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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 457 209 45.8 39.9-51.8 226 51.3 45.3-57.2 19 2.7 1.6- 4.4 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1
GENDER
Male 157 68 42.2 32.9-52.1 83 55.6 45.8-65.0 6 2.2 1.0- 4.8 0 0.0 . - .
Female 300 141 49.1 42.2-56.0 143 47.2 40.4-54.1 13 3.2 1.7- 5.8 3 0.6 0.1- 2.1
RACE
White 255 137 57.5 50.3-64.4 103 38.0 31.3-45.2 12 3.8 2.1- 6.9 3 0.6 0.2- 2.3
Other 199 71 35.4 26.9-44.9 121 62.9 53.5-71.4 7 1.7 0.7- 3.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 226 102 45.3 37.2-53.6 117 52.8 44.5-60.9 7 1.9 0.9- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 230 107 46.7 38.8-54.8 108 48.5 40.4-56.7 12 4.0 2.1- 7.4 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 52 37.3 26.7-49.3 81 59.7 47.9-70.5 7 2.4 1.0- 5.3 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9
Some College + 315 157 51.2 44.8-57.6 145 45.8 39.4-52.3 12 2.9 1.6- 5.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 84 36.6 28.6-45.5 130 61.0 52.1-69.1 9 2.2 1.1- 4.5 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9
$50,000+ 174 97 56.4 47.9-64.5 71 40.4 32.4-48.9 5 2.7 1.1- 6.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5

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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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