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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 312 154 47.7 39.7-55.8 34 9.7 6.6-14.1 29 12.7 8.3-18.9 95 29.9 23.2-37.5
GENDER
Male 113 55 49.7 36.5-63.0 11 8.1 4.0-15.8 13 17.2 9.5-29.1 34 24.9 16.5-35.9
Female 199 99 45.9 36.9-55.2 23 11.2 7.2-16.9 16 8.6 4.8-15.0 61 34.3 25.4-44.4
RACE
White 296 146 48.2 39.9-56.6 34 10.3 7.0-14.9 28 13.0 8.4-19.5 88 28.5 21.9-36.3
African American 5 4 69.7 19.6-95.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 30.3 4.4-80.4
Other Minorities 10 4 24.8 6.2-62.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 75.2 37.8-93.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 2 47.8 6.0-92.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 52.2 7.1-94.0
Non-Hispanic 308 152 47.9 39.8-56.1 34 9.9 6.7-14.3 28 12.4 8.0-18.7 94 29.8 23.1-37.4
AGE
18-24 5 4 74.8 23.5-96.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 25.2 3.4-76.5
25-34 16 5 19.7 6.4-46.9 2 11.2 2.4-39.7 2 17.2 3.7-52.9 7 52.0 23.2-79.5
35-44 42 15 44.9 23.2-68.7 4 6.8 2.2-18.9 8 21.8 9.7-41.9 15 26.5 13.8-45.0
45-54 70 39 58.6 44.7-71.3 9 10.1 5.0-19.4 5 11.0 4.5-24.7 17 20.3 11.8-32.7
55-64 81 36 42.0 30.6-54.3 11 16.9 9.2-28.9 7 8.8 4.1-17.9 27 32.3 22.2-44.4
65+ 95 54 54.0 42.6-65.0 7 6.9 3.2-14.3 7 8.5 3.8-17.8 27 30.6 20.9-42.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 25 14 38.8 17.0-66.2 1 1.7 0.2-12.0 5 23.7 7.8-53.4 5 35.8 10.7-72.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 110 62 53.3 41.8-64.5 9 9.6 4.6-19.1 11 11.6 5.8-22.0 28 25.4 17.1-36.1
Some Post-H.S. 90 41 47.8 30.7-65.4 11 10.6 5.4-19.8 8 13.4 5.6-28.6 30 28.2 17.2-42.5
College Graduate 87 37 43.3 31.7-55.7 13 11.9 6.5-20.7 5 8.9 3.5-20.8 32 35.9 24.6-49.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 29 17 53.1 31.1-74.0 3 6.9 2.1-20.7 1 3.8 0.5-22.8 8 36.2 17.1-60.8
$15,000- 24,999 64 31 40.1 24.9-57.4 4 5.0 1.7-14.0 10 20.6 9.9-37.9 19 34.3 17.8-55.7
$25,000- 34,999 54 31 55.5 38.7-71.2 5 10.6 4.0-25.0 8 21.2 10.2-39.1 10 12.7 6.2-24.2
$35,000- 49,999 54 27 41.5 26.8-57.9 7 17.1 7.7-33.7 4 12.4 3.3-36.6 16 29.0 17.1-44.9
$50,000-74,999 39 18 47.1 30.2-64.8 6 14.7 6.5-29.9 2 8.4 2.1-27.8 13 29.8 15.8-48.9
$75,000+ 40 18 57.8 32.6-79.5 3 3.0 0.7-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 19 39.2 18.9-64.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 122 57 42.0 31.7-53.0 15 12.0 7.0-19.9 15 16.8 9.1-28.9 35 29.1 20.2-40.1
No 189 96 50.6 39.9-61.3 19 8.6 5.0-14.2 14 10.5 5.8-18.3 60 30.3 21.7-40.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 34 15 39.8 22.9-59.5 3 6.3 1.8-20.0 3 19.4 5.1-51.7 13 34.5 18.8-54.5
Non-Veteran 232 112 46.5 36.8-56.4 26 10.4 6.6-15.9 20 11.3 6.8-18.1 74 31.9 23.8-41.2

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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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