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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,686 1,195 44.9 41.7-48.1 1,307 49.0 45.8-52.2 147 5.0 4.0- 6.3 37 1.2 0.8- 1.8
GENDER
Male 1,028 463 44.1 39.2-49.1 508 51.6 46.5-56.6 44 3.3 2.2- 4.9 13 1.0 0.6- 1.8
Female 1,658 732 45.5 41.5-49.6 799 46.6 42.7-50.6 103 6.5 4.9- 8.6 24 1.3 0.8- 2.3
RACE
White 2,476 1,125 46.5 43.2-49.8 1,189 47.4 44.1-50.8 127 4.9 3.8- 6.3 35 1.2 0.8- 1.8
African American 71 21 24.8 14.1-39.9 46 69.4 53.4-81.8 4 5.8 1.6-18.7 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 128 46 31.3 19.8-45.7 66 61.4 47.2-73.9 14 5.7 2.8-11.2 2 1.6 0.4- 6.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 53 19 30.4 15.0-52.0 31 65.6 44.7-81.8 2 2.2 0.4-11.2 1 1.8 0.2-11.7
Non-Hispanic 2,628 1,175 45.4 42.2-48.6 1,272 48.4 45.1-51.6 145 5.1 4.0- 6.4 36 1.1 0.8- 1.7
AGE
18-24 86 40 47.2 30.7-64.3 37 46.5 30.1-63.8 9 6.2 2.8-13.5 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 184 84 43.5 34.1-53.3 89 50.1 40.5-59.6 10 6.1 2.8-12.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8
35-44 330 148 43.2 36.4-50.4 157 50.6 43.3-57.9 19 4.3 2.4- 7.4 6 1.8 0.7- 5.0
45-54 471 190 39.2 33.7-45.0 236 53.1 47.1-59.1 32 5.2 3.4- 7.8 13 2.5 1.3- 4.5
55-64 626 284 45.7 41.1-50.4 296 47.5 42.8-52.2 40 5.8 4.0- 8.3 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4
65+ 969 437 49.3 45.4-53.1 484 46.4 42.6-50.2 37 3.5 2.3- 5.1 11 0.9 0.4- 1.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 365 116 31.9 23.0-42.3 210 57.6 46.7-67.9 30 8.9 5.0-15.2 9 1.6 0.7- 3.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 868 319 35.8 31.5-40.3 487 58.5 53.9-63.0 49 4.3 3.0- 6.0 13 1.4 0.7- 2.9
Some Post-H.S. 668 308 47.3 40.4-54.2 311 45.7 39.1-52.5 38 5.5 3.5- 8.6 11 1.5 0.7- 3.1
College Graduate 781 450 60.0 54.9-64.8 297 36.4 31.7-41.3 30 3.3 2.0- 5.5 4 0.4 0.1- 1.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 341 93 33.3 24.0-44.1 191 52.4 42.8-61.8 43 11.1 7.4-16.4 14 3.2 1.7- 6.0
$15,000- 24,999 493 161 30.4 24.9-36.4 285 59.1 52.6-65.3 37 8.1 5.0-13.0 10 2.5 1.1- 5.4
$25,000- 34,999 335 135 35.9 29.8-42.4 185 59.9 53.3-66.2 13 3.3 1.7- 6.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5
$35,000- 49,999 361 165 45.1 38.6-51.7 174 48.1 41.4-54.9 20 6.4 3.6-11.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
$50,000-74,999 352 197 60.1 52.5-67.2 145 37.1 30.3-44.5 10 2.8 1.1- 7.1 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 395 263 63.1 54.3-71.0 129 35.9 28.1-44.7 3 1.0 0.3- 3.8 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,026 338 33.2 29.3-37.3 547 53.8 49.4-58.1 109 9.7 7.7-12.1 32 3.3 2.1- 5.1
No 1,608 838 51.1 47.2-55.0 731 45.9 42.1-49.9 35 2.8 1.7- 4.6 4 0.1 0.0- 0.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 337 166 52.1 45.8-58.4 155 43.1 37.0-49.3 10 3.1 1.4- 6.6 6 1.7 0.7- 4.0
Non-Veteran 2,124 938 44.7 41.0-48.4 1,037 49.2 45.5-53.0 122 5.1 3.9- 6.6 27 1.0 0.6- 1.6

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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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