BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?)

	Total Respond.^	Always	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
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
-Mecklenburg County	859	444	50.4	46.2-54.7	253	31.2	27.3-35.3	107	11.7	9.2-14.8	28	3.7	2.2- 6.3	27	3.0	2.0- 4.4
GENDER
Male	307	143	44.6	38.0-51.5	101	34.8	28.5-41.7	38	12.7	8.6-18.3	12	4.5	2.0- 9.9	13	3.3	1.9- 6.0
Female	552	301	56.1	51.2-60.9	152	27.7	23.5-32.3	69	10.7	8.2-13.9	16	2.9	1.7- 4.8	14	2.6	1.5- 4.5
RACE
White	594	326	55.4	50.4-60.2	181	31.1	26.6-35.9	55	8.3	6.1-11.2	18	3.0	1.8- 4.9	14	2.3	1.3- 4.1
Other	261	116	40.8	33.5-48.6	71	31.6	24.6-39.6	51	18.2	12.7-25.4	10	5.2	1.9-13.1	13	4.2	2.4- 7.4
AGE
18-44	332	169	51.1	44.3-57.8	112	34.4	28.2-41.1	31	8.4	5.2-13.3	10	3.6	1.4- 8.9	10	2.5	1.3- 4.8
45+	519	273	50.2	45.3-55.1	139	27.7	23.5-32.4	75	15.1	11.7-19.2	18	3.9	2.4- 6.3	14	3.2	1.8- 5.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	220	108	44.9	35.9-54.2	56	28.4	20.5-37.9	36	16.4	10.4-24.9	12	6.7	2.7-15.5	8	3.6	1.7- 7.5
Some College +	637	335	52.6	48.0-57.1	197	32.5	28.2-37.0	70	9.7	7.5-12.6	16	2.5	1.5- 4.2	19	2.7	1.7- 4.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	353	169	44.8	37.9-51.9	81	26.0	20.1-33.0	73	19.0	14.0-25.1	16	6.1	2.9-12.5	14	4.1	2.4- 7.1
$50,000+	379	212	55.2	49.2-61.0	130	35.0	29.4-40.9	25	7.0	4.5-11.0	6	1.6	0.7- 3.8	6	1.1	0.5- 2.6

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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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	Total Respond.^	Always			Usually			Sometimes			Rarely			Never
	Total Respond.^	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
-Mecklenburg County	859	444	50.4	46.2-54.7	253	31.2	27.3-35.3	107	11.7	9.2-14.8	28	3.7	2.2- 6.3	27	3.0	2.0- 4.4
GENDER
Male	307	143	44.6	38.0-51.5	101	34.8	28.5-41.7	38	12.7	8.6-18.3	12	4.5	2.0- 9.9	13	3.3	1.9- 6.0
Female	552	301	56.1	51.2-60.9	152	27.7	23.5-32.3	69	10.7	8.2-13.9	16	2.9	1.7- 4.8	14	2.6	1.5- 4.5
RACE
White	594	326	55.4	50.4-60.2	181	31.1	26.6-35.9	55	8.3	6.1-11.2	18	3.0	1.8- 4.9	14	2.3	1.3- 4.1
Other	261	116	40.8	33.5-48.6	71	31.6	24.6-39.6	51	18.2	12.7-25.4	10	5.2	1.9-13.1	13	4.2	2.4- 7.4
AGE
18-44	332	169	51.1	44.3-57.8	112	34.4	28.2-41.1	31	8.4	5.2-13.3	10	3.6	1.4- 8.9	10	2.5	1.3- 4.8
45+	519	273	50.2	45.3-55.1	139	27.7	23.5-32.4	75	15.1	11.7-19.2	18	3.9	2.4- 6.3	14	3.2	1.8- 5.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	220	108	44.9	35.9-54.2	56	28.4	20.5-37.9	36	16.4	10.4-24.9	12	6.7	2.7-15.5	8	3.6	1.7- 7.5
Some College +	637	335	52.6	48.0-57.1	197	32.5	28.2-37.0	70	9.7	7.5-12.6	16	2.5	1.5- 4.2	19	2.7	1.7- 4.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	353	169	44.8	37.9-51.9	81	26.0	20.1-33.0	73	19.0	14.0-25.1	16	6.1	2.9-12.5	14	4.1	2.4- 7.1
$50,000+	379	212	55.2	49.2-61.0	130	35.0	29.4-40.9	25	7.0	4.5-11.0	6	1.6	0.7- 3.8	6	1.1	0.5- 2.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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