.9 29.8-46.8 96 30.7 23.8-38.6
Female 636 39 7.5 5.0-10.9 86 14.2 11.1-18.0 216 37.0 32.3-42.0 295 41.3 36.5-46.2
RACE
White 599 27 6.5 4.0-10.5 71 16.9 11.5-24.1 197 34.3 29.1-39.9 304 42.3 36.8-48.0
African American 202 15 6.2 3.2-11.6 34 17.6 11.6-25.8 82 47.2 38.2-56.5 71 29.0 22.0-37.1
Other Minorities 69 7 8.9 3.3-21.7 21 39.5 23.4-58.3 26 30.4 18.7-45.4 15 21.2 10.7-37.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 1 4.3 0.5-26.8 11 74.2 38.7-92.9 1 3.0 0.4-20.3 2 18.5 3.5-58.4
Non-Hispanic 857 48 6.7 4.6- 9.7 115 17.1 12.9-22.3 306 38.6 34.1-43.3 388 37.6 33.4-42.1
AGE
18-24 21 5 18.4 6.2-43.3 6 39.4 14.7-71.1 6 22.8 8.4-48.7 4 19.4 6.1-47.3
25-34 76 10 12.3 5.9-23.8 22 33.6 20.4-50.1 29 41.4 27.6-56.8 15 12.7 7.1-21.6
35-44 132 19 11.6 6.5-19.8 25 14.4 9.1-22.1 59 49.0 38.4-59.6 29 25.0 16.4-36.2
45-54 202 11 3.6 1.8- 7.0 34 21.8 14.7-31.2 73 36.5 28.6-45.1 84 38.1 30.4-46.6
55-64 204 3 1.3 0.3- 4.9 23 10.7 6.6-16.9 62 31.8 24.8-39.7 116 56.2 48.1-64.0
65-74 151 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 11 8.0 4.0-15.4 53 34.9 26.4-44.5 86 56.4 46.7-65.6
75+ 81 0 0.0 . - . 5 6.8 2.8-15.9 24 36.8 24.8-50.8 52 56.3 43.0-68.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 90 4 3.9 1.3-10.9 13 16.7 9.2-28.5 37 45.0 33.3-57.3 36 34.4 24.2-46.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 295 17 8.0 4.4-13.9 40 16.9 11.0-25.1 112 39.3 31.8-47.4 126 35.8 28.7-43.5
Some Post-H.S. 252 16 7.7 3.9-14.6 40 24.1 14.2-37.9 84 33.1 25.0-42.4 112 35.1 27.1-43.9
College Graduate 237 12 4.2 2.1- 8.3 33 17.2 11.4-25.3 75 36.5 28.8-44.9 117 42.1 34.6-49.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 87 4 1.8 0.6- 5.2 15 25.1 11.4-46.6 30 35.3 22.9-50.0 38 37.8 24.9-52.7
$15,000- 24,999 158 11 8.2 3.7-17.2 31 29.4 15.8-48.1 61 37.4 25.6-50.8 55 25.0 17.0-35.2
$25,000- 34,999 132 7 6.8 2.8-15.8 18 14.8 8.3-24.9 45 45.9 34.0-58.3 62 32.4 23.0-43.5
$35,000- 49,999 147 11 8.3 4.3-15.6 20 19.4 11.6-30.7 55 38.8 29.3-49.1 61 33.5 24.8-43.6
$50,000-74,999 125 7 5.6 2.0-15.0 17 15.0 8.1-26.2 40 36.4 26.4-47.7 61 43.0 32.8-53.8
$75,000+ 141 7 4.6 2.0-10.2 17 15.0 8.1-26.0 41 28.6 20.4-38.5 76 51.8 41.9-61.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 339 22 6.8 4.1-11.1 45 18.9 11.1-30.1 130 40.6 32.9-48.9 142 33.7 27.1-41.0
No 527 27 6.6 3.9-10.9 78 18.9 14.2-24.7 173 35.0 29.8-40.5 249 39.5 34.3-45.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 108 5 4.3 1.7-10.9 14 13.4 7.4-23.0 38 36.5 26.0-48.5 51 45.8 34.6-57.3
Non-Veteran 766 44 7.0 4.7-10.2 112 19.9 15.0-25.9 270 37.5 32.7-42.6 340 35.6 31.1-40.3

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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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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