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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Care Giving

During the past year, has the person you care for experienced changes in thinking or remembering?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,462 836 53.0 48.9-57.2 626 47.0 42.8-51.1
-Piedmont NC 725 420 52.9 47.1-58.7 305 47.1 41.3-52.9
GENDER
Male 220 114 49.8 39.4-60.2 106 50.2 39.8-60.6
Female 505 306 55.0 48.3-61.6 199 45.0 38.4-51.7
RACE
White 569 335 53.1 46.7-59.5 234 46.9 40.5-53.3
African American 123 68 54.1 38.6-68.8 55 45.9 31.2-61.4
Other Minorities 29 17 53.5 30.2-75.4 12 46.5 24.6-69.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 21 9 48.4 25.4-72.0 12 51.6 28.0-74.6
Non-Hispanic 702 411 53.4 47.4-59.3 291 46.6 40.7-52.6
AGE
18-24 11 6 42.1 15.9-73.7 5 57.9 26.3-84.1
25-34 59 32 53.1 35.6-69.9 27 46.9 30.1-64.4
35-44 100 52 44.2 31.4-57.9 48 55.8 42.1-68.6
45-54 195 104 53.3 42.5-63.7 91 46.7 36.3-57.5
55-64 168 114 64.3 54.1-73.3 54 35.7 26.7-45.9
65+ 187 110 56.3 47.4-64.9 77 43.7 35.1-52.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 55 34 61.1 44.0-75.8 21 38.9 24.2-56.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 177 102 54.5 41.3-67.1 75 45.5 32.9-58.7
Some Post-H.S. 225 127 50.8 40.7-60.8 98 49.2 39.2-59.3
College Graduate 268 157 52.4 44.0-60.7 111 47.6 39.3-56.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 50 30 50.1 31.1-69.0 20 49.9 31.0-68.9
$15,000- 24,999 90 53 57.7 43.2-71.0 37 42.3 29.0-56.8
$25,000- 34,999 74 50 72.2 50.8-86.7 24 27.8 13.3-49.2
$35,000- 49,999 127 72 56.2 42.4-69.2 55 43.8 30.8-57.6
$50,000-74,999 125 69 47.5 34.0-61.5 56 52.5 38.5-66.0
$75,000+ 172 103 52.2 42.0-62.2 69 47.8 37.8-58.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 249 157 61.9 51.6-71.2 92 38.1 28.8-48.4
No 468 257 47.9 41.0-54.8 211 52.1 45.2-59.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 83 48 48.3 33.9-62.9 35 51.7 37.1-66.1
Non-Veteran 539 318 54.0 47.0-60.9 221 46.0 39.1-53.0

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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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