BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (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
-Northeast Partnership I	505	247	47.7	42.0-53.3	118	23.4	19.1-28.4	88	19.3	14.6-25.2	27	5.0	3.0- 8.1	25	4.6	2.8- 7.3
GENDER
Male	173	81	46.6	37.3-56.2	30	17.7	11.8-25.7	39	23.4	15.5-33.8	11	6.3	3.0-12.7	12	6.0	3.0-11.5
Female	332	166	48.6	42.4-54.9	88	28.9	23.4-35.2	49	15.5	11.0-21.2	16	3.7	2.2- 6.2	13	3.2	1.8- 5.8
RACE
White	233	131	54.1	45.1-62.9	59	24.5	18.3-31.9	31	17.6	10.1-29.1	9	3.1	1.5- 6.2	3	0.7	0.2- 2.4
Other	268	116	42.7	35.5-50.2	59	22.8	17.1-29.8	55	20.6	15.4-27.0	18	6.6	3.5-12.0	20	7.3	4.3-12.1
AGE
18-44	139	62	43.2	32.9-54.1	48	31.2	22.6-41.4	23	21.1	11.8-34.8	5	4.2	1.2-13.1	1	0.3	0.0- 2.4
45+	365	185	50.4	44.2-56.7	70	19.0	14.6-24.4	65	18.4	14.1-23.7	21	5.1	3.1- 8.2	24	7.1	4.4-11.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	314	139	41.1	34.1-48.5	63	20.3	15.1-26.6	68	25.7	18.8-34.0	23	6.6	3.8-11.3	21	6.3	3.7-10.5
Some College +	189	108	59.1	50.7-67.0	54	28.6	21.6-36.8	20	8.8	5.4-13.8	4	2.2	0.8- 6.1	3	1.4	0.4- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	327	155	46.9	39.6-54.3	71	21.0	15.9-27.2	61	21.1	14.9-29.1	23	6.6	3.8-11.2	17	4.5	2.6- 7.7
$50,000+	91	56	61.0	49.4-71.6	29	32.1	22.3-43.7	4	4.8	1.7-12.6	1	1.2	0.2- 8.0	1	0.9	0.1- 5.9

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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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	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
-Northeast Partnership I	505	247	47.7	42.0-53.3	118	23.4	19.1-28.4	88	19.3	14.6-25.2	27	5.0	3.0- 8.1	25	4.6	2.8- 7.3
GENDER
Male	173	81	46.6	37.3-56.2	30	17.7	11.8-25.7	39	23.4	15.5-33.8	11	6.3	3.0-12.7	12	6.0	3.0-11.5
Female	332	166	48.6	42.4-54.9	88	28.9	23.4-35.2	49	15.5	11.0-21.2	16	3.7	2.2- 6.2	13	3.2	1.8- 5.8
RACE
White	233	131	54.1	45.1-62.9	59	24.5	18.3-31.9	31	17.6	10.1-29.1	9	3.1	1.5- 6.2	3	0.7	0.2- 2.4
Other	268	116	42.7	35.5-50.2	59	22.8	17.1-29.8	55	20.6	15.4-27.0	18	6.6	3.5-12.0	20	7.3	4.3-12.1
AGE
18-44	139	62	43.2	32.9-54.1	48	31.2	22.6-41.4	23	21.1	11.8-34.8	5	4.2	1.2-13.1	1	0.3	0.0- 2.4
45+	365	185	50.4	44.2-56.7	70	19.0	14.6-24.4	65	18.4	14.1-23.7	21	5.1	3.1- 8.2	24	7.1	4.4-11.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	314	139	41.1	34.1-48.5	63	20.3	15.1-26.6	68	25.7	18.8-34.0	23	6.6	3.8-11.3	21	6.3	3.7-10.5
Some College +	189	108	59.1	50.7-67.0	54	28.6	21.6-36.8	20	8.8	5.4-13.8	4	2.2	0.8- 6.1	3	1.4	0.4- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	327	155	46.9	39.6-54.3	71	21.0	15.9-27.2	61	21.1	14.9-29.1	23	6.6	3.8-11.2	17	4.5	2.6- 7.7
$50,000+	91	56	61.0	49.4-71.6	29	32.1	22.3-43.7	4	4.8	1.7-12.6	1	1.2	0.2- 8.0	1	0.9	0.1- 5.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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