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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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%)
North Carolina 14,057 2,804 19.1 18.1-20.1 11,253 80.9 79.9-81.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 333 62 17.1 12.4-23.2 271 82.9 76.8-87.6
Buncombe 339 55 16.4 11.8-22.4 284 83.6 77.6-88.2
Cabarrus 345 67 17.3 12.9-22.9 278 82.7 77.1-87.1
Catawba 384 79 21.6 15.6-28.9 305 78.4 71.1-84.4
Cumberland 355 68 18.8 14.1-24.7 287 81.2 75.3-85.9
Davidson 348 86 21.9 17.0-27.7 262 78.1 72.3-83.0
Durham 313 57 18.0 12.2-25.8 256 82.0 74.2-87.8
Forsyth 363 66 20.0 14.6-26.8 297 80.0 73.2-85.4
Gaston 370 75 23.0 17.2-30.1 295 77.0 69.9-82.8
Guilford 362 78 20.0 15.3-25.6 284 80.0 74.4-84.7
Iredell 371 72 22.9 17.5-29.3 299 77.1 70.7-82.5
Johnston 416 73 17.1 10.3-26.9 343 82.9 73.1-89.7
Mecklenburg 644 102 15.2 12.0-19.1 542 84.8 80.9-88.0
New Hanover 373 79 25.9 17.9-35.9 294 74.1 64.1-82.1
Onslow 360 60 14.6 10.9-19.4 300 85.4 80.6-89.1
Orange 333 69 21.6 15.3-29.7 264 78.4 70.3-84.7
Pitt 366 83 19.7 15.5-24.7 283 80.3 75.3-84.5
Randolph 356 75 21.9 16.3-28.8 281 78.1 71.2-83.7
Robeson 394 77 18.3 13.6-24.2 317 81.7 75.8-86.4
Rowan 423 88 21.4 16.5-27.4 335 78.6 72.6-83.5
Union 358 72 16.4 12.6-21.1 286 83.6 78.9-87.4
Wake 579 97 14.3 11.2-18.1 482 85.7 81.9-88.8
Wayne 342 80 21.6 16.5-27.8 262 78.4 72.2-83.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,559 893 18.6 17.0-20.3 3,666 81.4 79.7-83.0
Piedmont 6,747 1,330 18.9 17.6-20.4 5,417 81.1 79.6-82.4
Western NC 2,751 581 21.0 19.0-23.1 2,170 79.0 76.9-81.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,819 377 20.4 18.0-23.1 1,442 79.6 76.9-82.0
Northwest 2,942 619 22.0 19.6-24.6 2,323 78.0 75.4-80.4
Charlotte 1,932 360 17.1 14.9-19.6 1,572 82.9 80.4-85.1
Greensboro 1,584 318 19.6 17.0-22.6 1,266 80.4 77.4-83.0
Southern Regional 1,299 249 19.8 16.7-23.4 1,050 80.2 76.6-83.3
Coastal 723 148 24.0 19.1-29.6 575 76.0 70.4-80.9
Wake 1,508 276 16.3 13.8-19.2 1,232 83.7 80.8-86.2
Area L 387 75 17.6 13.6-22.5 312 82.4 77.5-86.4
Eastern 1,863 382 18.1 15.8-20.5 1,481 81.9 79.5-84.2

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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