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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction

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  Total
Respond.^
Very satisfied Satisfied Dissatisfied Very dissatisfied
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,880 7,679 46.1 45.1-47.2 8,195 48.5 47.4-49.5 819 4.5 4.1- 4.9 187 0.9 0.8- 1.1
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 502 223 47.5 41.9-53.2 251 47.0 41.4-52.6 20 4.1 2.3- 7.1 8 1.4 0.6- 3.1
GENDER
Male 177 87 52.2 42.9-61.3 82 42.6 33.8-51.9 7 4.6 1.8-11.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
Female 325 136 43.3 36.9-50.0 169 51.0 44.4-57.6 13 3.6 2.0- 6.3 7 2.1 0.9- 5.0
RACE
White 442 202 49.8 43.8-55.7 215 44.6 38.8-50.5 17 4.0 2.1- 7.5 8 1.6 0.7- 3.6
Other 60 21 31.4 18.7-47.6 36 64.4 48.0-77.9 3 4.2 1.2-13.7 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 177 76 46.5 37.3-55.9 88 46.4 37.4-55.7 9 5.0 2.2-11.2 4 2.1 0.7- 5.6
45+ 324 146 48.4 42.2-54.6 163 47.8 41.6-54.0 11 3.1 1.6- 5.8 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 284 104 40.1 32.6-48.0 163 53.8 46.0-61.4 12 4.7 2.2- 9.9 5 1.4 0.5- 4.0
Some College + 216 118 58.2 50.1-65.9 87 37.2 29.8-45.2 8 3.1 1.5- 6.5 3 1.5 0.4- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 315 116 39.2 32.5-46.4 177 53.1 46.0-60.1 14 5.3 2.6-10.3 8 2.4 1.1- 5.3
$50,000+ 118 74 61.2 50.2-71.1 42 37.2 27.4-48.3 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5 0 0.0 . - .

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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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