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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 749 380 54.0 49.1-58.8 204 25.0 21.2-29.2 95 12.8 9.8-16.5 46 5.4 3.6- 8.0 24 2.8 1.6- 4.9
GENDER
Male 259 130 54.4 46.2-62.2 54 18.9 13.9-25.3 40 16.4 11.0-23.8 19 6.5 3.4-12.0 16 3.8 2.0- 7.0
Female 490 250 53.8 47.8-59.6 150 29.8 24.7-35.5 55 9.9 7.3-13.4 27 4.5 2.8- 7.1 8 2.0 0.7- 5.9
RACE
White 668 346 55.6 50.6-60.5 187 25.6 21.7-30.0 78 12.0 8.9-15.9 39 4.9 3.4- 7.0 18 2.0 1.1- 3.3
Other 81 34 42.3 26.8-59.5 17 20.0 9.4-37.8 17 19.2 10.0-33.6 7 9.3 2.4-29.9 6 9.2 2.8-26.6
AGE
18-44 247 108 50.9 42.5-59.3 69 25.3 19.1-32.7 43 15.6 10.5-22.5 18 5.3 2.6-10.5 9 2.8 1.0- 7.5
45+ 500 270 56.5 51.2-61.7 135 24.8 20.6-29.6 52 10.4 7.4-14.3 28 5.5 3.5- 8.4 15 2.8 1.6- 5.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 355 191 55.3 47.9-62.5 64 16.9 12.3-22.9 54 15.8 11.0-22.1 30 7.9 4.7-12.8 16 4.1 2.0- 8.1
Some College + 394 189 52.7 46.4-58.9 140 33.4 27.8-39.5 41 9.7 6.6-13.9 16 2.8 1.6- 4.8 8 1.5 0.6- 3.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 475 230 50.8 44.8-56.8 125 24.1 19.5-29.3 62 13.0 9.2-18.1 41 8.3 5.5-12.4 17 3.7 1.9- 7.2
$50,000+ 158 84 58.5 48.1-68.2 55 31.0 22.8-40.8 16 9.4 5.0-17.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1

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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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