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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction

How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
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
-Durham County 455 234 52.3 46.3-58.2 136 30.4 25.1-36.2 59 13.1 9.6-17.5 16 3.0 1.5- 5.8 10 1.3 0.7- 2.5
GENDER
Male 152 75 50.6 40.7-60.4 42 29.2 20.9-39.1 24 15.7 10.0-23.8 6 3.2 1.1- 8.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3
Female 303 159 53.8 46.8-60.6 94 31.4 25.1-38.5 35 10.7 7.3-15.6 10 2.7 1.2- 6.4 5 1.3 0.5- 3.4
RACE
White 258 134 53.6 46.3-60.7 86 31.4 25.0-38.6 31 13.3 8.9-19.3 3 1.0 0.3- 3.0 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1
Other 194 99 51.1 41.8-60.4 50 29.6 21.5-39.1 27 12.7 7.9-19.8 12 4.8 2.1-10.3 6 1.8 0.8- 4.2
AGE
18-44 224 114 54.1 45.8-62.2 67 28.7 21.7-37.0 28 11.8 7.7-17.7 11 4.1 1.9- 8.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.2
45+ 230 120 49.6 41.8-57.4 68 32.7 25.5-40.7 31 15.1 9.8-22.5 5 1.1 0.5- 2.8 6 1.5 0.7- 3.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 66 48.3 36.9-59.8 34 29.5 19.6-41.8 23 13.5 8.1-21.4 10 6.2 2.7-13.6 7 2.6 1.2- 5.8
Some College + 315 168 54.7 48.2-61.0 102 30.9 25.3-37.0 36 12.8 8.7-18.5 6 1.0 0.4- 2.5 3 0.6 0.2- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 107 51.5 42.7-60.2 60 25.8 18.9-34.1 37 16.0 10.7-23.3 13 5.1 2.4-10.4 7 1.7 0.7- 3.7
$50,000+ 174 96 53.3 44.7-61.6 61 36.1 28.1-44.9 15 9.9 5.8-16.3 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 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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