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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 411 92 20.7 16.0-26.3 319 79.3 73.7-84.0
GENDER
Male 160 26 15.5 9.9-23.5 134 84.5 76.5-90.1
Female 251 66 25.6 18.9-33.7 185 74.4 66.3-81.1
RACE
White 350 77 19.8 14.9-25.8 273 80.2 74.2-85.1
Other 59 15 25.5 13.9-42.0 44 74.5 58.0-86.1
AGE
18-44 88 19 15.4 8.9-25.3 69 84.6 74.7-91.1
45+ 316 71 25.4 20.0-31.7 245 74.6 68.3-80.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 23 17.1 10.0-27.7 105 82.9 72.3-90.0
Some College + 283 69 22.4 16.8-29.3 214 77.6 70.7-83.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 38 22.5 14.6-32.9 134 77.5 67.1-85.4
$50,000+ 176 43 22.5 16.2-30.3 133 77.5 69.7-83.8

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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.

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