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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 443 205 46.7 40.7-52.8 212 49.3 43.2-55.5 19 3.2 1.9- 5.2 7 0.8 0.3- 1.9
GENDER
Male 158 68 43.0 33.5-53.1 82 54.0 43.9-63.8 5 2.2 0.9- 5.2 3 0.8 0.2- 3.0
Female 285 137 50.3 43.4-57.2 130 44.7 38.0-51.7 14 4.1 2.3- 7.4 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3
RACE
White 376 178 49.3 43.1-55.6 176 46.5 40.3-52.8 15 3.1 1.8- 5.4 7 1.0 0.4- 2.3
Other 67 27 35.3 21.4-52.2 36 61.4 44.4-76.1 4 3.3 1.1- 9.7 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 167 77 48.1 38.7-57.6 85 50.2 40.6-59.6 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6
45+ 275 128 45.0 38.6-51.6 126 48.1 41.5-54.7 16 5.8 3.4- 9.7 5 1.1 0.4- 2.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 73 36.0 27.2-45.8 90 58.7 48.6-68.2 11 4.4 2.2- 8.5 3 0.9 0.2- 3.6
Some College + 263 131 54.0 46.7-61.1 120 42.9 36.0-50.1 8 2.4 1.1- 4.9 4 0.7 0.3- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 256 99 42.0 34.3-50.2 136 52.7 44.7-60.6 16 4.4 2.5- 7.6 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2
$50,000+ 119 72 62.1 52.2-71.0 45 36.4 27.5-46.2 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 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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