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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 513 247 45.8 40.5-51.3 241 50.3 44.9-55.8 19 3.0 1.8- 5.0 6 0.8 0.4- 2.0
GENDER
Male 181 86 45.9 37.2-54.7 86 50.6 41.8-59.4 9 3.5 1.7- 7.2 0 0.0 . - .
Female 332 161 45.8 39.5-52.3 155 50.1 43.5-56.7 10 2.4 1.1- 5.1 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8
RACE
White 427 219 51.4 45.8-57.0 194 46.0 40.5-51.7 10 1.8 0.9- 3.8 4 0.7 0.2- 2.1
Other 83 26 27.6 17.3-41.1 46 64.6 51.1-76.1 9 6.5 3.0-13.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.7
AGE
18-44 152 58 36.1 27.5-45.8 85 60.6 50.9-69.5 6 2.4 1.0- 5.8 3 0.9 0.3- 3.1
45+ 358 188 53.7 47.8-59.5 154 42.1 36.4-48.0 13 3.4 1.8- 6.4 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 219 81 32.9 25.7-41.0 123 61.4 53.1-69.0 12 4.7 2.5- 8.7 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5
Some College + 294 166 58.3 51.5-64.9 118 39.7 33.2-46.6 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8 3 0.7 0.2- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 110 35.5 28.9-42.8 154 59.3 51.9-66.3 15 4.0 2.2- 7.1 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2
$50,000+ 155 101 65.1 56.4-73.0 53 34.4 26.6-43.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6

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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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