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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Care Giving

What has a doctor said is the major health problem, long-term illness,
or disability that the person you care for has?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Health Condition/Disease Learning/Cognition Disabilities/Mental Health Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,377 699 47.0 42.8-51.2 131 8.8 6.9-11.3 148 11.9 9.6-14.7 399 32.3 28.2-36.7
-Piedmont NC 679 337 44.4 38.6-50.3 59 6.6 4.6- 9.2 84 12.9 9.7-16.9 199 36.2 30.2-42.6
GENDER
Male 200 89 41.3 31.1-52.3 12 3.1 1.6- 5.9 24 9.7 5.2-17.4 75 45.8 34.7-57.4
Female 479 248 46.4 39.7-53.1 47 8.8 5.9-12.8 60 14.9 10.9-20.0 124 29.9 23.7-37.0
RACE
White 536 262 44.6 38.1-51.2 48 7.4 5.0-10.7 66 14.1 10.2-19.0 160 34.0 27.8-40.8
African American 113 55 35.6 23.7-49.7 10 4.7 2.1- 9.9 17 10.8 5.8-19.3 31 48.9 32.7-65.3
Other Minorities 26 19 71.6 40.9-90.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 1 2.6 0.4-17.1 5 24.9 7.5-57.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 19 10 53.5 28.2-77.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.3 3.0-38.9 7 34.1 14.5-61.3
Non-Hispanic 658 326 43.8 37.9-49.9 59 6.8 4.8- 9.6 82 13.0 9.7-17.2 191 36.4 30.3-43.1
AGE
18-24 11 4 35.8 12.2-69.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.6 4.3-56.7 5 44.6 16.8-76.3
25-34 53 31 52.3 33.7-70.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.9 1.7-13.0 18 42.8 25.1-62.5
35-44 95 45 45.0 31.0-59.8 4 6.5 2.2-17.7 19 16.9 9.6-28.1 27 31.6 19.4-47.1
45-54 183 81 33.4 24.9-43.2 15 7.2 3.8-13.2 25 13.8 8.2-22.2 62 45.6 34.4-57.2
55-64 157 82 54.9 44.3-65.1 23 10.1 6.2-16.2 15 11.4 6.4-19.4 37 23.5 15.9-33.4
65+ 175 90 49.3 40.3-58.4 17 11.4 6.4-19.5 19 12.3 7.4-19.9 49 27.0 20.0-35.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 52 27 51.2 33.6-68.6 9 18.5 6.8-41.5 4 5.1 1.7-14.4 12 25.1 12.2-44.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 167 86 41.2 29.3-54.3 12 4.8 2.4- 9.5 20 10.9 5.3-21.0 49 43.1 29.8-57.3
Some Post-H.S. 204 100 43.4 33.2-54.2 18 6.0 3.3-10.6 25 15.2 9.3-23.7 61 35.4 25.1-47.3
College Graduate 256 124 46.8 38.4-55.4 20 6.8 3.7-12.1 35 13.7 9.2-19.9 77 32.7 25.0-41.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 44 18 41.3 24.0-61.0 10 11.9 5.7-23.2 6 28.5 11.5-55.1 10 18.3 8.8-34.1
$15,000- 24,999 90 53 59.0 43.3-73.1 12 8.9 4.3-17.2 10 17.2 6.7-37.8 15 14.9 8.0-25.9
$25,000- 34,999 73 40 38.0 21.7-57.5 2 2.0 0.4- 9.1 7 8.5 2.6-24.1 24 51.5 30.3-72.2
$35,000- 49,999 115 53 48.6 34.9-62.6 9 8.2 3.8-16.9 19 16.4 9.2-27.5 34 26.7 17.5-38.6
$50,000-74,999 118 65 44.5 31.2-58.6 9 7.9 3.1-18.7 15 11.5 6.3-20.3 29 36.1 21.9-53.3
$75,000+ 160 67 38.9 29.1-49.7 13 6.2 3.3-11.5 16 10.2 5.8-17.5 64 44.7 34.4-55.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 232 114 41.7 31.7-52.3 23 6.4 3.8-10.7 27 13.4 8.3-20.9 68 38.5 27.7-50.5
No 443 221 46.2 39.1-53.4 35 6.6 4.2-10.2 56 11.5 8.2-15.9 131 35.7 28.6-43.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 74 35 43.6 29.1-59.4 6 4.9 2.1-11.0 7 6.3 2.8-13.7 26 45.1 30.1-61.2
Non-Veteran 507 248 42.8 36.1-49.8 47 6.9 4.7-10.1 65 13.5 9.6-18.5 147 36.8 29.7-44.6

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*These questions are asked only of caregivers.
(See 2009 questionnaire for list of conditions pertaining to the problem headings.)

^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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