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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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 12,553 5,717 45.4 43.8-47.0 6,090 48.9 47.3-50.5 603 4.6 3.9- 5.3 143 1.2 0.9- 1.6
-Eastern NC 3,436 1,581 46.9 43.6-50.2 1,643 47.0 43.7-50.3 171 5.1 3.7- 7.0 41 1.0 0.6- 1.7
GENDER
Male 1,235 577 48.1 42.6-53.6 589 46.2 40.8-51.8 54 4.7 2.6- 8.4 15 0.9 0.4- 2.5
Female 2,201 1,004 45.7 42.0-49.4 1,054 47.7 44.0-51.5 117 5.5 4.1- 7.4 26 1.1 0.6- 1.9
RACE
White 2,318 1,129 52.1 48.4-55.9 1,045 42.3 38.7-45.9 114 4.6 3.4- 6.2 30 1.0 0.5- 2.1
African American 774 299 36.3 30.3-42.8 423 57.9 51.3-64.3 47 5.2 3.2- 8.4 5 0.5 0.1- 2.0
Other Minorities 325 143 39.1 28.2-51.2 167 51.3 38.6-63.9 10 8.1 2.2-25.4 5 1.5 0.5- 4.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 139 62 35.9 22.2-52.4 72 54.4 36.2-71.4 3 9.2 1.6-39.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
Non-Hispanic 3,290 1,515 47.7 44.5-51.0 1,568 46.4 43.2-49.7 168 4.8 3.8- 6.2 39 1.0 0.6- 1.8
AGE
18-24 123 51 52.9 39.0-66.4 68 44.3 31.2-58.2 4 2.8 1.0- 8.0 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 363 159 42.5 33.8-51.7 187 53.5 44.1-62.6 17 4.0 2.0- 7.8 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 510 245 42.7 35.7-49.9 230 45.6 38.3-53.2 27 9.5 4.4-19.2 8 2.2 0.7- 6.6
45-54 670 272 45.3 39.4-51.4 334 47.7 41.8-53.6 53 6.0 4.0- 9.0 11 1.0 0.4- 2.2
55-64 710 343 48.3 42.6-53.9 321 45.6 40.0-51.3 37 5.1 2.9- 8.6 9 1.1 0.3- 3.3
65+ 1,038 502 51.0 46.2-55.7 492 44.8 40.1-49.6 31 2.7 1.7- 4.4 13 1.5 0.7- 3.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 458 175 39.4 31.1-48.3 248 56.0 47.2-64.5 28 2.0 1.2- 3.5 7 2.5 0.8- 8.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,092 455 43.6 37.5-49.9 564 50.0 43.7-56.3 63 5.9 4.0- 8.7 10 0.4 0.2- 1.0
Some Post-H.S. 962 442 45.4 39.0-52.0 453 46.0 39.7-52.4 48 7.2 3.8-13.1 19 1.5 0.8- 2.9
College Graduate 918 507 57.4 52.2-62.4 374 38.9 34.0-44.1 32 3.4 1.9- 6.0 5 0.3 0.1- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 434 113 27.1 19.9-35.8 259 58.7 48.6-68.1 49 10.0 6.1-15.9 13 4.2 1.6-10.4
$15,000- 24,999 593 233 36.0 29.0-43.5 308 53.9 45.8-61.8 38 8.6 3.7-18.7 14 1.5 0.7- 3.4
$25,000- 34,999 351 148 50.5 40.1-60.8 184 45.3 35.5-55.5 16 3.8 1.7- 7.9 3 0.4 0.1- 1.7
$35,000- 49,999 468 208 45.5 37.9-53.3 235 49.6 42.0-57.2 19 4.1 1.8- 9.2 6 0.8 0.3- 1.9
$50,000-74,999 469 246 50.0 42.7-57.3 210 45.9 38.7-53.4 11 3.8 1.5- 9.3 2 0.3 0.0- 1.4
$75,000+ 650 433 70.3 64.0-75.9 202 27.2 21.9-33.3 14 2.2 1.0- 4.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,303 419 36.3 30.8-42.2 730 52.9 47.5-58.3 117 8.5 6.2-11.5 37 2.2 1.4- 3.6
No 2,051 1,125 52.0 47.7-56.2 872 44.0 39.8-48.3 50 3.6 2.0- 6.4 4 0.4 0.1- 1.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 543 286 50.7 43.1-58.3 228 42.2 35.2-49.6 24 6.9 2.4-18.5 5 0.2 0.1- 0.4
Non-Veteran 2,601 1,157 45.9 42.1-49.8 1,284 48.2 44.3-52.1 130 4.8 3.6- 6.4 30 1.1 0.6- 2.1

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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