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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Caregiver Status

People may provide regular care or assistance to a friend or family member who has a health problem, long-term illness, or disability.
During the past month, did you provide any such care or assistance to a friend or family member?

(Also see North Carolina Added Questions:Care Giving)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,199 3,140 22.5 21.3-23.7 10,059 77.5 76.3-78.7
-Wake County 598 131 17.9 14.5-22.0 467 82.1 78.0-85.5
GENDER
Male 229 32 11.8 7.3-18.4 197 88.2 81.6-92.7
Female 369 99 24.2 19.6-29.5 270 75.8 70.5-80.4
RACE
White 459 109 20.7 16.6-25.6 350 79.3 74.4-83.4
Other 134 22 12.2 7.0-20.3 112 87.8 79.7-93.0
AGE
18-44 218 38 13.3 8.9-19.3 180 86.7 80.7-91.1
45+ 371 91 24.7 20.1-30.0 280 75.3 70.0-79.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 26 16.3 9.0-27.8 101 83.7 72.2-91.0
Some College + 471 105 18.5 14.9-22.7 366 81.5 77.3-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 40 15.8 10.8-22.4 132 84.2 77.6-89.2
$50,000+ 338 78 20.4 15.6-26.1 260 79.6 73.9-84.4

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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.

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