2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Caregiving

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?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,888 999 19.7 17.8-21.7 3,889 80.3 78.3-82.2
-Piedmont NC 2,754 562 18.2 15.8-20.9 2,192 81.8 79.1-84.2
GENDER
Male 1,035 171 13.8 10.6-17.8 864 86.2 82.2-89.4
Female 1,719 391 22.3 19.0-26.0 1,328 77.7 74.0-81.0
RACE
White 2,182 457 19.9 17.1-23.1 1,725 80.1 76.9-82.9
African American 416 77 14.0 9.2-20.8 339 86.0 79.2-90.8
Other minorities 139 24 12.1 6.2-22.5 115 87.9 77.5-93.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,645 547 18.5 16.1-21.2 2,098 81.5 78.8-83.9
AGE
18-34 225 29 13.1 8.2-20.2 196 86.9 79.8-91.8
35-54 898 192 21.6 17.6-26.1 706 78.4 73.9-82.4
55-64 618 159 21.5 17.4-26.3 459 78.5 73.7-82.6
65-74 563 104 16.9 13.1-21.6 459 83.1 78.4-86.9
75+ 421 73 15.1 11.5-19.7 348 84.9 80.3-88.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 291 40 17.6 10.5-28.0 251 82.4 72.0-89.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 764 157 15.7 11.6-20.9 607 84.3 79.1-88.4
Some Post-H.S. 651 164 21.7 17.2-26.9 487 78.3 73.1-82.8
College Graduate 1,043 200 17.1 13.7-21.0 843 82.9 79.0-86.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 264 53 18.3 11.3-28.3 211 81.7 71.7-88.7
$15,000- 24,999 450 95 17.9 12.3-25.2 355 82.1 74.8-87.7
$25,000- 34,999 252 64 19.5 13.3-27.6 188 80.5 72.4-86.7
$35,000- 49,999 315 72 27.6 19.2-37.9 243 72.4 62.1-80.8
$50,000+ 1,007 195 16.1 12.9-19.9 812 83.9 80.1-87.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 835 185 24.8 19.7-30.6 650 75.2 69.4-80.3
No 1,904 374 15.6 13.0-18.5 1,530 84.4 81.5-87.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 366 60 10.9 7.7-15.1 306 89.1 84.9-92.3
Non-Veteran 2,387 502 19.1 16.5-22.1 1,885 80.9 77.9-83.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

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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