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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,431 2,941 44.8 42.7-46.9 3,140 49.8 47.7-51.8 285 4.2 3.4- 5.1 65 1.3 0.8- 1.9
GENDER
Male 2,420 1,139 46.0 42.7-49.4 1,156 50.1 46.8-53.5 102 2.7 2.1- 3.5 23 1.2 0.6- 2.1
Female 4,011 1,802 43.6 41.2-46.0 1,984 49.4 46.9-51.9 183 5.6 4.3- 7.2 42 1.4 0.8- 2.5
RACE
White 5,193 2,487 48.8 46.6-51.1 2,430 45.6 43.4-47.9 225 4.3 3.4- 5.5 51 1.2 0.8- 1.8
African American 873 311 31.6 27.3-36.2 503 61.3 56.5-65.9 45 4.8 3.3- 7.1 14 2.3 0.9- 5.7
Other Minorities 313 120 39.8 30.3-50.0 179 58.0 47.9-67.5 14 2.3 1.2- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 223 87 42.5 31.4-54.3 129 56.3 44.6-67.3 7 1.3 0.5- 3.1 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 6,188 2,845 44.9 42.9-46.9 3,000 49.3 47.3-51.3 278 4.5 3.7- 5.4 65 1.4 0.9- 2.1
AGE
18-24 167 65 40.2 30.6-50.7 91 51.6 41.6-61.6 7 6.1 2.5-13.9 4 2.1 0.7- 5.8
25-34 597 279 43.8 38.1-49.7 292 52.4 46.6-58.2 22 2.5 1.5- 4.1 4 1.3 0.3- 5.5
35-44 1,029 482 45.4 41.2-49.7 481 47.6 43.3-52.0 52 5.1 3.5- 7.3 14 1.8 0.9- 3.7
45-54 1,293 573 44.2 40.4-48.0 638 50.6 46.7-54.5 68 4.2 3.1- 5.6 14 1.1 0.5- 2.3
55-64 1,314 591 44.8 41.1-48.6 629 49.0 45.3-52.8 78 5.3 4.0- 6.9 16 0.9 0.5- 1.6
65+ 1,972 921 49.3 46.0-52.7 981 47.3 44.0-50.6 58 2.7 1.9- 3.9 12 0.6 0.3- 1.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 756 222 32.0 24.5-40.6 464 60.0 51.8-67.8 56 6.6 4.1-10.6 14 1.3 0.6- 2.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,752 718 39.7 35.7-43.9 927 53.1 48.9-57.3 83 5.0 3.3- 7.6 24 2.1 1.0- 4.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,575 714 43.2 39.3-47.1 780 51.3 47.4-55.2 64 3.8 2.7- 5.5 17 1.7 0.9- 3.4
College Graduate 2,340 1,283 54.2 51.3-57.1 965 42.5 39.6-45.5 82 2.9 2.3- 3.8 10 0.3 0.1- 0.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 573 161 29.8 22.1-38.8 329 57.0 48.5-65.1 56 8.0 5.3-11.7 27 5.2 3.1- 8.8
$15,000- 24,999 894 290 29.3 24.2-35.0 520 60.8 54.8-66.4 69 6.8 4.8- 9.5 15 3.1 1.2- 7.8
$25,000- 34,999 611 220 33.5 27.7-39.8 349 59.8 53.1-66.2 36 5.6 3.3- 9.3 6 1.1 0.3- 3.7
$35,000- 49,999 806 375 41.4 36.2-46.8 407 55.9 50.5-61.2 20 2.1 1.0- 4.3 4 0.6 0.1- 2.7
$50,000-74,999 930 459 47.9 42.9-53.1 439 49.0 43.9-54.1 32 3.1 2.0- 4.7 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 1,640 1,016 60.7 57.3-64.0 586 37.5 34.2-41.0 33 1.5 1.0- 2.4 5 0.2 0.1- 0.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,089 675 29.8 26.6-33.1 1,162 56.2 52.5-59.8 198 10.1 8.0-12.7 54 3.9 2.5- 6.2
No 4,187 2,205 50.7 48.3-53.2 1,889 47.0 44.5-49.5 84 2.0 1.4- 2.8 9 0.3 0.1- 0.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 756 381 49.8 44.3-55.3 347 46.0 40.5-51.5 21 2.6 1.6- 4.3 7 1.6 0.5- 5.4
Non-Veteran 5,142 2,330 44.7 42.3-47.0 2,515 49.5 47.1-51.8 243 4.6 3.7- 5.7 54 1.3 0.8- 2.0

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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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