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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 864 420 49.3 45.1-53.5 392 45.8 41.6-50.0 46 4.4 3.2- 6.0 6 0.5 0.2- 1.3
GENDER
Male 309 160 53.1 46.2-59.8 130 42.4 35.7-49.3 17 4.0 2.4- 6.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
Female 555 260 45.6 40.7-50.5 262 49.2 44.2-54.1 29 4.7 3.2- 7.0 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5
RACE
White 600 329 56.6 51.7-61.3 239 38.9 34.3-43.8 27 3.7 2.5- 5.6 5 0.8 0.3- 1.9
Other 260 89 34.9 27.7-43.0 152 59.5 51.5-67.0 18 5.4 3.3- 8.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
AGE
18-44 333 159 48.8 42.1-55.5 156 47.3 40.6-54.0 17 3.7 2.2- 6.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
45+ 522 258 50.0 45.1-54.9 232 44.1 39.3-49.0 27 5.1 3.3- 7.6 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 224 72 33.2 24.8-42.9 137 61.7 52.2-70.3 14 5.0 2.8- 8.8 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
Some College + 638 346 55.7 51.1-60.1 255 39.5 35.1-44.0 32 4.2 2.9- 6.1 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 353 136 38.3 31.6-45.6 187 54.1 46.9-61.1 27 6.9 4.6-10.3 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6
$50,000+ 379 235 63.3 57.6-68.7 128 33.5 28.3-39.2 13 2.6 1.4- 4.7 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9

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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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