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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 14,057 2,804 19.1 18.1-20.1 11,253 80.9 79.9-81.9
-Piedmont NC 6,747 1,330 18.9 17.6-20.4 5,417 81.1 79.6-82.4
GENDER
Male 2,482 465 17.6 15.5-19.9 2,017 82.4 80.1-84.5
Female 4,265 865 20.2 18.4-22.0 3,400 79.8 78.0-81.6
RACE
White 5,436 1,096 20.2 18.6-21.9 4,340 79.8 78.1-81.4
African American 910 194 21.7 18.1-25.8 716 78.3 74.2-81.9
Other Minorities 381 36 6.4 4.1- 9.8 345 93.6 90.2-95.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 290 21 4.0 2.2- 7.2 269 96.0 92.8-97.8
Non-Hispanic 6,446 1,306 20.3 18.9-21.9 5,140 79.7 78.1-81.1
AGE
18-24 219 47 20.3 14.5-27.7 172 79.7 72.3-85.5
25-34 668 92 13.7 10.6-17.6 576 86.3 82.4-89.4
35-44 1,142 172 15.8 13.3-18.8 970 84.2 81.2-86.7
45-54 1,398 308 21.2 18.7-24.1 1,090 78.8 75.9-81.3
55-64 1,375 338 24.6 21.8-27.6 1,037 75.4 72.4-78.2
65-74 1,069 224 22.2 19.0-25.6 845 77.8 74.4-81.0
75+ 836 139 18.2 15.1-21.9 697 81.8 78.1-84.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 871 154 16.7 13.2-20.8 717 83.3 79.2-86.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,868 388 20.6 17.9-23.7 1,480 79.4 76.3-82.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,713 348 20.2 17.4-23.4 1,365 79.8 76.6-82.6
College Graduate 2,289 439 17.5 15.6-19.7 1,850 82.5 80.3-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 605 99 19.3 14.4-25.4 506 80.7 74.6-85.6
$15,000- 24,999 956 199 20.8 16.8-25.5 757 79.2 74.5-83.2
$25,000- 34,999 681 147 20.9 16.7-25.8 534 79.1 74.2-83.3
$35,000- 49,999 939 215 20.0 16.7-23.7 724 80.0 76.3-83.3
$50,000-74,999 1,003 194 19.0 15.7-22.7 809 81.0 77.3-84.3
$75,000+ 1,644 321 17.3 15.1-19.7 1,323 82.7 80.3-84.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,296 485 23.2 20.6-26.0 1,811 76.8 74.0-79.4
No 4,412 836 17.2 15.7-19.0 3,576 82.8 81.0-84.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 910 199 22.8 19.2-27.0 711 77.2 73.0-80.8
Non-Veteran 5,836 1,131 18.4 17.0-20.0 4,705 81.6 80.0-83.0

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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.

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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