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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 383 196 52.2 45.4-58.9 159 41.8 35.2-48.8 21 4.8 2.8- 8.3 7 1.2 0.5- 2.6
GENDER
Male 131 72 55.1 43.1-66.5 48 37.8 26.6-50.5 6 5.3 2.1-13.0 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5
Female 252 124 49.6 42.3-56.8 111 45.5 38.3-52.8 15 4.4 2.5- 7.5 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7
RACE
White 297 161 54.9 47.0-62.5 120 40.3 32.8-48.4 11 3.5 1.5- 7.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.0
Other 85 35 42.1 29.5-55.8 39 47.8 34.3-61.6 10 9.8 4.9-18.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
AGE
18-44 192 99 50.9 41.8-60.0 81 43.9 34.9-53.4 9 4.3 1.9- 9.5 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8
45+ 190 97 55.0 46.9-62.7 77 37.3 30.0-45.3 12 6.0 3.1-11.1 4 1.8 0.6- 5.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 77 45.3 35.1-56.0 76 46.2 35.3-57.4 12 7.5 3.6-14.8 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3
Some College + 215 119 58.2 50.1-65.9 83 38.0 30.5-46.1 9 2.5 1.2- 4.9 4 1.3 0.5- 3.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 97 44.8 36.7-53.3 113 47.2 39.1-55.5 15 6.1 3.1-11.7 6 1.8 0.8- 4.2
$50,000+ 109 79 75.5 65.5-83.3 27 22.8 15.2-32.8 3 1.7 0.5- 5.4 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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