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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Care Giving-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 5,072 898 17.4 15.9-19.0 4,174 82.6 81.0-84.1
RACE
White 4,068 737 18.0 16.3-19.8 3,331 82.0 80.2-83.7
African American 628 122 22.1 17.6-27.3 506 77.9 72.7-82.4
Asian 33 1 6.8 1.0-35.2 32 93.2 64.8-99.0
Native American 87 14 13.4 7.0-24.2 73 86.6 75.8-93.0
Other Minorities 236 21 6.4 3.7-10.9 215 93.6 89.1-96.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 229 16 5.8 3.2-10.6 213 94.2 89.4-96.8
-English Speaking 75 7 6.7 2.7-15.8 68 93.3 84.2-97.3
-Spanish Speaking 154 9 5.6 2.6-11.7 145 94.4 88.3-97.4
Non-Hispanic 4,827 880 18.6 17.0-20.4 3,947 81.4 79.6-83.0
AGE
18-24 188 38 19.5 13.4-27.4 150 80.5 72.6-86.6
25-34 448 61 14.0 10.4-18.6 387 86.0 81.4-89.6
35-44 809 105 13.2 10.5-16.3 704 86.8 83.7-89.5
45-54 1,071 205 18.5 15.8-21.7 866 81.5 78.3-84.2
55-64 1,134 228 21.3 18.4-24.5 906 78.7 75.5-81.6
65-74 883 166 20.2 17.0-23.8 717 79.8 76.2-83.0
75+ 524 95 21.9 17.6-26.8 429 78.1 73.2-82.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 726 124 15.5 12.0-19.8 602 84.5 80.2-88.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,462 277 20.5 17.4-23.9 1,185 79.5 76.1-82.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,210 229 18.6 15.4-22.4 981 81.4 77.6-84.6
College Graduate 1,666 267 14.5 12.5-16.7 1,399 85.5 83.3-87.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 381 67 22.1 15.7-30.1 314 77.9 69.9-84.3
$15,000- 24,999 778 140 18.6 14.4-23.6 638 81.4 76.4-85.6
$25,000- 34,999 578 117 20.6 15.9-26.4 461 79.4 73.6-84.1
$35,000- 49,999 780 142 17.3 14.0-21.3 638 82.7 78.7-86.0
$50,000-74,999 804 146 18.2 14.6-22.4 658 81.8 77.6-85.4
$75,000+ 1,285 206 13.7 11.5-16.2 1,079 86.3 83.8-88.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,817 375 22.0 19.2-25.2 1,442 78.0 74.8-80.8
No 3,217 513 15.3 13.6-17.3 2,704 84.7 82.7-86.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,883 351 20.4 17.8-23.3 1,532 79.6 76.7-82.2
Non-Veteran 3,188 547 16.3 14.5-18.3 2,641 83.7 81.7-85.5

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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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