BRFSS 2005 - Wake County: (How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?)

	Total Respond.^	Always	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
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
-Wake County	835	419	50.0	45.6-54.3	275	32.2	28.3-36.3	100	12.7	9.8-16.2	19	2.6	1.5- 4.3	22	2.6	1.6- 4.2
GENDER
Male	319	164	50.7	43.8-57.6	103	31.0	25.2-37.6	35	13.0	8.6-19.2	8	2.8	1.2- 6.1	9	2.5	1.2- 5.3
Female	516	255	49.2	44.1-54.3	172	33.4	28.7-38.4	65	12.4	9.3-16.3	11	2.3	1.2- 4.5	13	2.7	1.5- 5.0
RACE
White	624	326	52.8	48.0-57.5	219	34.9	30.5-39.6	63	10.0	7.3-13.5	6	1.0	0.4- 2.6	10	1.3	0.6- 2.6
Other	202	90	44.2	34.9-53.9	52	25.2	18.1-33.9	36	19.0	12.3-28.2	12	5.8	2.9-11.2	12	5.8	3.0-10.8
AGE
18-44	409	183	45.8	39.7-52.0	146	34.3	28.8-40.2	56	14.5	10.4-19.9	13	3.3	1.7- 6.1	11	2.1	1.1- 4.2
45+	424	234	56.8	51.3-62.0	129	28.8	24.2-33.8	44	9.7	6.9-13.4	6	1.4	0.6- 3.3	11	3.4	1.7- 6.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	205	102	45.0	35.7-54.7	49	26.2	18.4-35.8	34	18.8	12.0-28.1	10	5.5	2.6-11.1	10	4.5	2.2- 9.3
Some College +	628	317	52.0	47.3-56.7	225	34.5	30.3-39.0	66	10.3	7.6-13.8	9	1.4	0.7- 3.0	11	1.7	0.9- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	337	162	43.7	36.5-51.2	82	24.4	18.7-31.2	57	20.4	14.4-27.9	16	5.7	3.1-10.0	20	5.8	3.5- 9.6
$50,000+	390	198	54.7	48.8-60.4	154	36.5	31.2-42.2	33	7.5	5.1-10.9	3	0.7	0.2- 2.1	2	0.6	0.1- 3.1

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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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	Total Respond.^	Always			Usually			Sometimes			Rarely			Never
	Total Respond.^	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
-Wake County	835	419	50.0	45.6-54.3	275	32.2	28.3-36.3	100	12.7	9.8-16.2	19	2.6	1.5- 4.3	22	2.6	1.6- 4.2
GENDER
Male	319	164	50.7	43.8-57.6	103	31.0	25.2-37.6	35	13.0	8.6-19.2	8	2.8	1.2- 6.1	9	2.5	1.2- 5.3
Female	516	255	49.2	44.1-54.3	172	33.4	28.7-38.4	65	12.4	9.3-16.3	11	2.3	1.2- 4.5	13	2.7	1.5- 5.0
RACE
White	624	326	52.8	48.0-57.5	219	34.9	30.5-39.6	63	10.0	7.3-13.5	6	1.0	0.4- 2.6	10	1.3	0.6- 2.6
Other	202	90	44.2	34.9-53.9	52	25.2	18.1-33.9	36	19.0	12.3-28.2	12	5.8	2.9-11.2	12	5.8	3.0-10.8
AGE
18-44	409	183	45.8	39.7-52.0	146	34.3	28.8-40.2	56	14.5	10.4-19.9	13	3.3	1.7- 6.1	11	2.1	1.1- 4.2
45+	424	234	56.8	51.3-62.0	129	28.8	24.2-33.8	44	9.7	6.9-13.4	6	1.4	0.6- 3.3	11	3.4	1.7- 6.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	205	102	45.0	35.7-54.7	49	26.2	18.4-35.8	34	18.8	12.0-28.1	10	5.5	2.6-11.1	10	4.5	2.2- 9.3
Some College +	628	317	52.0	47.3-56.7	225	34.5	30.3-39.0	66	10.3	7.6-13.8	9	1.4	0.7- 3.0	11	1.7	0.9- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	337	162	43.7	36.5-51.2	82	24.4	18.7-31.2	57	20.4	14.4-27.9	16	5.7	3.1-10.0	20	5.8	3.5- 9.6
$50,000+	390	198	54.7	48.8-60.4	154	36.5	31.2-42.2	33	7.5	5.1-10.9	3	0.7	0.2- 2.1	2	0.6	0.1- 3.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

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