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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 509 196 37.7 32.5-43.2 270 54.8 49.2-60.3 36 6.4 4.3- 9.2 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8
GENDER
Male 178 68 37.0 28.6-46.2 96 55.7 46.3-64.7 11 5.7 2.9-11.0 3 1.6 0.4- 5.4
Female 331 128 38.3 32.4-44.6 174 54.0 47.7-60.2 25 6.9 4.5-10.6 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1
RACE
White 235 107 44.5 36.2-53.2 114 52.0 43.3-60.6 12 3.0 1.6- 5.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
Other 269 89 32.3 25.9-39.4 152 56.9 49.5-63.9 24 9.2 5.8-14.3 4 1.6 0.5- 5.0
AGE
18-44 141 55 36.1 26.9-46.4 74 56.2 45.5-66.4 12 7.7 4.0-14.4 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 366 141 38.8 32.9-45.1 194 53.7 47.5-59.9 24 5.6 3.6- 8.6 7 1.9 0.7- 4.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 315 104 32.6 26.1-39.8 176 57.5 50.0-64.6 30 8.5 5.6-12.7 5 1.4 0.5- 4.2
Some College + 192 91 46.1 38.0-54.5 93 50.4 42.1-58.7 6 2.8 1.0- 7.7 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 330 113 32.8 26.6-39.7 182 57.8 50.6-64.7 29 7.8 5.1-11.9 6 1.5 0.6- 4.1
$50,000+ 92 53 56.6 45.1-67.4 38 42.6 31.8-54.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 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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