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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Care Giving

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Respond.^
Finacial burden Time for self/family Creates stress Other difficulites No difficulty
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,442 120 8.4 6.6-10.7 184 13.8 11.0-17.1 355 20.9 18.1-23.9 208 17.3 14.0-21.1 575 39.7 35.7-43.8
-Piedmont NC 714 57 7.6 5.5-10.5 98 15.3 11.2-20.4 170 19.5 16.1-23.5 98 16.5 12.0-22.3 291 41.1 35.5-46.9
GENDER
Male 213 25 9.1 5.5-14.9 23 11.0 6.0-19.1 31 12.5 7.9-19.3 35 22.6 13.5-35.4 99 44.8 34.6-55.6
Female 501 32 6.6 4.3-10.1 75 18.0 12.7-25.0 139 24.0 19.6-29.1 63 12.6 9.2-17.0 192 38.7 32.4-45.3
RACE
White 564 42 6.6 4.6- 9.5 77 16.9 12.0-23.3 139 20.6 16.7-25.1 78 13.3 9.7-17.9 228 42.6 36.4-49.1
African American 120 12 8.1 4.2-15.0 16 10.7 5.8-19.1 24 14.7 8.3-24.9 16 30.5 15.3-51.6 52 36.0 23.2-51.1
Other Minorities 26 3 23.8 7.0-56.2 5 7.8 2.8-19.9 5 10.9 3.7-28.4 4 18.7 5.7-46.6 9 38.8 18.0-64.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 20 2 9.3 2.2-31.7 3 7.5 2.2-22.5 4 17.1 5.8-40.6 5 35.4 14.3-64.3 6 30.8 12.6-57.7
Non-Hispanic 692 55 7.6 5.4-10.5 95 15.6 11.4-21.0 165 19.2 15.7-23.1 93 16.0 11.4-21.9 284 41.6 35.9-47.6
AGE
18-24 10 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 37.3 10.5-75.1 7 62.7 24.9-89.5
25-34 60 10 14.7 6.7-29.3 12 25.1 11.9-45.3 7 10.7 4.6-22.8 8 9.8 4.4-20.5 23 39.6 24.0-57.7
35-44 101 7 5.8 2.6-12.5 15 17.7 7.8-35.5 23 19.8 11.8-31.2 19 19.5 10.6-33.1 37 37.2 25.2-51.0
45-54 191 20 7.9 4.5-13.5 26 15.4 9.5-24.0 49 20.0 14.1-27.5 30 18.8 10.0-32.5 66 37.9 27.8-49.2
55-64 165 8 5.7 2.7-11.7 24 12.6 7.8-19.6 44 25.7 18.0-35.3 24 15.4 9.2-24.6 65 40.6 30.5-51.6
65+ 181 12 8.0 4.2-15.0 20 9.4 5.6-15.3 47 29.2 21.4-38.5 14 7.1 3.9-12.4 88 46.3 37.5-55.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 52 4 6.4 2.0-18.8 6 12.4 4.6-29.4 8 10.3 4.9-20.5 7 20.8 8.8-41.7 27 50.0 32.5-67.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 177 11 6.4 2.7-14.6 24 16.0 8.0-29.4 32 13.9 8.3-22.3 30 26.6 14.9-42.9 80 37.1 26.3-49.3
Some Post-H.S. 224 22 9.5 5.7-15.4 28 11.3 5.4-21.9 55 20.1 14.5-27.2 23 10.3 6.1-16.9 96 48.8 38.8-58.9
College Graduate 261 20 7.0 4.3-11.2 40 18.6 12.8-26.3 75 24.6 18.7-31.6 38 13.6 9.1-19.8 88 36.3 28.2-45.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 47 5 9.8 3.7-23.5 3 2.3 0.7- 7.5 9 8.0 3.6-16.6 10 22.2 9.6-43.4 20 57.7 38.1-75.2
$15,000- 24,999 89 9 7.1 3.5-14.1 9 9.0 4.2-18.2 17 15.6 8.0-28.3 14 21.9 11.9-36.7 40 46.4 33.2-60.0
$25,000- 34,999 75 10 11.0 5.0-22.3 17 25.8 11.3-48.7 22 22.1 11.7-37.8 8 25.8 7.9-58.3 18 15.4 7.1-30.4
$35,000- 49,999 126 9 10.6 4.8-21.5 20 19.9 8.9-39.0 28 22.9 14.4-34.4 18 11.5 6.7-19.0 51 35.1 24.3-47.7
$50,000-74,999 125 6 6.6 2.4-17.3 22 19.5 9.9-34.7 29 17.5 10.9-26.8 17 18.0 8.5-34.4 51 38.4 25.9-52.5
$75,000+ 165 13 8.1 4.4-14.6 15 12.1 6.8-20.5 49 24.6 17.6-33.2 22 13.7 8.3-22.0 66 41.5 31.5-52.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 245 19 8.8 5.0-15.0 27 10.0 5.8-16.7 62 19.2 13.7-26.1 48 26.4 16.9-38.8 89 35.7 26.5-46.0
No 463 37 7.0 4.7-10.5 71 17.9 12.5-24.9 107 19.7 15.5-24.8 48 11.7 7.6-17.6 200 43.6 36.8-50.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 79 12 14.9 7.9-26.4 11 11.7 5.2-24.0 16 17.5 8.6-32.4 11 17.1 8.3-32.0 29 38.8 24.7-55.0
Non-Veteran 533 37 6.1 4.0- 9.3 72 16.4 11.4-23.0 131 19.6 15.7-24.1 79 17.4 12.1-24.4 214 40.4 33.9-47.4

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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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