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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Care Giving

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  Total
Respond.^
< 20 years 20 to 50 years 50 to 75 years 75 years and older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,499 54 3.6 2.4- 5.4 184 13.4 11.1-16.1 582 42.6 38.6-46.7 679 40.3 36.5-44.3
-Piedmont NC 746 31 3.4 2.2- 5.1 94 13.2 10.4-16.7 277 43.3 37.7-49.1 344 40.1 34.8-45.7
GENDER
Male 223 10 3.1 1.5- 6.6 33 12.3 8.0-18.6 97 49.2 38.8-59.6 83 35.3 26.2-45.7
Female 523 21 3.5 2.1- 5.8 61 13.8 10.3-18.2 180 39.5 33.3-46.2 261 43.2 37.0-49.5
RACE
White 590 21 2.8 1.7- 4.6 69 12.3 9.2-16.2 213 41.6 35.6-47.9 287 43.3 37.4-49.5
African American 122 10 7.1 3.2-14.9 15 11.6 6.3-20.5 48 46.6 31.0-62.9 49 34.7 22.1-49.9
Other Minorities 29 0 0.0 . - . 7 21.9 9.3-43.3 15 65.2 43.3-82.1 7 12.9 5.3-28.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 21 0 0.0 . - . 8 36.2 17.1-60.9 8 37.4 16.9-63.8 5 26.4 10.3-52.9
Non-Hispanic 722 31 3.5 2.3- 5.3 84 11.9 9.2-15.3 268 43.7 38.0-49.7 339 40.9 35.4-46.6
AGE
18-24 11 0 0.0 . - . 5 25.3 8.9-54.0 3 38.9 12.3-74.4 3 35.8 11.6-70.3
25-34 61 6 5.6 2.3-13.0 11 11.5 5.8-21.3 26 50.5 33.7-67.3 18 32.4 17.9-51.2
35-44 104 10 5.8 2.8-11.8 14 12.8 7.0-22.4 55 54.3 40.7-67.4 25 27.0 16.1-41.7
45-54 203 9 3.4 1.4- 7.6 29 13.7 8.7-20.8 74 39.4 29.0-50.8 91 43.6 33.8-54.0
55-64 173 5 2.1 0.7- 5.9 17 13.5 7.8-22.5 53 36.9 27.6-47.2 98 47.5 37.5-57.7
65+ 190 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 18 9.4 5.5-15.6 64 38.2 29.8-47.3 107 52.2 43.4-60.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 55 1 4.1 0.6-24.0 6 11.4 4.4-26.4 24 60.1 43.6-74.6 24 24.4 14.8-37.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 185 9 3.0 1.4- 6.2 21 12.0 7.0-19.6 75 48.3 35.7-61.2 80 36.7 25.8-49.1
Some Post-H.S. 232 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 32 16.8 11.3-24.1 81 38.6 29.3-48.9 115 43.7 34.2-53.8
College Graduate 274 17 5.7 3.2- 9.9 35 11.4 7.4-17.0 97 41.2 33.3-49.7 125 41.7 34.0-49.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 50 1 2.7 0.4-16.8 7 24.4 10.7-46.5 19 47.3 28.7-66.6 23 25.6 14.8-40.6
$15,000- 24,999 99 8 8.9 3.8-19.3 12 18.5 9.7-32.5 35 30.0 19.2-43.6 44 42.7 29.1-57.4
$25,000- 34,999 76 2 1.8 0.4- 7.5 9 7.1 3.1-15.2 31 56.2 36.2-74.3 34 34.9 19.9-53.8
$35,000- 49,999 125 7 3.9 1.6- 9.1 10 11.9 5.8-23.1 44 35.5 24.2-48.6 64 48.7 35.5-62.2
$50,000-74,999 129 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6 21 12.2 7.3-19.7 52 52.8 39.2-66.0 53 34.2 22.8-47.8
$75,000+ 179 8 4.4 2.0- 9.3 20 10.2 6.0-16.7 65 45.2 35.5-55.3 86 40.2 31.2-49.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 258 4 0.8 0.3- 2.5 43 20.0 14.0-27.8 97 46.0 36.2-56.2 114 33.1 25.1-42.2
No 482 27 4.6 2.9- 7.2 51 10.4 7.4-14.3 177 42.4 35.6-49.5 227 42.6 36.1-49.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 86 3 1.8 0.5- 6.8 10 9.7 4.7-18.8 34 51.7 37.4-65.7 39 36.8 24.6-50.8
Non-Veteran 551 22 3.4 2.1- 5.6 69 12.6 9.5-16.6 202 41.2 34.5-48.2 258 42.8 36.3-49.5

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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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