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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 514 217 42.8 37.2-48.5 261 52.0 46.2-57.7 29 4.3 2.8- 6.6 7 1.0 0.4- 2.2
GENDER
Male 160 66 43.6 33.6-54.1 87 54.2 43.7-64.4 5 1.2 0.5- 3.1 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1
Female 354 151 42.1 36.2-48.3 174 50.2 44.1-56.3 24 6.7 4.2-10.6 5 1.0 0.4- 2.4
RACE
White 340 156 48.0 41.3-54.7 164 47.2 40.7-53.9 14 3.4 1.8- 6.6 6 1.3 0.6- 3.3
Other 174 61 32.9 24.3-42.8 97 60.9 50.7-70.2 15 5.9 3.3-10.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
AGE
18-44 178 69 40.0 30.7-50.1 96 55.3 45.2-65.0 10 4.0 1.8- 8.7 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2
45+ 333 148 45.5 39.2-51.9 162 48.7 42.4-55.0 19 4.6 2.8- 7.4 4 1.3 0.4- 3.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 275 103 39.4 31.8-47.7 150 54.8 46.5-62.7 17 4.5 2.6- 7.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.4
Some College + 238 114 47.4 39.9-55.1 110 48.0 40.5-55.6 12 4.0 1.9- 8.0 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 324 118 34.5 27.9-41.8 178 58.8 51.4-65.8 22 5.3 3.1- 8.7 6 1.4 0.6- 3.4
$50,000+ 118 69 59.6 49.4-69.0 48 39.6 30.2-49.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 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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