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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 451 231 50.9 45.0-56.8 137 31.5 26.2-37.3 52 10.9 7.9-14.9 22 4.0 2.5- 6.4 9 2.7 1.2- 6.0
GENDER
Male 145 77 53.9 43.7-63.9 41 30.2 21.6-40.5 18 11.4 6.6-19.1 6 2.8 1.2- 6.4 3 1.6 0.5- 5.0
Female 306 154 48.4 41.7-55.2 96 32.4 26.3-39.2 34 10.5 7.3-14.9 16 5.0 2.9- 8.6 6 3.6 1.3- 9.6
RACE
White 335 171 48.9 42.2-55.6 112 35.2 28.9-42.0 33 9.8 6.4-14.7 14 3.5 2.0- 6.3 5 2.6 0.9- 7.5
Other 114 58 54.6 42.7-66.1 25 22.9 14.4-34.5 19 14.0 8.5-22.2 8 5.4 2.5-11.3 4 3.1 1.1- 8.5
AGE
18-44 151 68 47.6 37.5-57.9 52 34.4 25.4-44.7 17 9.4 5.1-16.6 9 4.2 2.0- 8.3 5 4.4 1.6-11.6
45+ 298 161 53.6 47.2-59.9 85 28.9 23.4-35.0 35 12.4 8.8-17.2 13 3.9 2.1- 7.1 4 1.2 0.4- 3.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 74 48.3 37.6-59.1 40 25.9 18.0-35.9 22 13.7 8.1-22.2 12 6.1 3.1-11.4 7 6.1 2.4-14.6
Some College + 296 157 52.4 45.4-59.3 97 34.7 28.1-41.9 30 9.3 6.3-13.6 10 2.8 1.5- 5.4 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 107 50.1 41.3-58.9 73 31.5 24.1-39.9 25 9.1 5.9-13.8 12 5.1 2.7- 9.5 5 4.1 1.5-11.1
$50,000+ 163 86 51.0 42.0-59.9 52 33.6 25.6-42.8 19 12.7 7.3-21.2 5 2.0 0.8- 5.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2

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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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