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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care*

What is the main reason you have not visited an eye care professional in the past 12 months?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No prob./no reason to go Cost/insurance Access problems Not thought of it Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,867 1,950 51.9 49.9-53.9 988 24.5 22.8-26.2 178 4.4 3.6- 5.3 271 7.0 6.0- 8.1 480 12.2 11.0-13.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 105 54 49.4 38.5-60.4 32 31.2 21.8-42.5 2 2.0 0.5- 7.6 4 6.0 2.2-15.6 13 11.4 6.3-19.7
GENDER
Male 40 24 52.8 35.7-69.4 9 27.2 14.0-46.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.8 3.5-28.5 4 9.3 3.3-23.5
Female 65 30 46.1 32.9-59.8 23 35.2 23.4-49.2 2 3.9 1.0-14.3 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 9 13.4 6.6-25.5
RACE
White 91 49 54.8 43.1-66.0 25 26.3 17.5-37.5 2 2.3 0.6- 9.0 3 5.1 1.6-15.7 12 11.4 6.2-20.1
Other 14 5 21.2 7.4-47.4 7 57.0 27.8-82.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.7 1.5-48.8 1 11.1 1.5-49.7
AGE
18-44 18 9 52.2 29.1-74.3 6 28.8 12.4-53.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.5 1.1-37.9 2 11.6 2.8-37.2
45+ 87 45 48.6 36.5-60.8 26 32.0 21.4-44.8 2 2.5 0.6- 9.7 3 5.6 1.7-17.0 11 11.3 5.9-20.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 54 27 48.1 33.2-63.3 18 34.2 20.9-50.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 11.2 4.1-27.1 5 6.5 2.5-15.6
Some College + 51 27 50.9 35.6-66.1 14 27.7 16.2-43.2 2 4.2 1.0-15.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 17.1 8.1-32.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 68 34 48.7 34.9-62.7 24 39.0 26.1-53.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 2 3.8 0.9-15.2 7 7.0 3.1-15.1
$50,000+ 29 17 53.8 34.7-71.9 4 13.6 4.9-32.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.2 2.9-34.9 6 21.4 9.6-41.3

Back to Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care*.

Asked only of respondents age 40 and older.
*NOTE: These questions on visual impairment/eyecare have never been asked previously in the NC BRFSS Survey.

^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.


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