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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Care Giving

In which of the following areas does the person you care for most need your help?*

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Self-care Home care Transportation Help w/depression Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,368 306 21.4 18.3-24.8 440 32.9 28.9-37.1 341 23.9 20.5-27.7 113 9.1 6.9-11.9 168 12.7 10.0-16.1
-Piedmont NC 673 144 18.8 14.9-23.5 222 35.0 29.4-41.1 157 23.1 18.4-28.7 57 9.7 6.7-13.8 93 13.3 9.6-18.2
GENDER
Male 198 29 12.2 7.1-20.3 77 39.0 28.5-50.6 47 23.9 15.4-35.0 20 12.3 6.7-21.6 25 12.6 6.9-22.0
Female 475 115 23.1 18.0-29.1 145 32.4 26.4-39.0 110 22.7 17.5-28.8 37 8.0 5.3-12.0 68 13.8 9.4-19.8
RACE
White 534 106 17.2 12.9-22.5 185 37.0 30.8-43.5 122 22.8 17.7-28.8 45 8.6 5.9-12.3 76 14.5 10.0-20.5
African American 114 29 19.7 12.0-30.7 27 28.3 14.5-48.0 32 28.6 16.0-45.7 10 12.0 4.2-29.5 16 11.4 6.1-20.4
Other Minorities 22 9 46.7 22.2-73.0 8 25.3 10.6-49.3 3 7.7 2.3-23.1 2 20.3 4.5-58.2 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 19 6 40.9 18.5-67.8 5 23.0 8.7-48.5 6 27.4 10.6-54.5 2 8.7 1.9-31.8 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 653 138 18.1 14.2-22.8 217 35.4 29.7-41.7 151 23.0 18.1-28.7 55 9.7 6.7-14.0 92 13.8 9.9-18.8
AGE
18-24 12 5 37.2 13.9-68.5 4 28.0 8.6-61.6 2 29.8 7.7-68.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.0 0.7-29.7
25-34 58 14 20.8 11.4-35.0 23 37.8 22.9-55.4 8 8.2 3.7-17.1 6 17.7 6.7-39.3 7 15.5 5.0-39.1
35-44 94 10 9.4 4.4-19.0 35 37.0 24.3-51.9 21 28.8 16.8-44.7 10 6.1 3.0-12.2 18 18.7 9.6-33.1
45-54 181 38 17.2 10.4-27.1 65 42.7 31.5-54.7 38 19.9 12.6-30.1 20 13.0 7.7-21.3 20 7.1 4.0-12.4
55-64 158 33 18.9 12.6-27.4 43 23.7 16.4-33.1 47 30.7 22.0-41.0 9 7.0 3.1-15.1 26 19.7 11.1-32.5
65+ 164 43 25.9 18.8-34.4 50 29.3 21.7-38.3 39 24.3 16.9-33.7 12 7.5 4.1-13.4 20 13.0 8.1-20.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 49 15 25.8 14.5-41.7 16 42.6 25.9-61.3 11 19.2 9.4-35.1 3 5.3 1.6-16.3 4 7.1 2.4-19.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 169 43 20.9 13.1-31.6 52 35.7 23.4-50.2 41 25.3 15.2-39.0 13 8.0 3.6-16.5 20 10.2 4.8-20.4
Some Post-H.S. 213 42 19.2 12.3-28.7 65 29.0 21.1-38.4 53 21.6 14.9-30.3 21 12.7 6.7-22.7 32 17.6 9.8-29.4
College Graduate 242 44 16.0 11.0-22.8 89 38.9 30.7-47.8 52 23.2 16.2-32.2 20 8.9 5.2-14.9 37 12.9 8.6-19.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 45 10 17.1 7.5-34.6 16 47.1 27.3-67.9 8 10.0 4.1-22.3 5 7.0 2.6-17.5 6 18.8 7.0-41.5
$15,000- 24,999 88 23 43.6 28.6-59.9 26 20.0 12.3-30.9 19 18.6 10.3-31.3 5 5.2 2.0-13.0 15 12.6 6.8-22.0
$25,000- 34,999 71 22 20.6 10.9-35.6 19 36.5 16.0-63.5 11 12.0 5.1-25.7 8 14.7 6.0-31.6 11 16.1 5.0-41.4
$35,000- 49,999 117 26 15.5 9.7-23.8 39 41.1 27.4-56.4 32 26.2 17.3-37.7 8 9.6 3.7-22.5 12 7.6 3.9-14.3
$50,000-74,999 116 20 15.0 8.4-25.2 40 25.4 16.5-37.1 27 26.9 15.0-43.4 14 17.6 8.4-33.1 15 15.1 6.1-32.7
$75,000+ 155 25 11.3 7.1-17.5 58 42.9 32.7-53.8 34 25.1 16.0-37.0 13 7.9 4.1-14.9 25 12.8 8.1-19.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 241 46 14.9 10.1-21.3 79 42.3 31.8-53.5 50 19.6 12.7-29.0 30 12.4 7.9-19.1 36 10.8 7.0-16.3
No 426 96 19.7 14.8-25.6 142 32.0 25.8-38.9 106 25.3 19.2-32.5 26 8.3 4.7-14.2 56 14.8 9.7-21.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 75 16 14.3 7.9-24.6 25 44.6 29.5-60.8 16 20.2 10.3-35.6 7 9.5 3.8-21.6 11 11.4 5.7-21.7
Non-Veteran 501 105 18.6 14.0-24.2 169 35.8 29.1-43.1 113 21.6 16.4-28.0 42 9.8 6.3-14.9 72 14.2 9.7-20.4

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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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