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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Care Giving

In an average week, how many hours do you provide care for this person?*

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Respond.^
Less than 10 hours 10 to 20 hours 20 to 40 hours 40 or more hours Don't know
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,493 661 48.4 44.4-52.5 218 13.1 10.8-15.7 208 14.5 12.1-17.4 217 14.0 11.6-16.8 189 10.0 8.1-12.3
-Piedmont NC 737 346 52.6 46.9-58.2 101 11.9 9.0-15.7 96 13.5 10.3-17.5 103 13.0 10.0-16.8 91 9.0 6.5-12.2
GENDER
Male 218 117 60.1 49.8-69.7 29 13.2 7.9-21.3 28 12.2 7.1-20.1 22 6.5 3.9-10.5 22 7.9 3.9-15.6
Female 519 229 47.8 41.4-54.3 72 11.1 8.1-15.2 68 14.3 10.6-19.0 81 17.2 12.8-22.6 69 9.6 7.1-13.0
RACE
White 582 277 52.3 46.0-58.5 85 12.7 9.2-17.3 76 13.4 9.8-18.0 77 13.2 9.7-17.6 67 8.5 5.8-12.3
African American 124 58 60.3 46.2-72.9 13 9.7 5.0-18.0 15 11.0 5.9-19.8 19 11.9 6.4-20.9 19 7.1 4.0-12.2
Other Minorities 28 9 28.2 10.9-55.9 3 7.5 2.1-23.1 4 23.5 8.0-51.9 7 16.1 6.5-34.5 5 24.7 9.2-51.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 20 8 32.3 13.9-58.6 2 5.4 1.3-20.5 5 25.3 10.0-50.9 3 14.2 4.2-38.5 2 22.7 6.0-57.4
Non-Hispanic 716 337 53.2 47.4-58.9 99 12.1 9.1-16.0 91 13.1 9.9-17.2 100 13.0 9.9-16.9 89 8.5 6.2-11.7
AGE
18-24 12 6 51.1 21.9-79.5 2 16.4 3.2-53.6 2 12.0 2.7-40.7 1 5.6 0.7-32.0 1 14.9 2.1-58.4
25-34 60 28 55.8 39.1-71.4 10 15.2 7.0-29.9 8 11.5 5.2-23.8 6 8.9 3.7-20.0 8 8.5 3.6-18.7
35-44 101 60 62.8 48.9-74.8 7 3.4 1.5- 7.6 13 17.1 8.4-31.8 13 9.1 4.8-16.4 8 7.6 3.2-16.8
45-54 196 92 51.8 41.2-62.3 32 14.6 9.3-22.3 24 10.8 6.5-17.5 31 16.8 10.2-26.4 17 5.9 3.4-10.2
55-64 171 80 47.9 37.8-58.2 23 13.3 7.7-21.8 23 13.6 8.4-21.3 20 15.0 8.9-24.2 25 10.3 6.4-16.0
65+ 191 77 42.4 34.1-51.2 26 10.3 6.6-15.9 26 18.1 11.5-27.1 31 15.3 10.4-22.0 31 13.9 9.4-20.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 55 18 38.5 22.6-57.3 7 17.1 6.2-39.2 6 12.7 5.0-28.8 10 14.7 7.3-27.4 14 17.0 9.3-29.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 182 78 49.5 36.7-62.3 25 11.5 6.1-20.9 29 15.7 9.0-26.1 26 11.7 7.2-18.5 24 11.6 5.7-22.2
Some Post-H.S. 229 109 51.6 41.7-61.3 37 14.1 9.1-21.4 29 12.3 7.6-19.3 32 14.7 8.8-23.7 22 7.3 4.4-11.7
College Graduate 271 141 57.7 49.6-65.4 32 9.6 5.8-15.4 32 12.9 8.5-19.1 35 12.4 8.2-18.3 31 7.4 4.7-11.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 50 17 44.3 25.8-64.5 7 6.7 2.8-15.3 9 10.4 4.6-22.1 9 28.9 14.2-50.0 8 9.6 4.4-19.9
$15,000- 24,999 94 34 33.7 22.1-47.6 15 20.6 9.6-38.7 13 15.6 7.6-29.3 18 16.8 9.1-28.9 14 13.4 6.4-26.0
$25,000- 34,999 77 28 42.7 22.4-65.8 16 19.5 9.1-36.9 12 17.5 6.2-40.8 12 13.6 6.5-26.3 9 6.6 2.8-15.0
$35,000- 49,999 127 60 49.9 36.7-63.1 14 13.0 5.9-26.2 16 13.9 7.4-24.8 24 14.4 8.8-22.7 13 8.7 4.1-17.5
$50,000-74,999 128 71 64.9 52.6-75.5 23 11.8 6.9-19.6 13 10.9 5.7-19.9 10 6.8 3.0-14.5 11 5.6 2.7-11.3
$75,000+ 172 93 59.4 49.6-68.5 19 9.6 5.2-16.9 19 12.1 7.2-19.6 17 10.5 6.0-17.6 24 8.5 5.2-13.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 257 100 44.4 34.2-55.0 37 12.7 8.0-19.6 41 15.9 10.7-22.9 42 15.8 10.8-22.7 37 11.3 6.2-19.5
No 473 242 57.0 50.3-63.6 63 10.5 7.5-14.5 55 12.6 8.8-17.8 60 11.9 8.3-16.7 53 8.0 5.6-11.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 83 38 42.6 29.1-57.4 15 25.3 13.4-42.5 11 13.0 6.3-25.0 10 14.4 6.5-28.7 9 4.7 2.3- 9.4
Non-Veteran 550 259 52.6 45.9-59.2 71 11.1 7.9-15.4 75 13.5 9.9-18.2 81 13.4 9.8-17.9 64 9.4 6.5-13.5

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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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