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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Caregiver Status

People may provide regular care or assistance to a friend or family member who has a health problem, long-term illness, or disability.
During the past month, did you provide any such care or assistance to a friend or family member?

(Also see North Carolina Added Questions:Care Giving)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,199 3,140 22.5 21.3-23.7 10,059 77.5 76.3-78.7
-Eastern NC 3,642 896 21.8 19.6-24.2 2,746 78.2 75.8-80.4
GENDER
Male 1,321 267 16.6 13.8-19.8 1,054 83.4 80.2-86.2
Female 2,321 629 26.7 23.6-30.1 1,692 73.3 69.9-76.4
RACE
White 2,431 592 22.6 19.9-25.5 1,839 77.4 74.5-80.1
African American 840 222 23.3 18.8-28.5 618 76.7 71.5-81.2
Other Minorities 348 76 13.8 9.5-19.6 272 86.2 80.4-90.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 21 9.2 4.8-16.8 125 90.8 83.2-95.2
Non-Hispanic 3,489 873 22.8 20.5-25.2 2,616 77.2 74.8-79.5
AGE
18-24 136 24 15.6 8.8-25.9 112 84.4 74.1-91.2
25-34 395 75 13.3 9.5-18.3 320 86.7 81.7-90.5
35-44 550 130 20.3 15.8-25.7 420 79.7 74.3-84.2
45-54 714 219 33.3 28.0-39.0 495 66.7 61.0-72.0
55-64 741 217 25.3 21.1-29.9 524 74.7 70.1-78.9
65+ 1,078 226 22.5 18.7-26.7 852 77.5 73.3-81.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 500 91 19.3 12.9-28.0 409 80.7 72.0-87.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,162 252 19.2 15.8-23.2 910 80.8 76.8-84.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,016 287 21.8 18.1-26.1 729 78.2 73.9-81.9
College Graduate 958 265 26.9 22.8-31.5 693 73.1 68.5-77.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 466 88 16.7 11.4-23.9 378 83.3 76.1-88.6
$15,000- 24,999 625 158 23.2 18.0-29.4 467 76.8 70.6-82.0
$25,000- 34,999 371 96 17.7 12.6-24.2 275 82.3 75.8-87.4
$35,000- 49,999 487 131 29.9 22.4-38.7 356 70.1 61.3-77.6
$50,000-74,999 488 132 25.4 20.1-31.5 356 74.6 68.5-79.9
$75,000+ 680 187 23.7 19.0-29.0 493 76.3 71.0-81.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,364 343 25.1 21.2-29.4 1,021 74.9 70.6-78.8
No 2,051 506 21.2 18.4-24.2 1,545 78.8 75.8-81.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 582 124 20.0 15.4-25.4 458 80.0 74.6-84.6
Non-Veteran 2,750 708 22.4 19.9-25.2 2,042 77.6 74.8-80.1

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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