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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 453 215 49.2 43.3-55.0 216 46.7 40.9-52.6 15 2.6 1.5- 4.6 7 1.5 0.6- 3.4
GENDER
Male 147 68 52.3 42.2-62.2 72 44.0 34.4-54.1 5 3.0 1.2- 7.2 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2
Female 306 147 46.6 40.0-53.3 144 48.9 42.2-55.7 10 2.4 1.2- 4.5 5 2.1 0.8- 5.5
RACE
White 339 168 52.3 45.6-58.9 156 43.8 37.3-50.5 13 3.1 1.7- 5.6 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4
Other 112 45 39.8 28.3-52.6 60 55.3 42.9-67.2 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 5 3.2 1.2- 8.6
AGE
18-44 149 67 47.4 37.3-57.8 74 49.1 39.0-59.4 5 2.0 0.7- 5.1 3 1.5 0.4- 5.2
45+ 302 147 50.5 44.2-56.9 141 44.7 38.5-51.1 10 3.2 1.6- 6.4 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 71 44.4 34.1-55.1 76 49.5 38.9-60.1 5 3.3 1.3- 8.2 5 2.8 1.1- 7.1
Some College + 296 144 52.0 45.1-58.8 140 45.1 38.3-52.0 10 2.2 1.1- 4.4 2 0.7 0.1- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 91 41.6 33.1-50.6 122 54.0 45.2-62.5 7 2.4 1.0- 5.4 5 2.1 0.8- 5.4
$50,000+ 163 95 58.6 49.3-67.3 65 39.4 30.8-48.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8

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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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