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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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 14,312 6,481 45.2 43.9-46.5 6,971 48.8 47.5-50.1 678 4.7 4.2- 5.4 182 1.3 1.0- 1.6
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 334 131 39.9 32.7-47.5 179 53.3 45.5-61.0 19 5.5 3.0- 9.8 5 1.3 0.5- 3.7
Buncombe 344 165 45.8 38.9-53.0 153 47.5 40.4-54.8 19 4.8 2.8- 8.1 7 1.8 0.8- 4.1
Cabarrus 350 152 45.7 37.6-53.9 181 49.6 41.6-57.6 17 4.8 2.5- 9.0 0 0.0 . - .
Catawba 398 172 46.0 39.2-52.9 200 48.9 42.0-55.9 19 4.0 2.1- 7.4 7 1.1 0.5- 2.4
Cumberland 366 138 33.6 27.8-39.9 190 54.9 47.9-61.6 31 9.7 5.9-15.6 7 1.9 0.7- 4.9
Davidson 350 140 42.4 34.9-50.2 175 47.4 39.8-55.1 25 8.8 5.1-14.8 10 1.4 0.7- 2.9
Durham 316 150 50.6 42.4-58.7 156 46.7 38.8-54.8 7 2.1 0.9- 4.8 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4
Forsyth 367 179 46.2 39.3-53.3 172 50.9 43.9-57.9 14 2.6 1.4- 4.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
Gaston 376 164 39.6 33.3-46.4 186 54.5 47.6-61.2 21 4.7 2.8- 7.9 5 1.2 0.5- 2.9
Guilford 373 175 45.0 38.4-51.8 179 50.0 43.1-56.9 14 3.2 1.7- 5.8 5 1.8 0.6- 5.6
Iredell 377 161 42.4 36.0-49.1 198 53.5 46.8-60.0 15 3.0 1.7- 5.5 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6
Johnston 420 182 39.4 32.0-47.3 216 56.0 47.8-63.9 18 3.5 2.0- 6.0 4 1.1 0.4- 3.5
Mecklenburg 653 316 48.8 43.7-54.0 305 45.6 40.6-50.7 24 4.2 2.4- 7.3 8 1.4 0.5- 3.6
New Hanover 378 188 51.0 42.8-59.1 165 43.2 35.6-51.3 22 5.3 3.1- 9.0 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5
Onslow 371 159 40.9 34.5-47.6 186 50.4 43.5-57.3 19 6.9 3.5-13.1 7 1.8 0.8- 3.9
Orange 340 182 47.3 39.6-55.2 147 50.8 42.8-58.7 9 1.6 0.7- 3.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5
Pitt 372 172 46.2 39.8-52.6 180 48.5 42.1-54.9 17 4.8 2.6- 8.9 3 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Randolph 365 170 47.0 40.3-53.8 179 49.2 42.4-56.1 11 3.0 1.4- 6.5 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9
Robeson 398 144 35.3 29.1-42.0 226 59.5 52.8-65.9 21 3.9 2.3- 6.6 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8
Rowan 435 185 40.0 34.1-46.1 219 53.1 46.8-59.2 27 6.3 4.0- 9.9 4 0.7 0.2- 1.9
Union 363 174 48.4 41.7-55.2 168 46.4 39.6-53.3 15 4.3 2.4- 7.4 6 1.0 0.4- 2.2
Wake 590 291 48.4 43.0-53.8 270 46.0 40.5-51.5 26 5.5 3.0- 9.9 3 0.2 0.1- 0.6
Wayne 351 176 48.6 41.3-56.0 152 46.6 39.3-54.1 15 3.1 1.5- 6.2 8 1.6 0.8- 3.4
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,642 2,063 43.9 41.8-46.1 2,285 49.6 47.4-51.7 236 5.3 4.3- 6.4 58 1.2 0.8- 1.9
Piedmont 6,871 3,133 45.5 43.7-47.3 3,346 48.7 46.9-50.5 305 4.5 3.7- 5.5 87 1.2 0.9- 1.7
Western NC 2,799 1,285 46.4 43.9-49.0 1,340 47.7 45.1-50.2 137 4.5 3.6- 5.6 37 1.4 0.9- 2.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,856 884 47.0 43.8-50.2 860 47.4 44.2-50.7 86 4.1 3.1- 5.3 26 1.5 0.9- 2.5
Northwest 2,991 1,281 42.7 40.0-45.5 1,508 50.4 47.6-53.2 163 5.7 4.3- 7.4 39 1.2 0.7- 2.1
Charlotte 1,966 895 45.3 42.0-48.5 962 49.1 45.8-52.4 86 4.3 3.2- 5.9 23 1.3 0.6- 2.7
Greensboro 1,614 750 43.8 40.3-47.4 785 51.2 47.5-54.8 59 3.4 2.2- 5.1 20 1.6 0.9- 3.1
Southern Regional 1,326 544 41.2 37.2-45.3 680 51.1 46.9-55.1 81 6.2 4.5- 8.4 21 1.6 0.9- 2.8
Coastal 740 352 47.7 41.9-53.6 345 46.1 40.4-52.0 37 4.9 3.1- 7.7 6 1.2 0.3- 5.1
Wake 1,532 722 48.2 44.4-52.1 729 46.4 42.6-50.2 64 4.6 3.0- 7.0 17 0.8 0.4- 1.4
Area L 390 151 38.4 32.3-44.9 215 54.2 47.4-60.8 19 6.6 3.0-13.8 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1
Eastern 1,897 902 48.9 45.7-52.1 887 45.7 42.5-49.0 83 4.1 3.0- 5.6 25 1.2 0.6- 2.4

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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.

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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