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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 327 206 58.5 50.4-66.2 121 41.5 33.8-49.6
GENDER
Male 118 58 45.9 33.6-58.7 60 54.1 41.3-66.4
Female 209 148 70.1 61.8-77.2 61 29.9 22.8-38.2
RACE
White 311 194 57.4 49.1-65.3 117 42.6 34.7-50.9
African American 4 2 65.1 20.3-93.2 2 34.9 6.8-79.7
Other Minorities 11 10 92.3 57.2-99.1 1 7.7 0.9-42.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 4 2 44.2 7.2-88.9 2 55.8 11.1-92.8
Non-Hispanic 322 204 58.9 50.7-66.7 118 41.1 33.3-49.3
AGE
18-24 4 1 46.1 7.6-89.9 3 53.9 10.1-92.4
25-34 17 8 52.3 26.1-77.3 9 47.7 22.7-73.9
35-44 44 23 37.0 20.6-57.0 21 63.0 43.0-79.4
45-54 77 59 73.6 60.3-83.7 18 26.4 16.3-39.7
55-64 85 57 66.8 54.8-77.0 28 33.2 23.0-45.2
65+ 97 57 63.2 52.2-73.0 40 36.8 27.0-47.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 27 18 74.5 53.5-88.1 9 25.5 11.9-46.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 119 68 55.2 43.9-66.0 51 44.8 34.0-56.1
Some Post-H.S. 92 59 55.6 37.4-72.4 33 44.4 27.6-62.6
College Graduate 89 61 62.4 49.7-73.5 28 37.6 26.5-50.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 30 23 74.9 50.4-89.8 7 25.1 10.2-49.6
$15,000- 24,999 69 46 67.3 51.9-79.6 23 32.7 20.4-48.1
$25,000- 34,999 58 28 54.5 38.3-69.9 30 45.5 30.1-61.7
$35,000- 49,999 54 36 55.4 38.3-71.3 18 44.6 28.7-61.7
$50,000-74,999 41 25 56.5 38.9-72.7 16 43.5 27.3-61.1
$75,000+ 39 26 47.6 22.6-73.8 13 52.4 26.2-77.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 127 82 57.2 45.9-67.8 45 42.8 32.2-54.1
No 199 123 59.0 48.2-69.1 76 41.0 30.9-51.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 34 20 50.4 30.4-70.2 14 49.6 29.8-69.6
Non-Veteran 244 158 60.1 50.1-69.3 86 39.9 30.7-49.9

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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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