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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Care Giving

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Finacial burden Time for self/family Creates stress Other difficulites No difficulty
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,442 120 8.4 6.6-10.7 184 13.8 11.0-17.1 355 20.9 18.1-23.9 208 17.3 14.0-21.1 575 39.7 35.7-43.8
-Eastern NC 409 38 10.9 6.9-16.6 49 12.8 8.7-18.5 90 19.2 14.1-25.7 62 19.2 13.4-26.8 170 37.9 31.0-45.3
GENDER
Male 97 10 14.3 6.4-29.0 5 7.7 2.7-19.9 15 8.7 3.9-18.2 17 20.6 10.7-36.0 50 48.7 35.2-62.4
Female 312 28 9.3 5.5-15.2 44 15.1 10.0-22.4 75 24.0 17.2-32.5 45 18.6 11.9-27.8 120 33.0 25.2-41.7
RACE
White 276 26 12.3 7.1-20.4 34 14.4 9.1-22.0 66 19.4 13.4-27.1 41 15.4 9.6-23.7 109 38.6 30.4-47.5
African American 100 9 9.1 3.9-19.9 11 11.3 4.9-23.9 18 18.5 9.1-33.9 13 24.7 12.3-43.3 49 36.4 22.9-52.5
Other Minorities 29 3 7.2 1.5-27.7 4 6.3 2.0-18.3 5 19.6 5.2-51.9 7 26.1 8.9-56.2 10 40.8 19.6-66.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.2 2.3-64.2 2 33.2 7.7-74.6 1 5.5 0.7-33.3 5 44.1 13.3-80.3
Non-Hispanic 398 38 11.3 7.2-17.3 48 12.7 8.5-18.5 88 18.8 13.6-25.3 61 19.8 13.8-27.6 163 37.4 30.5-45.0
AGE
18-24 10 1 6.0 0.8-34.9 2 21.3 4.8-59.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 27.0 4.3-75.2 6 45.6 15.6-79.1
25-34 33 3 10.1 2.8-30.4 6 14.8 5.7-33.5 6 24.4 9.1-50.9 2 6.4 1.2-27.2 16 44.3 23.8-66.9
35-44 65 12 19.6 9.8-35.5 8 16.6 6.7-35.2 12 15.3 5.9-34.2 10 22.1 10.3-41.4 23 26.4 15.5-41.3
45-54 107 12 13.5 5.5-29.4 10 6.9 3.0-14.9 24 21.9 12.7-35.0 25 29.0 17.0-44.9 36 28.7 17.9-42.5
55-64 94 9 9.4 3.8-21.3 8 7.1 2.9-16.4 28 28.5 17.1-43.5 13 11.2 5.0-23.4 36 43.8 29.7-59.0
65+ 99 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 15 18.7 8.6-36.3 20 14.7 8.3-24.8 11 13.7 6.5-26.6 52 52.2 37.3-66.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 33 2 6.2 1.0-30.4 3 10.4 2.7-32.6 7 15.2 4.0-43.7 4 37.5 12.5-71.7 17 30.6 13.4-55.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 123 13 9.6 4.7-18.7 14 12.9 6.3-24.6 27 13.1 7.3-22.4 18 11.5 6.1-20.7 51 52.8 39.6-65.7
Some Post-H.S. 119 12 20.9 10.7-36.7 15 11.7 5.8-22.3 22 16.5 9.2-27.8 22 19.0 10.4-32.3 48 31.9 21.8-44.0
College Graduate 134 11 4.5 2.1- 9.7 17 14.5 7.1-27.2 34 29.1 18.0-43.4 18 21.5 11.9-35.7 54 30.4 20.7-42.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 38 6 12.6 3.6-35.8 4 8.7 2.6-25.3 5 5.0 1.6-14.2 6 16.7 5.2-42.4 17 56.9 31.6-79.1
$15,000- 24,999 68 7 14.9 6.1-32.3 11 11.8 4.9-25.8 15 19.2 8.6-37.4 7 15.9 4.1-45.3 28 38.2 22.2-57.3
$25,000- 34,999 40 4 8.2 2.3-25.3 8 19.5 7.8-40.8 7 9.9 3.6-24.2 4 18.9 4.3-55.0 17 43.6 22.8-66.8
$35,000- 49,999 64 6 11.7 4.2-29.0 10 18.7 8.1-37.3 14 18.2 7.7-37.0 9 18.6 7.0-40.9 25 32.8 18.5-51.1
$50,000-74,999 55 4 12.9 3.0-41.8 3 3.1 0.9- 9.9 15 33.1 16.4-55.6 9 21.4 8.6-44.0 24 29.5 16.6-46.7
$75,000+ 96 7 5.4 2.4-11.7 7 10.3 3.5-26.5 22 20.3 11.8-32.7 20 25.1 14.5-39.9 40 39.0 26.3-53.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 147 19 14.7 7.3-27.4 15 7.3 3.8-13.5 30 15.5 9.2-25.1 34 31.5 19.5-46.6 49 31.0 20.6-43.7
No 262 19 8.8 4.9-15.1 34 15.9 10.1-24.1 60 21.3 14.5-30.1 28 12.4 7.5-19.9 121 41.7 33.1-50.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 44 2 6.1 1.1-27.2 1 6.2 0.9-32.8 7 14.6 4.9-36.4 12 24.4 10.1-48.0 22 48.8 29.2-68.7
Non-Veteran 311 30 10.5 6.2-17.4 39 14.6 9.5-21.9 71 20.4 14.2-28.4 41 17.7 11.4-26.5 130 36.8 29.1-45.1

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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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