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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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 15,240 7,168 47.4 46.3-48.5 7,295 47.7 46.6-48.9 610 3.8 3.4- 4.2 167 1.1 0.9- 1.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 556 284 53.4 47.7-59.0 240 41.7 36.3-47.3 26 4.1 2.5- 6.7 6 0.8 0.3- 2.3
GENDER
Male 214 110 54.1 45.2-62.7 90 40.4 32.0-49.4 12 4.6 2.4- 8.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7
Female 342 174 52.8 45.6-59.8 150 42.9 36.2-50.0 14 3.6 1.7- 7.5 4 0.7 0.2- 3.3
RACE
White 496 259 55.0 49.1-60.8 207 39.8 34.2-45.6 24 4.3 2.6- 7.1 6 0.9 0.3- 2.5
Other 59 25 33.6 18.4-53.1 32 65.5 46.0-80.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 135 63 51.7 40.4-62.8 62 42.4 31.8-53.6 9 5.9 2.8-12.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
45+ 420 220 54.3 48.5-60.1 178 41.4 35.9-47.2 17 2.9 1.5- 5.4 5 1.3 0.5- 3.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 258 112 44.2 35.3-53.5 132 50.6 41.6-59.6 12 4.5 2.2- 9.1 2 0.7 0.1- 4.0
Some College + 294 169 61.7 54.7-68.2 107 33.6 27.4-40.5 14 3.7 1.9- 7.3 4 1.0 0.3- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 360 158 44.4 37.5-51.6 174 49.1 42.1-56.1 23 5.5 3.2- 9.3 5 0.9 0.3- 3.1
$50,000+ 124 87 72.2 61.6-80.7 36 27.7 19.2-38.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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