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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Care Giving

During the past year, has the person you care for experienced changes in thinking or remembering?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,462 836 53.0 48.9-57.2 626 47.0 42.8-51.1
-Eastern NC 410 210 50.6 43.0-58.1 200 49.4 41.9-57.0
GENDER
Male 97 46 54.5 40.8-67.6 51 45.5 32.4-59.2
Female 313 164 48.8 39.9-57.7 149 51.2 42.3-60.1
RACE
White 274 139 50.2 41.2-59.2 135 49.8 40.8-58.8
African American 100 49 44.9 29.9-60.8 51 55.1 39.2-70.1
Other Minorities 32 20 69.9 44.8-86.9 12 30.1 13.1-55.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 5 47.5 15.1-82.2 4 52.5 17.8-84.9
Non-Hispanic 399 204 50.6 42.9-58.3 195 49.4 41.7-57.1
AGE
18-24 11 3 22.5 6.3-55.5 8 77.5 44.5-93.7
25-34 31 10 41.0 20.1-65.8 21 59.0 34.2-79.9
35-44 65 34 44.0 28.5-60.7 31 56.0 39.3-71.5
45-54 105 65 63.8 49.5-75.9 40 36.2 24.1-50.5
55-64 96 48 56.7 42.1-70.2 48 43.3 29.8-57.9
65+ 101 49 49.7 35.2-64.3 52 50.3 35.7-64.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 35 16 55.4 27.6-80.2 19 44.6 19.8-72.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 122 56 44.1 31.0-58.1 66 55.9 41.9-69.0
Some Post-H.S. 121 72 59.8 46.7-71.7 49 40.2 28.3-53.3
College Graduate 132 66 46.6 33.8-59.9 66 53.4 40.1-66.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 38 17 50.0 24.9-75.0 21 50.0 25.0-75.1
$15,000- 24,999 72 36 41.8 25.8-59.8 36 58.2 40.2-74.2
$25,000- 34,999 40 19 44.6 23.5-67.9 21 55.4 32.1-76.5
$35,000- 49,999 64 37 59.4 40.5-75.9 27 40.6 24.1-59.5
$50,000-74,999 54 29 52.9 32.8-72.1 25 47.1 27.9-67.2
$75,000+ 96 48 53.7 39.6-67.3 48 46.3 32.7-60.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 152 88 60.0 46.8-71.8 64 40.0 28.2-53.2
No 258 122 45.0 36.0-54.4 136 55.0 45.6-64.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 45 21 65.8 46.1-81.2 24 34.2 18.8-53.9
Non-Veteran 312 159 43.8 35.6-52.4 153 56.2 47.6-64.4

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These questions are asked only of caregivers.

^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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