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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Care Giving-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 187 82 43.4 34.6-52.6 105 56.6 47.4-65.4
AGE
18-24 3 1 37.4 5.1-86.8 2 62.6 13.2-94.9
25-34 15 7 37.6 14.7-67.7 8 62.4 32.3-85.3
35-44 35 13 40.4 23.0-60.4 22 59.6 39.6-77.0
45-54 46 20 45.6 28.6-63.7 26 54.4 36.3-71.4
55-64 35 17 50.6 31.1-69.9 18 49.4 30.1-68.9
65-74 37 16 42.6 24.4-63.1 21 57.4 36.9-75.6
75+ 14 7 40.8 17.4-69.2 7 59.2 30.8-82.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 28 17 54.5 31.9-75.4 11 45.5 24.6-68.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 60 25 40.0 26.3-55.4 35 60.0 44.6-73.7
Some Post-H.S. 50 19 38.2 23.5-55.4 31 61.8 44.6-76.5
College Graduate 49 21 45.5 27.5-64.8 28 54.5 35.2-72.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 36 20 64.1 45.6-79.1 16 35.9 20.9-54.4
$15,000- 24,999 38 16 33.1 19.0-51.0 22 66.9 49.0-81.0
$25,000- 34,999 37 13 35.3 19.5-55.0 24 64.7 45.0-80.5
$35,000- 49,999 29 11 39.2 18.9-64.1 18 60.8 35.9-81.1
$50,000-74,999 19 10 45.1 19.5-73.7 9 54.9 26.3-80.5
$75,000+ 16 7 53.7 25.8-79.5 9 46.3 20.5-74.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 65 34 48.3 32.4-64.5 31 51.7 35.5-67.6
No 122 48 41.2 30.8-52.4 74 58.8 47.6-69.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 4 2 76.2 26.1-96.7 2 23.8 3.3-73.9
Non-Veteran 183 80 43.0 34.2-52.3 103 57.0 47.7-65.8

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*Asked only of care givers providing care to those age 60 and older.

^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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