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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction

In general, how satisfied are you with your life?

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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
-Orange County 415 212 50.8 44.4-57.1 187 46.2 39.9-52.7 14 2.7 1.5- 5.0 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
GENDER
Male 158 75 46.0 36.7-55.6 74 50.1 40.5-59.7 8 3.4 1.4- 7.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
Female 257 137 55.5 47.3-63.4 113 42.4 34.6-50.5 6 2.0 0.9- 4.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8
RACE
White 346 181 54.5 47.9-60.8 152 42.3 36.1-48.8 11 2.9 1.4- 5.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8
Other 66 29 37.7 23.4-54.6 34 60.0 43.2-74.8 3 2.3 0.7- 7.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 164 81 48.5 38.7-58.5 78 49.0 39.1-59.0 5 2.4 0.9- 6.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 248 129 53.1 45.8-60.2 108 43.2 36.2-50.4 9 3.1 1.6- 6.1 2 0.6 0.1- 3.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 90 36 36.7 24.3-51.0 49 60.4 46.1-73.2 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0 2 1.0 0.2- 5.0
Some College + 324 175 56.0 49.3-62.5 138 41.0 34.6-47.6 11 3.0 1.5- 6.1 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 62 39.3 28.5-51.2 90 55.9 44.3-66.9 9 4.1 1.8- 9.1 2 0.6 0.1- 3.2
$50,000+ 192 121 63.0 55.2-70.3 67 35.2 28.0-43.0 4 1.8 0.6- 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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