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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 438 224 50.0 44.1-55.8 194 45.9 40.2-51.8 17 3.6 2.2- 5.9 3 0.5 0.1- 2.0
GENDER
Male 156 84 51.1 41.7-60.4 67 45.8 36.6-55.3 4 2.4 0.8- 6.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8
Female 282 140 48.9 42.0-55.8 127 46.1 39.1-53.2 13 4.7 2.7- 8.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
RACE
White 372 194 51.5 45.2-57.7 162 44.4 38.2-50.8 14 3.6 2.1- 6.3 2 0.5 0.1- 2.5
Other 66 30 43.0 29.5-57.6 32 53.0 38.5-67.1 3 3.4 1.0-10.7 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
AGE
18-44 145 71 49.1 39.2-59.2 68 47.9 38.0-58.0 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4 2 0.9 0.2- 4.4
45+ 291 152 50.6 44.1-57.0 126 44.6 38.2-51.3 12 4.7 2.5- 8.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 144 61 38.7 29.3-49.0 77 58.1 47.7-67.7 4 2.2 0.8- 5.8 2 1.1 0.2- 5.5
Some College + 294 163 56.7 49.8-63.3 117 38.7 32.3-45.6 13 4.4 2.5- 7.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 92 42.5 34.4-51.0 108 51.5 43.0-59.9 11 5.0 2.6- 9.2 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1
$50,000+ 159 98 60.9 51.8-69.3 58 37.3 29.0-46.4 3 1.9 0.6- 5.7 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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