SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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)

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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
-Western NC 2,812 688 25.9 23.1-29.0 2,124 74.1 71.0-76.9
GENDER
Male 1,085 246 24.3 19.6-29.7 839 75.7 70.3-80.4
Female 1,727 442 27.5 24.3-30.9 1,285 72.5 69.1-75.7
RACE
White 2,587 638 26.4 23.4-29.6 1,949 73.6 70.4-76.6
African American 77 17 22.6 12.4-37.5 60 77.4 62.5-87.6
Other Minorities 137 30 20.8 11.8-33.9 107 79.2 66.1-88.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 57 13 13.5 6.3-26.8 44 86.5 73.2-93.7
Non-Hispanic 2,749 673 26.4 23.5-29.5 2,076 73.6 70.5-76.5
AGE
18-24 89 21 27.3 13.4-47.8 68 72.7 52.2-86.6
25-34 192 44 21.3 15.0-29.2 148 78.7 70.8-85.0
35-44 343 96 30.8 23.8-38.9 247 69.2 61.1-76.2
45-54 492 150 30.0 25.1-35.5 342 70.0 64.5-74.9
55-64 651 178 27.4 23.6-31.6 473 72.6 68.4-76.4
65+ 1,023 192 20.5 17.6-23.7 831 79.5 76.3-82.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 399 68 25.9 15.2-40.7 331 74.1 59.3-84.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 918 228 26.4 22.6-30.6 690 73.6 69.4-77.4
Some Post-H.S. 691 205 30.5 24.8-36.8 486 69.5 63.2-75.2
College Graduate 800 186 20.6 17.5-24.2 614 79.4 75.8-82.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 368 73 23.3 17.3-30.7 295 76.7 69.3-82.7
$15,000- 24,999 519 142 32.8 26.7-39.6 377 67.2 60.4-73.3
$25,000- 34,999 347 112 34.5 28.3-41.3 235 65.5 58.7-71.7
$35,000- 49,999 372 110 28.8 23.3-35.1 262 71.2 64.9-76.7
$50,000-74,999 360 92 23.7 18.1-30.2 268 76.3 69.8-81.9
$75,000+ 407 87 19.7 13.9-27.1 320 80.3 72.9-86.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,074 251 25.8 22.3-29.7 823 74.2 70.3-77.7
No 1,614 410 25.1 21.9-28.5 1,204 74.9 71.5-78.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 356 79 23.2 18.3-28.9 277 76.8 71.1-81.7
Non-Veteran 2,222 556 26.1 22.8-29.7 1,666 73.9 70.3-77.2

Back to Caregiver Status.

^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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 09JUN10.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook