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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction

How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
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
-New Hanover County 434 242 54.2 48.3-60.0 122 28.7 23.7-34.4 52 12.4 9.0-16.7 13 3.5 1.7- 7.2 5 1.2 0.5- 3.1
GENDER
Male 155 82 50.1 40.7-59.4 41 29.7 21.7-39.1 22 13.1 8.2-20.3 8 5.8 2.4-13.3 2 1.4 0.3- 5.3
Female 279 160 58.1 51.0-64.9 81 27.8 21.9-34.6 30 11.7 7.7-17.4 5 1.4 0.5- 3.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6
RACE
White 368 206 55.1 48.7-61.4 110 30.6 25.0-36.9 41 10.3 7.3-14.4 9 3.1 1.2- 7.7 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2
Other 66 36 50.1 35.5-64.6 12 20.1 10.7-34.6 11 21.7 11.4-37.5 4 5.2 1.8-14.0 3 2.9 0.8-10.1
AGE
18-44 145 67 47.6 37.7-57.6 56 36.6 27.7-46.6 14 10.7 5.8-18.7 5 4.0 1.2-12.4 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1
45+ 287 174 60.0 53.4-66.4 66 22.0 17.0-28.1 37 13.6 9.6-18.9 8 3.1 1.4- 6.7 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 77 48.5 38.2-59.0 33 27.6 18.8-38.5 23 17.0 10.6-26.0 7 6.0 2.1-15.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4
Some College + 293 165 57.6 50.7-64.2 89 29.4 23.6-36.0 29 9.6 6.3-14.5 6 2.0 0.8- 5.0 4 1.3 0.4- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 114 50.6 42.1-59.1 58 30.0 22.5-38.7 26 11.7 7.6-17.7 9 5.9 2.5-13.3 4 1.8 0.6- 5.4
$50,000+ 159 91 58.4 49.4-66.9 50 30.4 22.8-39.4 16 10.0 5.8-16.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.9 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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