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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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?

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  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
-Eastern NC 4,559 893 18.6 17.0-20.3 3,666 81.4 79.7-83.0
GENDER
Male 1,572 248 16.3 13.7-19.3 1,324 83.7 80.7-86.3
Female 2,987 645 20.9 19.1-22.8 2,342 79.1 77.2-80.9
RACE
White 3,102 610 18.8 16.8-20.9 2,492 81.2 79.1-83.2
African American 1,025 210 20.4 16.9-24.5 815 79.6 75.5-83.1
Other Minorities 413 69 14.0 10.0-19.3 344 86.0 80.7-90.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 199 15 8.0 3.9-15.5 184 92.0 84.5-96.1
Non-Hispanic 4,344 876 19.6 17.9-21.4 3,468 80.4 78.6-82.1
AGE
18-24 159 22 13.9 8.0-23.2 137 86.1 76.8-92.0
25-34 518 78 14.5 10.9-19.0 440 85.5 81.0-89.1
35-44 724 135 18.4 15.1-22.2 589 81.6 77.8-84.9
45-54 890 204 22.5 19.3-26.1 686 77.5 73.9-80.7
55-64 966 208 22.9 19.9-26.3 758 77.1 73.7-80.1
65-74 753 155 20.2 17.0-23.8 598 79.8 76.2-83.0
75+ 524 84 17.8 14.0-22.2 440 82.2 77.8-86.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 684 94 11.1 8.7-14.2 590 88.9 85.8-91.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,468 303 22.1 18.9-25.6 1,165 77.9 74.4-81.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,211 257 19.6 16.3-23.4 954 80.4 76.6-83.7
College Graduate 1,191 239 17.6 15.2-20.4 952 82.4 79.6-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 514 89 19.9 14.9-26.0 425 80.1 74.0-85.1
$15,000- 24,999 796 162 21.0 16.4-26.4 634 79.0 73.6-83.6
$25,000- 34,999 568 135 23.3 18.0-29.6 433 76.7 70.4-82.0
$35,000- 49,999 645 151 21.3 17.5-25.6 494 78.7 74.4-82.5
$50,000-74,999 634 127 18.8 15.3-22.9 507 81.2 77.1-84.7
$75,000+ 777 142 14.7 12.0-17.7 635 85.3 82.3-88.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,749 347 21.6 18.6-24.9 1,402 78.4 75.1-81.4
No 2,777 538 17.1 15.3-19.2 2,239 82.9 80.8-84.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 763 113 15.5 11.7-20.1 650 84.5 79.9-88.3
Non-Veteran 3,795 780 19.3 17.5-21.2 3,015 80.7 78.8-82.5

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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.

** 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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