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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 414 193 46.6 40.9-52.4 194 46.5 40.8-52.2 24 5.8 3.6- 9.1 3 1.1 0.3- 4.4
GENDER
Male 133 69 53.6 43.6-63.2 61 43.7 34.3-53.6 3 2.7 0.9- 8.3 0 0.0 . - .
Female 281 124 41.8 35.4-48.5 133 48.4 41.6-55.2 21 7.9 4.7-12.9 3 1.9 0.5- 7.4
RACE
White 337 171 50.8 44.4-57.2 146 42.3 36.2-48.7 18 5.7 3.3- 9.6 2 1.2 0.2- 5.7
Other 75 22 30.3 19.6-43.6 46 62.8 49.5-74.4 6 6.1 2.2-15.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2
AGE
18-44 117 53 46.7 36.2-57.6 57 48.8 38.3-59.5 7 4.4 1.6-11.4 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 296 140 46.6 40.2-53.2 136 44.9 38.5-51.5 17 6.6 3.9-11.0 3 1.8 0.5- 7.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 85 41.7 34.0-50.0 107 48.8 40.7-56.9 13 7.2 3.8-13.1 3 2.3 0.6- 8.7
Some College + 206 108 51.5 43.3-59.5 87 44.2 36.3-52.4 11 4.3 2.1- 8.6 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 258 99 40.1 33.2-47.3 136 52.0 44.8-59.0 21 7.4 4.4-12.0 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5
$50,000+ 103 69 61.5 49.5-72.2 32 34.3 24.2-46.1 1 1.7 0.2-10.8 1 2.6 0.4-16.2

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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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