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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Care Giving-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES

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%)
TOTAL 628 122 22.1 17.6-27.3 506 77.9 72.7-82.4
AGE
18-24 37 7 27.4 13.4-48.0 30 72.6 52.0-86.6
25-34 67 15 21.8 12.1-36.0 52 78.2 64.0-87.9
35-44 95 15 17.4 9.9-28.7 80 82.6 71.3-90.1
45-54 150 31 23.8 15.7-34.4 119 76.2 65.6-84.3
55-64 138 34 24.6 16.4-35.1 104 75.4 64.9-83.6
65-74 93 14 19.7 10.3-34.4 79 80.3 65.6-89.7
75+ 45 6 15.9 6.8-32.9 39 84.1 67.1-93.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 129 25 18.7 10.7-30.6 104 81.3 69.4-89.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 218 46 26.9 18.8-36.8 172 73.1 63.2-81.2
Some Post-H.S. 177 31 19.8 12.5-30.0 146 80.2 70.0-87.5
College Graduate 103 20 19.7 12.0-30.7 83 80.3 69.3-88.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 76 15 26.4 14.2-43.8 61 73.6 56.2-85.8
$15,000- 24,999 128 27 25.5 15.6-38.8 101 74.5 61.2-84.4
$25,000- 34,999 92 17 27.4 14.8-44.9 75 72.6 55.1-85.2
$35,000- 49,999 107 25 20.9 12.6-32.5 82 79.1 67.5-87.4
$50,000-74,999 72 15 20.0 10.9-33.8 57 80.0 66.2-89.1
$75,000+ 67 8 9.1 3.9-19.7 59 90.9 80.3-96.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 240 44 20.4 13.9-28.8 196 79.6 71.2-86.1
No 382 76 22.8 17.2-29.5 306 77.2 70.5-82.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 221 40 27.2 18.4-38.2 181 72.8 61.8-81.6
Non-Veteran 407 82 20.3 15.5-26.3 325 79.7 73.7-84.5

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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.

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