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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Care Giving-FEMALES

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 8,985 1,906 20.8 19.6-22.0 7,079 79.2 78.0-80.4
RACE
White 7,020 1,512 21.9 20.4-23.4 5,508 78.1 76.6-79.6
African American 1,392 303 20.5 17.9-23.4 1,089 79.5 76.6-82.1
Asian 57 6 6.4 2.7-14.4 51 93.6 85.6-97.3
Native American 178 47 28.8 19.9-39.8 131 71.2 60.2-80.1
Other Minorities 312 32 8.2 5.1-13.0 280 91.8 87.0-94.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 325 28 5.5 3.4- 8.8 297 94.5 91.2-96.6
-English Speaking 151 22 11.6 7.2-18.1 129 88.4 81.9-92.8
-Spanish Speaking 174 6 2.8 1.0- 7.6 168 97.2 92.4-99.0
Non-Hispanic 8,643 1,874 21.7 20.5-23.0 6,769 78.3 77.0-79.5
AGE
18-24 263 46 17.0 11.7-24.1 217 83.0 75.9-88.3
25-34 963 154 14.8 12.3-17.7 809 85.2 82.3-87.7
35-44 1,416 276 21.1 18.5-24.0 1,140 78.9 76.0-81.5
45-54 1,718 433 25.4 22.9-28.1 1,285 74.6 71.9-77.1
55-64 1,826 461 26.2 23.8-28.8 1,365 73.8 71.2-76.2
65-74 1,483 312 21.1 18.6-23.8 1,171 78.9 76.2-81.4
75+ 1,255 207 17.2 14.8-19.9 1,048 82.8 80.1-85.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,258 201 16.2 13.5-19.5 1,057 83.8 80.5-86.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,723 603 22.1 19.9-24.5 2,120 77.9 75.5-80.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,434 558 22.1 19.7-24.6 1,876 77.9 75.4-80.3
College Graduate 2,562 544 20.2 18.2-22.4 2,018 79.8 77.6-81.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,066 189 18.8 15.7-22.3 877 81.2 77.7-84.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,512 333 23.4 20.1-27.2 1,179 76.6 72.8-79.9
$25,000- 34,999 975 240 23.1 19.5-27.0 735 76.9 73.0-80.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,234 323 23.9 20.9-27.1 911 76.1 72.9-79.1
$50,000-74,999 1,214 256 20.6 17.7-23.8 958 79.4 76.2-82.3
$75,000+ 1,558 338 20.3 17.9-23.0 1,220 79.7 77.0-82.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,314 693 23.7 21.5-26.0 2,621 76.3 74.0-78.5
No 5,614 1,201 19.5 18.0-20.9 4,413 80.5 79.1-82.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 212 35 13.1 8.7-19.3 177 86.9 80.7-91.3
Non-Veteran 8,772 1,871 20.9 19.7-22.2 6,901 79.1 77.8-80.3

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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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