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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Care Giving-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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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%)
TOTAL 405 25 7.9 4.4-13.7 68 18.1 13.2-24.3 159 42.5 35.5-49.8 153 31.5 25.6-38.2
GENDER
Male 111 5 7.8 2.6-21.3 20 18.3 10.5-29.9 50 46.5 34.2-59.2 36 27.4 18.0-39.4
Female 294 20 7.9 4.8-12.9 48 17.9 12.8-24.5 109 38.9 31.8-46.4 117 35.3 28.8-42.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.0 2.2-62.2 4 63.0 23.2-90.5 1 21.0 3.0-69.7
-English Speaking 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.0 2.2-62.2 4 63.0 23.2-90.5 1 21.0 3.0-69.7
Non-Hispanic 399 25 7.9 4.4-13.8 67 18.1 13.2-24.3 155 42.3 35.3-49.7 152 31.6 25.6-38.3
AGE
18-24 13 3 29.9 8.2-67.1 4 24.9 7.7-57.0 5 30.6 8.5-67.7 1 14.6 2.1-58.1
25-34 53 8 10.6 4.6-22.6 15 19.9 10.5-34.7 20 56.3 38.6-72.5 10 13.2 4.9-30.9
35-44 75 6 7.8 3.1-18.3 16 25.6 13.5-43.1 34 44.6 30.7-59.3 19 22.0 13.0-34.8
45-54 105 7 3.6 1.5- 8.4 17 16.5 8.8-29.0 44 42.1 29.9-55.4 37 37.8 26.0-51.2
55-64 80 1 2.6 0.4-16.0 10 14.5 6.7-28.8 29 27.6 18.0-39.9 40 55.3 41.1-68.6
65-74 58 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.7 1.0- 7.5 20 51.9 33.3-70.1 34 45.3 28.0-63.8
75+ 19 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.0 2.4-32.8 7 39.1 18.5-64.5 10 50.9 27.7-73.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 64 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 11 15.6 7.2-30.4 28 56.4 38.8-72.5 24 27.6 16.0-43.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 138 6 7.2 2.3-20.5 29 23.0 14.4-34.6 55 43.7 31.8-56.3 48 26.1 17.1-37.7
Some Post-H.S. 112 12 14.0 6.0-29.4 17 20.6 10.9-35.6 43 34.1 22.8-47.6 40 31.2 20.6-44.3
College Graduate 91 6 6.4 2.6-15.1 11 8.7 4.0-17.8 33 41.3 28.3-55.6 41 43.6 30.6-57.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 63 2 12.0 2.0-48.3 10 17.4 6.1-40.6 17 27.7 15.4-44.5 34 42.9 26.8-60.6
$15,000- 24,999 95 8 4.5 1.9-10.5 22 22.2 13.1-35.1 42 54.0 39.4-68.0 23 19.2 10.8-31.8
$25,000- 34,999 64 3 6.0 1.9-17.7 7 15.8 5.0-40.0 26 40.3 23.8-59.4 28 37.8 21.7-57.1
$35,000- 49,999 80 8 10.2 4.5-21.4 12 16.3 7.9-30.7 32 39.1 25.8-54.3 28 34.3 21.0-50.6
$50,000-74,999 44 2 5.9 1.2-24.8 6 11.9 4.5-28.2 19 43.6 25.8-63.2 17 38.5 22.1-58.1
$75,000+ 27 1 4.3 0.6-25.2 4 20.6 6.6-48.5 6 28.4 12.5-52.4 16 46.8 26.0-68.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 140 10 9.1 3.1-23.7 25 23.4 14.2-36.0 56 41.0 29.7-53.4 49 26.5 18.5-36.5
No 262 15 7.4 3.7-14.2 42 15.4 10.2-22.6 101 43.1 34.5-52.2 104 34.1 26.4-42.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 44 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8 9 32.2 14.9-56.4 19 44.6 25.4-65.6 14 21.5 10.4-39.4
Non-Veteran 361 23 8.8 4.9-15.5 59 15.9 11.4-21.7 140 42.2 34.8-49.9 139 33.1 26.6-40.3

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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.

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