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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 6,745 1,556 22.0 20.5-23.7 5,189 78.0 76.3-79.5
GENDER
Male 2,545 498 18.6 16.3-21.1 2,047 81.4 78.9-83.7
Female 4,200 1,058 25.3 23.2-27.5 3,142 74.7 72.5-76.8
RACE
White 5,428 1,242 22.8 21.1-24.6 4,186 77.2 75.4-78.9
African American 928 249 25.8 21.5-30.5 679 74.2 69.5-78.5
Other Minorities 336 57 10.4 7.1-15.0 279 89.6 85.0-92.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 235 36 10.6 6.8-16.0 199 89.4 84.0-93.2
Non-Hispanic 6,486 1,513 23.0 21.4-24.8 4,973 77.0 75.2-78.6
AGE
18-24 185 32 15.3 9.9-22.9 153 84.7 77.1-90.1
25-34 631 115 15.4 12.1-19.5 516 84.6 80.5-87.9
35-44 1,083 238 22.8 19.4-26.6 845 77.2 73.4-80.6
45-54 1,344 387 30.0 26.4-33.8 957 70.0 66.2-73.6
55-64 1,380 384 27.5 24.3-30.9 996 72.5 69.1-75.7
65+ 2,053 382 18.7 16.3-21.4 1,671 81.3 78.6-83.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 825 134 13.8 10.3-18.2 691 86.2 81.8-89.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,845 419 24.3 21.0-28.0 1,426 75.7 72.0-79.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,630 440 25.9 22.6-29.5 1,190 74.1 70.5-77.4
College Graduate 2,432 561 20.8 18.6-23.2 1,871 79.2 76.8-81.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 611 124 22.8 16.8-30.2 487 77.2 69.8-83.2
$15,000- 24,999 942 221 22.1 18.0-26.9 721 77.9 73.1-82.0
$25,000- 34,999 640 151 26.5 20.3-33.8 489 73.5 66.2-79.7
$35,000- 49,999 843 236 23.8 19.9-28.3 607 76.2 71.7-80.1
$50,000-74,999 956 252 27.1 22.8-31.9 704 72.9 68.1-77.2
$75,000+ 1,700 370 20.0 17.5-22.8 1,330 80.0 77.2-82.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,151 522 26.0 22.8-29.5 1,629 74.0 70.5-77.2
No 4,192 951 21.3 19.4-23.3 3,241 78.7 76.7-80.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 784 175 23.1 18.9-27.8 609 76.9 72.2-81.1
Non-Veteran 5,404 1,261 22.1 20.4-24.0 4,143 77.9 76.0-79.6

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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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