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

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 749 360 51.5 46.6-56.3 347 43.1 38.4-47.9 36 4.7 3.1- 7.0 6 0.8 0.2- 2.8
GENDER
Male 259 129 54.4 46.4-62.1 116 41.0 33.5-48.9 12 4.4 2.3- 8.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.7
Female 490 231 49.1 43.2-55.1 231 44.8 39.0-50.7 24 4.9 2.8- 8.3 4 1.2 0.2- 5.3
RACE
White 666 329 52.7 47.7-57.7 303 42.7 37.9-47.7 31 4.0 2.6- 6.0 3 0.6 0.1- 3.6
Other 83 31 42.7 27.1-59.9 44 45.6 30.2-62.0 5 9.6 3.2-25.8 3 2.0 0.5- 7.5
AGE
18-44 247 104 49.1 40.6-57.6 127 45.3 37.2-53.7 14 4.5 2.3- 8.8 2 1.1 0.2- 6.9
45+ 499 254 53.4 48.1-58.6 219 41.3 36.2-46.5 22 4.8 2.9- 7.9 4 0.5 0.2- 1.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 356 146 45.0 37.6-52.6 184 47.8 40.6-55.2 20 5.7 3.3- 9.8 6 1.5 0.4- 5.4
Some College + 393 214 58.3 52.1-64.3 163 38.1 32.3-44.3 16 3.6 1.9- 6.4 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 474 201 44.5 38.5-50.6 242 49.1 43.1-55.1 26 5.4 3.2- 8.7 5 1.1 0.2- 4.7
$50,000+ 158 104 69.1 58.9-77.7 52 30.0 21.5-40.1 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 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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