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| Total Respond.^ |
Within the past month | Within the past year | Within the past 2 years | 2 or more years ago | Never | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 11,271 | 1,501 | 12.4 | 11.7-13.2 | 5,928 | 51.3 | 50.2-52.5 | 1,771 | 16.6 | 15.7-17.5 | 1,898 | 17.5 | 16.6-18.4 | 173 | 2.2 | 1.8- 2.7 |
| -Mtn. AHEC | 735 | 87 | 11.4 | 8.9-14.5 | 394 | 51.9 | 47.4-56.3 | 120 | 17.5 | 14.3-21.2 | 127 | 18.6 | 15.2-22.6 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 277 | 29 | 11.5 | 7.6-17.2 | 129 | 45.8 | 38.8-53.0 | 47 | 17.9 | 13.0-24.1 | 67 | 23.9 | 18.1-30.8 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.2 |
| Female | 458 | 58 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.9 | 265 | 57.2 | 51.6-62.6 | 73 | 17.1 | 13.2-21.8 | 60 | 14.0 | 10.4-18.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 672 | 78 | 11.0 | 8.4-14.1 | 364 | 52.5 | 47.9-57.1 | 110 | 17.7 | 14.3-21.5 | 114 | 18.3 | 14.8-22.5 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.3 |
| Other | 60 | 8 | 17.7 | 7.4-36.6 | 29 | 42.1 | 25.6-60.7 | 10 | 15.3 | 6.6-31.6 | 12 | 23.0 | 11.4-41.1 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 72 | 7 | 11.5 | 4.9-24.7 | 35 | 49.3 | 35.1-63.5 | 10 | 12.2 | 5.6-24.6 | 18 | 25.3 | 15.2-39.1 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.8 |
| 45+ | 663 | 80 | 11.4 | 8.8-14.6 | 359 | 52.2 | 47.5-56.9 | 110 | 18.2 | 14.8-22.3 | 109 | 17.7 | 14.1-21.9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 319 | 38 | 11.4 | 7.8-16.4 | 161 | 47.9 | 41.0-54.9 | 48 | 14.4 | 10.3-19.9 | 69 | 25.5 | 19.5-32.6 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.3 |
| Some College + | 412 | 49 | 11.5 | 8.2-15.8 | 232 | 55.2 | 49.3-60.9 | 71 | 19.7 | 15.3-24.9 | 56 | 13.1 | 9.7-17.6 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 444 | 47 | 9.4 | 6.7-13.1 | 228 | 49.9 | 44.0-55.8 | 72 | 16.8 | 12.9-21.6 | 93 | 23.2 | 18.3-29.0 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 1.9 |
| $50,000+ | 190 | 35 | 19.5 | 13.4-27.4 | 102 | 52.5 | 44.0-60.8 | 35 | 20.3 | 14.1-28.3 | 17 | 7.5 | 4.3-12.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 |
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.
*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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