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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Care Giving

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  Total
Respond.^
< 20 years 20 to 50 years 50 to 75 years 75 years and older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,499 54 3.6 2.4- 5.4 184 13.4 11.1-16.1 582 42.6 38.6-46.7 679 40.3 36.5-44.3
-Eastern NC 418 16 5.1 2.2-11.6 54 12.5 8.1-18.7 177 40.9 33.8-48.3 171 41.5 34.4-48.9
GENDER
Male 97 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 9 6.7 2.6-16.4 44 37.5 25.8-51.0 43 55.5 41.9-68.3
Female 321 15 7.3 3.1-16.2 45 15.1 9.4-23.3 133 42.4 33.9-51.3 128 35.3 27.8-43.6
RACE
White 278 8 1.6 0.7- 3.7 34 10.5 5.9-18.0 112 40.1 31.9-49.0 124 47.8 39.0-56.7
African American 103 7 11.5 3.5-31.9 15 18.1 8.7-33.9 49 42.9 28.3-58.8 32 27.5 16.4-42.3
Other Minorities 33 1 12.0 1.8-50.7 4 5.6 1.9-15.6 15 37.2 18.4-60.9 13 45.2 24.0-68.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 0 0.0 . - . 3 52.2 17.8-84.7 5 44.8 13.8-80.4 1 3.0 0.4-20.9
Non-Hispanic 407 16 5.3 2.3-12.0 51 11.1 7.0-17.2 172 40.9 33.7-48.5 168 42.7 35.4-50.3
AGE
18-24 11 1 25.2 4.0-73.0 3 25.4 7.2-60.0 3 23.4 5.3-62.5 4 26.0 8.1-58.3
25-34 32 3 5.6 1.7-17.1 3 15.2 3.5-47.1 20 69.3 45.1-86.1 6 9.9 3.9-23.3
35-44 64 6 11.1 3.7-28.8 10 13.2 4.4-33.5 34 54.9 37.6-71.1 14 20.8 10.9-36.1
45-54 111 3 1.0 0.3- 3.0 21 12.6 6.7-22.5 49 34.3 23.1-47.6 38 52.1 38.2-65.6
55-64 98 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 7 4.6 2.0-10.2 43 45.2 31.4-59.8 47 49.9 35.6-64.1
65+ 101 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 10 10.8 3.8-26.9 28 16.9 10.4-26.5 61 71.4 57.5-82.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 37 2 19.5 3.2-64.1 5 5.1 1.8-13.9 18 22.8 10.2-43.4 12 52.6 25.9-77.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 119 5 1.5 0.5- 4.4 17 14.1 7.1-26.0 51 52.2 38.6-65.5 46 32.3 21.6-45.3
Some Post-H.S. 124 1 2.3 0.3-14.4 16 11.1 5.4-21.4 59 49.9 37.2-62.6 48 36.7 25.2-50.1
College Graduate 138 8 6.5 2.5-15.9 16 14.7 6.3-30.6 49 27.9 18.5-39.6 65 50.9 38.1-63.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 37 0 0.0 . - . 7 11.0 3.7-28.2 18 57.7 32.2-79.7 12 31.3 13.4-57.2
$15,000- 24,999 71 1 10.7 1.6-47.0 9 7.8 3.4-16.8 35 47.8 30.4-65.8 26 33.7 19.4-51.8
$25,000- 34,999 41 3 4.9 1.0-21.0 3 2.6 0.7- 9.1 19 52.4 29.8-74.1 16 40.1 20.5-63.5
$35,000- 49,999 63 4 5.3 1.3-18.8 6 18.4 6.8-41.0 29 36.3 21.6-54.1 24 40.1 23.4-59.4
$50,000-74,999 58 3 3.8 1.0-12.7 7 14.4 3.8-41.6 23 35.0 20.0-53.6 25 46.9 28.1-66.6
$75,000+ 96 5 5.7 1.5-19.9 12 8.2 4.2-15.4 34 39.9 26.8-54.7 45 46.1 32.6-60.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 155 5 8.0 2.1-26.7 21 7.7 4.5-13.0 69 40.1 28.8-52.6 60 44.1 31.9-57.0
No 262 11 3.4 1.6- 7.3 33 15.3 9.0-24.7 107 41.3 32.5-50.6 111 40.0 31.6-49.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 47 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 3 3.0 0.9- 9.8 25 46.4 27.8-66.0 18 50.0 30.8-69.3
Non-Veteran 319 14 6.6 2.7-15.2 46 15.7 10.0-23.8 131 39.1 31.2-47.5 128 38.7 30.8-47.1

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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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