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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 199 121 61.3 53.3-68.7 36 17.7 12.2-25.0 10 5.2 2.7-10.0 13 5.7 3.2-10.2 19 10.0 6.1-16.0
GENDER
Male 75 53 68.3 55.2-79.1 11 16.1 8.2-29.2 3 4.1 1.3-12.7 3 4.3 1.3-13.0 5 7.1 2.8-17.1
Female 124 68 55.2 45.3-64.8 25 19.1 12.4-28.3 7 6.2 2.8-13.3 10 7.0 3.5-13.4 14 12.5 7.0-21.3
RACE
White 143 88 62.6 53.5-71.0 25 15.6 10.1-23.4 6 4.6 2.0-10.5 6 4.3 1.8- 9.8 18 12.8 7.7-20.4
Other 55 32 57.2 41.4-71.6 11 23.0 11.6-40.4 4 6.8 2.3-18.5 7 9.2 3.9-20.2 1 3.8 0.5-22.4
AGE
18-44 38 25 71.8 55.6-83.9 4 6.1 2.2-15.6 3 8.7 2.8-24.1 3 6.0 1.7-19.1 3 7.4 2.3-21.2
45+ 161 96 57.7 48.6-66.2 32 21.7 14.8-30.8 7 4.1 1.8- 8.9 10 5.7 2.9-10.9 16 10.9 6.3-18.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 50 28 59.2 44.0-72.8 14 27.4 16.1-42.6 3 3.3 1.0-10.7 5 10.1 3.9-23.9 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 149 93 61.9 52.5-70.4 22 14.9 9.0-23.7 7 5.8 2.7-11.9 8 4.5 2.1- 9.4 19 12.9 7.9-20.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 81 44 59.3 47.2-70.3 22 24.9 16.1-36.5 4 4.3 1.5-11.6 7 6.7 3.1-14.2 4 4.8 1.5-13.9
$50,000+ 96 61 61.2 49.5-71.8 11 14.0 7.0-26.2 4 4.9 1.8-12.5 5 4.6 1.8-11.6 15 15.2 8.8-25.1

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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