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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Care Giving

What has a doctor said is the major health problem, long-term illness,
or disability that the person you care for has?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Health Condition/Disease Learning/Cognition Disabilities/Mental Health Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,377 699 47.0 42.8-51.2 131 8.8 6.9-11.3 148 11.9 9.6-14.7 399 32.3 28.2-36.7
-Eastern NC 386 208 51.8 44.0-59.5 38 12.9 8.2-19.8 35 9.6 5.9-15.2 105 25.7 19.5-33.1
GENDER
Male 87 46 48.4 34.4-62.6 13 19.6 9.5-36.1 3 3.4 0.7-15.3 25 28.6 17.8-42.5
Female 299 162 53.3 44.1-62.3 25 9.8 5.5-16.9 32 12.4 7.4-19.9 80 24.4 17.2-33.4
RACE
White 258 149 52.7 43.4-61.8 27 15.6 9.4-24.8 20 6.1 3.0-12.0 62 25.6 18.2-34.6
African American 92 38 50.7 34.4-66.8 10 8.4 2.5-24.8 8 12.6 5.3-27.0 36 28.3 15.9-45.2
Other Minorities 32 18 43.1 22.8-65.9 1 8.0 1.1-39.7 7 31.5 11.7-61.4 6 17.5 6.4-39.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 5 47.7 15.2-82.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 42.4 12.0-79.8 1 9.9 1.3-48.5
Non-Hispanic 375 202 52.0 44.1-59.8 37 13.3 8.3-20.4 32 8.3 4.9-13.8 104 26.4 20.0-34.0
AGE
18-24 9 4 35.5 10.7-71.8 2 21.2 4.7-59.6 1 9.9 1.3-48.5 2 33.3 6.2-78.9
25-34 31 18 63.8 39.8-82.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.4 1.9-24.7 10 28.8 12.2-54.2
35-44 61 31 52.1 34.9-68.9 5 5.1 1.9-13.2 9 19.9 8.3-40.4 16 22.9 12.3-38.6
45-54 98 49 45.4 31.2-60.5 11 21.0 9.9-39.3 8 9.9 3.8-23.3 30 23.6 14.3-36.5
55-64 93 54 65.4 50.4-77.9 11 13.8 5.9-28.8 7 4.1 1.8- 9.1 21 16.7 8.6-30.0
65+ 93 51 44.8 30.6-59.9 9 15.0 5.7-34.3 7 4.5 2.0- 9.8 26 35.7 22.1-52.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 29 18 55.8 26.0-81.9 2 6.1 0.9-31.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.9 8 37.6 13.2-70.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 114 61 58.5 44.8-70.9 13 12.0 5.7-23.4 10 9.1 4.0-19.4 30 20.5 12.4-31.9
Some Post-H.S. 116 69 53.4 40.0-66.4 11 16.3 7.2-32.9 8 10.8 4.4-24.5 28 19.4 11.8-30.1
College Graduate 127 60 42.8 30.5-56.1 12 12.8 5.3-27.5 16 11.6 5.2-24.1 39 32.8 21.2-46.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 32 18 66.5 39.8-85.6 2 2.1 0.5- 8.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.9 11 30.2 12.4-57.0
$15,000- 24,999 69 40 53.1 34.5-70.9 9 17.3 7.5-35.0 4 5.6 1.6-18.1 16 24.0 9.7-48.3
$25,000- 34,999 40 21 52.8 30.0-74.4 3 6.6 1.7-22.3 5 3.7 1.3-10.1 11 37.0 17.8-61.4
$35,000- 49,999 60 34 55.7 36.9-73.0 6 16.2 6.0-36.9 7 14.0 5.2-32.4 13 14.1 6.5-28.0
$50,000-74,999 55 28 39.6 23.2-58.7 8 26.7 10.7-52.5 4 8.3 2.1-27.5 15 25.4 10.9-48.7
$75,000+ 85 47 52.5 37.6-67.0 7 5.9 2.0-16.2 9 14.4 5.8-31.5 22 27.2 15.9-42.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 143 77 50.8 37.8-63.8 14 16.4 7.8-31.4 16 7.4 3.4-15.5 36 25.3 15.2-39.1
No 243 131 52.3 42.8-61.7 24 11.0 6.2-18.6 19 10.7 5.9-18.9 69 26.0 18.7-34.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 43 23 42.8 24.7-63.0 3 15.5 3.9-45.3 1 6.5 0.9-34.1 16 35.2 19.1-55.5
Non-Veteran 295 156 49.2 40.5-58.1 32 13.2 8.0-21.1 30 11.4 6.7-18.5 77 26.2 18.8-35.3

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*These questions are asked only of caregivers.
(See 2009 questionnaire for list of conditions pertaining to the problem headings.)

^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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