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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 319 25 7.0 4.1-11.7 37 9.5 6.5-13.8 95 29.9 23.4-37.3 48 16.3 11.5-22.7 114 37.3 29.5-45.8
GENDER
Male 114 10 7.5 3.0-17.2 7 5.0 2.0-12.0 27 22.1 14.3-32.5 21 19.4 11.3-31.4 49 46.0 32.9-59.8
Female 205 15 6.6 3.7-11.7 30 13.4 8.9-19.7 68 36.6 27.8-46.4 27 13.6 8.7-20.7 65 29.8 22.2-38.6
RACE
White 302 22 6.4 3.6-11.2 35 9.7 6.6-14.2 88 28.2 21.7-35.8 48 17.3 12.1-24.0 109 38.3 30.3-47.1
African American 5 1 30.3 4.4-80.4 1 12.4 1.5-56.9 1 30.6 4.4-80.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 26.8 4.9-72.3
Other Minorities 11 2 10.0 1.6-43.7 1 2.9 0.3-20.1 6 84.1 53.7-96.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.0 0.6-14.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 41.1 6.1-88.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 58.9 11.7-93.9
Non-Hispanic 314 25 7.1 4.2-11.9 37 9.7 6.6-14.0 94 29.9 23.3-37.4 48 16.6 11.6-23.1 110 36.7 28.9-45.4
AGE
18-24 4 1 36.6 5.5-85.1 1 12.2 1.4-57.5 2 51.2 11.6-89.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 17 0 0.0 . - . 3 9.5 2.3-32.5 2 24.6 5.2-65.7 5 34.3 12.7-65.2 7 31.6 12.6-59.6
35-44 42 2 4.8 1.1-18.5 5 6.8 2.5-17.4 10 17.8 8.0-35.1 10 22.6 10.5-42.2 15 48.0 26.0-70.8
45-54 75 7 6.8 2.6-16.4 14 16.6 9.0-28.6 26 36.1 24.5-49.5 10 10.4 5.3-19.2 18 30.1 18.2-45.4
55-64 83 9 11.2 5.7-20.9 7 5.2 2.3-11.5 29 40.0 28.8-52.3 10 11.4 5.9-21.1 28 32.1 21.9-44.4
65+ 95 6 4.5 1.9-10.6 7 8.2 3.8-16.9 26 26.7 17.7-38.2 12 12.5 6.8-21.9 44 48.0 36.9-59.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 25 0 0.0 . - . 4 10.2 3.0-29.3 10 50.5 22.6-78.1 5 21.7 6.7-51.6 6 17.5 6.1-40.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 113 12 6.8 3.5-12.7 12 10.3 5.5-18.5 34 30.5 21.3-41.5 16 16.8 9.7-27.7 39 35.5 25.0-47.6
Some Post-H.S. 92 6 9.2 3.2-23.5 9 6.0 2.7-12.9 30 28.5 17.6-42.8 14 16.7 8.0-31.6 33 39.6 23.1-58.8
College Graduate 89 7 7.0 3.0-15.7 12 12.9 6.5-24.2 21 22.8 14.6-33.7 13 13.0 6.9-22.9 36 44.3 32.9-56.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 31 6 20.2 8.0-42.4 5 10.1 3.6-25.2 8 33.5 15.3-58.3 8 23.6 8.5-50.6 4 12.6 4.4-31.3
$15,000- 24,999 67 6 5.8 2.4-13.5 3 3.1 0.9- 9.8 21 38.1 21.8-57.5 9 18.4 8.3-35.8 28 34.7 21.3-51.0
$25,000- 34,999 55 5 13.0 4.0-34.9 5 11.4 4.3-27.0 14 25.4 13.7-42.3 6 7.7 3.3-17.0 25 42.5 26.8-59.8
$35,000- 49,999 53 2 3.5 0.6-17.4 7 10.5 4.4-23.2 15 22.5 12.9-36.2 10 27.8 13.7-48.5 19 35.6 21.6-52.6
$50,000-74,999 41 4 6.7 2.4-17.6 3 10.1 2.7-31.2 12 26.6 14.2-44.2 9 25.0 12.8-43.0 13 31.7 18.1-49.2
$75,000+ 39 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 6 8.2 2.7-22.3 16 34.5 16.3-58.8 3 3.7 1.0-13.2 13 53.3 27.3-77.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 123 10 6.1 2.7-13.0 15 11.9 6.6-20.5 42 37.0 27.0-48.2 22 20.3 11.9-32.3 34 24.8 16.9-34.8
No 195 15 7.5 3.8-14.2 22 8.4 5.1-13.6 52 26.2 18.3-36.0 26 14.4 9.0-22.3 80 43.5 33.1-54.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 32 1 0.4 0.1- 3.2 1 1.5 0.2-10.3 8 24.7 11.7-44.9 7 26.5 9.6-54.9 15 46.8 27.3-67.3
Non-Veteran 240 20 6.4 3.8-10.5 31 10.3 6.7-15.6 73 31.8 23.9-41.0 34 15.0 9.9-22.1 82 36.5 27.2-47.0

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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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