BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?)

	Total Respond.^	Always	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
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
-Buncombe County	441	220	50.6	44.4-56.7	138	33.4	27.7-39.7	59	12.1	8.6-16.9	14	2.0	1.1- 3.6	10	1.8	0.9- 3.6
GENDER
Male	157	84	51.7	41.4-61.8	47	33.6	24.4-44.3	19	11.5	6.1-20.6	3	1.3	0.4- 4.2	4	1.9	0.7- 5.4
Female	284	136	49.5	42.6-56.4	91	33.2	27.1-40.0	40	12.7	9.0-17.7	11	2.8	1.5- 5.3	6	1.8	0.7- 4.1
RACE
White	376	195	53.0	46.8-59.2	122	33.9	28.2-40.0	40	9.1	6.4-12.8	10	1.9	0.9- 3.6	9	2.1	1.0- 4.3
Other	65	25	39.4	23.9-57.4	16	31.4	15.5-53.2	19	25.7	12.7-45.2	4	2.8	0.9- 8.8	1	0.7	0.1- 5.1
AGE
18-44	167	73	46.5	37.1-56.1	63	38.7	29.7-48.5	25	12.9	7.7-21.0	4	0.9	0.3- 2.5	2	1.0	0.2- 4.3
45+	273	147	56.2	49.6-62.6	74	26.2	20.9-32.2	34	11.1	7.7-15.6	10	3.6	1.8- 7.0	8	3.0	1.4- 6.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	175	87	44.7	34.4-55.4	41	32.2	22.0-44.4	36	18.5	11.3-28.8	8	2.9	1.4- 6.2	3	1.7	0.5- 6.1
Some College +	263	132	54.6	47.3-61.6	96	34.1	27.8-41.0	22	7.9	5.0-12.2	6	1.5	0.6- 3.6	7	1.9	0.9- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	254	115	45.8	37.9-53.8	82	35.8	28.6-43.8	41	13.8	8.8-21.1	11	2.9	1.5- 5.6	5	1.6	0.6- 4.0
$50,000+	119	67	57.4	47.6-66.7	41	33.8	25.3-43.5	8	7.3	3.6-14.4	2	0.9	0.2- 3.9	1	0.5	0.1- 3.7

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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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	Total Respond.^	Always			Usually			Sometimes			Rarely			Never
	Total Respond.^	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
-Buncombe County	441	220	50.6	44.4-56.7	138	33.4	27.7-39.7	59	12.1	8.6-16.9	14	2.0	1.1- 3.6	10	1.8	0.9- 3.6
GENDER
Male	157	84	51.7	41.4-61.8	47	33.6	24.4-44.3	19	11.5	6.1-20.6	3	1.3	0.4- 4.2	4	1.9	0.7- 5.4
Female	284	136	49.5	42.6-56.4	91	33.2	27.1-40.0	40	12.7	9.0-17.7	11	2.8	1.5- 5.3	6	1.8	0.7- 4.1
RACE
White	376	195	53.0	46.8-59.2	122	33.9	28.2-40.0	40	9.1	6.4-12.8	10	1.9	0.9- 3.6	9	2.1	1.0- 4.3
Other	65	25	39.4	23.9-57.4	16	31.4	15.5-53.2	19	25.7	12.7-45.2	4	2.8	0.9- 8.8	1	0.7	0.1- 5.1
AGE
18-44	167	73	46.5	37.1-56.1	63	38.7	29.7-48.5	25	12.9	7.7-21.0	4	0.9	0.3- 2.5	2	1.0	0.2- 4.3
45+	273	147	56.2	49.6-62.6	74	26.2	20.9-32.2	34	11.1	7.7-15.6	10	3.6	1.8- 7.0	8	3.0	1.4- 6.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	175	87	44.7	34.4-55.4	41	32.2	22.0-44.4	36	18.5	11.3-28.8	8	2.9	1.4- 6.2	3	1.7	0.5- 6.1
Some College +	263	132	54.6	47.3-61.6	96	34.1	27.8-41.0	22	7.9	5.0-12.2	6	1.5	0.6- 3.6	7	1.9	0.9- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	254	115	45.8	37.9-53.8	82	35.8	28.6-43.8	41	13.8	8.8-21.1	11	2.9	1.5- 5.6	5	1.6	0.6- 4.0
$50,000+	119	67	57.4	47.6-66.7	41	33.8	25.3-43.5	8	7.3	3.6-14.4	2	0.9	0.2- 3.9	1	0.5	0.1- 3.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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