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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction

How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,782 8,665 51.5 50.5-52.6 4,565 27.9 27.0-28.8 2,238 13.2 12.5-13.9 756 4.3 3.9- 4.8 558 3.1 2.7- 3.4
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 399 213 53.1 46.8-59.3 103 24.7 20.0-30.1 41 12.1 8.3-17.3 26 7.2 4.4-11.5 16 3.0 1.6- 5.4
GENDER
Male 145 73 50.6 40.2-61.1 34 20.0 13.8-28.2 21 16.9 10.2-26.8 10 8.6 4.1-17.3 7 3.8 1.6- 8.8
Female 254 140 55.4 48.2-62.3 69 29.0 22.7-36.2 20 7.5 4.6-12.2 16 5.8 3.4- 9.9 9 2.2 1.1- 4.5
RACE
White 370 204 57.1 50.8-63.3 94 24.0 19.3-29.5 37 10.4 7.2-14.8 23 5.6 3.5- 9.0 12 2.8 1.4- 5.5
Other 28 9 21.0 9.5-40.1 9 32.3 15.3-55.8 3 20.3 5.1-54.6 3 21.6 6.8-51.1 4 4.8 1.6-13.9
AGE
18-44 132 68 51.5 40.7-62.1 38 25.2 17.7-34.6 17 14.3 8.1-24.0 6 6.9 2.8-15.9 3 2.1 0.5- 7.7
45+ 264 142 54.0 47.2-60.7 65 24.5 19.1-30.7 24 10.1 6.4-15.7 20 7.5 4.6-12.0 13 3.9 2.2- 6.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 186 96 47.0 38.2-56.0 37 19.1 13.3-26.7 29 19.2 12.3-28.5 14 10.9 5.8-19.4 10 3.9 2.0- 7.6
Some College + 211 116 58.6 50.1-66.7 66 29.8 22.8-37.8 11 5.4 2.7-10.7 12 3.9 2.0- 7.5 6 2.2 0.7- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 270 141 52.7 45.0-60.4 66 22.1 16.8-28.5 30 12.8 8.6-18.8 21 9.5 5.6-15.7 12 2.8 1.5- 5.4
$50,000+ 87 50 58.7 46.4-70.1 27 30.2 20.3-42.3 4 4.0 1.4-10.8 3 3.0 0.8-10.8 3 4.1 1.0-14.9

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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