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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 415 210 50.2 43.8-56.5 144 34.7 29.1-40.7 45 10.6 7.2-15.3 10 1.9 0.9- 4.0 6 2.6 0.6-11.5
GENDER
Male 156 78 45.2 36.1-54.7 52 35.3 26.7-44.9 19 12.5 7.0-21.5 4 2.1 0.7- 6.5 3 4.9 0.9-22.3
Female 259 132 55.0 46.9-62.8 92 34.1 27.2-41.6 26 8.8 5.7-13.2 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5
RACE
White 347 177 52.9 46.4-59.4 126 37.5 31.6-43.9 34 7.9 5.3-11.6 5 0.9 0.3- 2.4 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9
Other 65 31 39.6 25.1-56.3 17 24.5 12.9-41.6 11 20.6 9.8-38.2 5 5.6 2.0-15.0 1 9.6 1.4-43.9
AGE
18-44 165 77 46.4 36.7-56.4 63 36.1 27.6-45.6 18 11.6 6.5-19.8 5 1.9 0.6- 5.6 2 4.0 0.6-21.5
45+ 247 131 54.6 47.4-61.7 80 32.7 26.3-39.8 27 9.7 6.3-14.5 5 2.0 0.8- 5.1 4 1.0 0.3- 3.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 88 46 47.0 33.1-61.4 24 28.6 17.5-43.0 11 12.7 5.3-27.5 4 3.1 0.8-10.6 3 8.6 1.6-35.6
Some College + 326 163 51.1 44.4-57.9 120 37.1 31.0-43.7 34 9.9 6.7-14.3 6 1.5 0.6- 3.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 69 41.1 30.4-52.7 55 33.5 24.3-44.2 26 15.9 9.4-25.7 7 3.3 1.3- 8.0 6 6.1 1.3-24.0
$50,000+ 191 101 52.8 44.9-60.6 74 39.8 32.2-47.8 14 6.6 3.7-11.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 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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