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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 14,057 2,804 19.1 18.1-20.1 11,253 80.9 79.9-81.9
GENDER
Male 5,072 898 17.4 15.9-19.0 4,174 82.6 81.0-84.1
Female 8,985 1,906 20.8 19.6-22.0 7,079 79.2 78.0-80.4
RACE
White 11,088 2,249 20.0 18.9-21.2 8,839 80.0 78.8-81.1
African American 2,020 425 21.3 18.7-24.1 1,595 78.7 75.9-81.3
Asian 90 7 6.6 2.2-18.0 83 93.4 82.0-97.8
Native American 265 61 22.0 16.0-29.5 204 78.0 70.5-84.0
Other Minorities 548 53 7.1 4.9-10.2 495 92.9 89.8-95.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 554 44 5.7 3.8- 8.6 510 94.3 91.4-96.2
-English Speaking 226 29 9.1 5.7-14.0 197 90.9 86.0-94.3
-Spanish Speaking 328 15 4.5 2.4- 8.4 313 95.5 91.6-97.6
Non-Hispanic 13,470 2,754 20.3 19.2-21.3 10,716 79.7 78.7-80.8
AGE
18-24 451 84 18.3 14.1-23.5 367 81.7 76.5-85.9
25-34 1,411 215 14.4 12.1-17.0 1,196 85.6 83.0-87.9
35-44 2,225 381 17.2 15.3-19.3 1,844 82.8 80.7-84.7
45-54 2,789 638 22.0 20.1-24.1 2,151 78.0 75.9-79.9
55-64 2,960 689 23.8 21.9-25.8 2,271 76.2 74.2-78.1
65-74 2,366 478 20.7 18.6-22.9 1,888 79.3 77.1-81.4
75+ 1,779 302 18.9 16.7-21.4 1,477 81.1 78.6-83.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,984 325 15.8 13.5-18.5 1,659 84.2 81.5-86.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,185 880 21.3 19.4-23.4 3,305 78.7 76.6-80.6
Some Post-H.S. 3,644 787 20.5 18.5-22.7 2,857 79.5 77.3-81.5
College Graduate 4,228 811 17.4 15.9-18.9 3,417 82.6 81.1-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,447 256 20.1 16.8-23.9 1,191 79.9 76.1-83.2
$15,000- 24,999 2,290 473 21.1 18.3-24.1 1,817 78.9 75.9-81.7
$25,000- 34,999 1,553 357 21.9 18.8-25.2 1,196 78.1 74.8-81.2
$35,000- 49,999 2,014 465 20.6 18.3-23.1 1,549 79.4 76.9-81.7
$50,000-74,999 2,018 402 19.4 17.1-22.0 1,616 80.6 78.0-82.9
$75,000+ 2,843 544 16.7 15.1-18.6 2,299 83.3 81.4-84.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,131 1,068 22.9 21.1-24.8 4,063 77.1 75.2-78.9
No 8,831 1,714 17.5 16.3-18.6 7,117 82.5 81.4-83.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,095 386 19.8 17.4-22.5 1,709 80.2 77.5-82.6
Non-Veteran 11,960 2,418 19.0 18.0-20.1 9,542 81.0 79.9-82.0

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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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