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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 1,164 487 42.0 38.3-45.7 599 51.3 47.5-55.1 67 5.7 4.0- 8.0 11 1.0 0.4- 2.4
GENDER
Male 410 181 43.0 36.9-49.2 197 48.5 42.2-54.9 26 7.0 4.1-11.5 6 1.5 0.5- 4.4
Female 754 306 41.0 36.9-45.2 402 54.1 49.9-58.3 41 4.3 3.1- 6.1 5 0.5 0.2- 1.6
RACE
White 684 329 46.9 42.0-51.9 318 47.9 42.8-53.0 32 4.2 2.4- 7.1 5 1.0 0.3- 3.6
African American 421 137 35.6 29.7-41.9 246 54.5 48.1-60.8 33 8.7 5.5-13.6 5 1.2 0.5- 3.3
Other Minorities 53 20 33.2 20.4-49.2 31 63.7 47.8-77.1 2 3.1 0.6-13.8 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 37 18 40.1 23.7-59.1 18 49.9 31.0-68.8 1 10.0 1.5-45.0 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,127 469 42.1 38.4-45.9 581 51.4 47.5-55.3 66 5.4 3.9- 7.4 11 1.1 0.5- 2.5
AGE
18-24 37 7 18.2 8.1-35.8 25 67.8 48.8-82.2 4 12.8 4.5-31.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4
25-34 127 51 45.2 35.1-55.9 67 49.7 39.2-60.2 9 5.1 2.4-10.4 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 177 77 44.5 35.8-53.5 89 49.1 40.2-58.0 10 4.2 2.1- 8.2 1 2.2 0.3-14.0
45-54 263 94 39.8 32.7-47.3 149 52.4 44.9-59.8 16 6.3 3.2-12.1 4 1.5 0.5- 4.2
55-64 243 104 45.4 38.2-52.8 120 48.9 41.6-56.3 15 5.0 2.9- 8.4 4 0.8 0.3- 2.0
65-74 170 85 53.5 44.6-62.1 75 42.2 33.8-51.1 10 4.4 2.2- 8.3 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 140 66 47.7 38.6-57.0 70 49.6 40.4-58.8 3 1.8 0.5- 5.7 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 239 83 35.1 27.6-43.5 136 55.6 47.0-63.9 16 7.3 3.6-14.2 4 2.0 0.7- 5.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 432 158 35.2 29.6-41.2 238 57.8 51.5-63.8 33 6.0 3.9- 9.1 3 1.1 0.2- 5.8
Some Post-H.S. 254 123 47.6 39.6-55.7 115 44.7 36.9-52.9 14 7.2 3.2-15.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
College Graduate 237 122 56.6 49.2-63.6 109 41.6 34.6-48.9 4 1.3 0.4- 3.5 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 195 47 23.3 16.6-31.6 117 59.2 49.7-68.0 26 14.8 8.7-23.9 5 2.8 1.0- 7.4
$15,000- 24,999 227 82 34.6 26.7-43.4 131 59.2 50.2-67.7 11 5.3 2.6-10.4 3 0.9 0.2- 3.8
$25,000- 34,999 152 60 33.3 24.3-43.7 83 62.9 52.3-72.4 9 3.8 1.8- 7.7 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 134 64 50.5 40.8-60.1 64 46.4 36.9-56.1 5 2.4 1.0- 5.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8
$50,000-74,999 133 77 61.4 51.3-70.6 53 34.8 26.2-44.5 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 1 2.8 0.4-17.1
$75,000+ 129 77 59.4 49.5-68.7 52 40.6 31.3-50.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 468 153 34.6 29.3-40.4 261 56.4 50.5-62.1 47 8.0 5.8-10.9 7 1.0 0.4- 2.2
No 677 324 45.4 40.6-50.3 329 48.9 43.9-53.9 20 4.6 2.5- 8.2 4 1.1 0.3- 3.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 159 76 47.2 37.5-57.1 73 45.7 35.9-55.8 7 4.1 1.6-10.0 3 3.0 0.7-13.1
Non-Veteran 1,001 409 40.9 37.0-45.0 524 52.5 48.3-56.6 60 6.0 4.1- 8.6 8 0.7 0.3- 1.5

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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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