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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care*-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

When was the last time you had your eyes examined by any doctor or eye care provider?*

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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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,221 180 14.4 12.1-17.1 657 54.6 51.1-58.1 180 14.1 11.9-16.7 193 15.8 13.5-18.5 11 1.0 0.5- 1.9
GENDER
Female 1,221 180 14.4 12.1-17.1 657 54.6 51.1-58.1 180 14.1 11.9-16.7 193 15.8 13.5-18.5 11 1.0 0.5- 1.9
RACE
African American 1,221 180 14.4 12.1-17.1 657 54.6 51.1-58.1 180 14.1 11.9-16.7 193 15.8 13.5-18.5 11 1.0 0.5- 1.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 0 0.0 . - . 4 48.0 14.3-83.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 52.0 16.4-85.7 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 6 0 0.0 . - . 4 48.0 14.3-83.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 52.0 16.4-85.7 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,212 178 14.2 11.9-16.8 653 54.9 51.4-58.4 180 14.3 12.0-16.8 190 15.7 13.3-18.3 11 1.0 0.5- 1.9
AGE
40-44 158 14 12.5 6.8-21.9 77 48.6 39.0-58.2 26 17.0 10.9-25.6 36 19.3 13.3-27.2 5 2.5 1.0- 6.3
45-54 350 32 8.2 5.6-11.9 189 54.9 48.5-61.1 63 16.2 12.2-21.2 62 19.5 14.9-25.2 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6
55-64 333 48 15.0 10.9-20.3 181 56.1 49.7-62.2 49 13.4 9.9-17.9 53 14.9 11.1-19.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8
65-74 232 56 23.6 17.5-31.1 122 54.6 46.4-62.5 27 10.4 6.6-15.9 27 11.4 7.3-17.4 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 148 30 20.4 13.5-29.7 88 59.8 50.2-68.8 15 10.8 6.2-18.0 15 9.0 5.1-15.5 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 304 49 13.3 9.3-18.7 159 55.7 48.7-62.5 42 13.6 9.7-18.7 53 17.3 12.8-22.9 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 431 70 18.8 14.2-24.3 226 49.6 43.7-55.5 60 12.9 9.4-17.4 70 17.7 13.6-22.7 5 1.1 0.4- 2.8
Some Post-H.S. 267 29 9.6 6.2-14.6 145 58.5 51.2-65.4 45 16.2 11.4-22.4 45 14.5 10.3-19.9 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3
College Graduate 217 32 13.1 8.9-18.8 126 58.9 50.7-66.7 32 14.6 9.7-21.2 25 11.9 7.5-18.4 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 301 47 13.2 9.3-18.2 166 57.2 50.3-63.9 45 12.2 8.7-16.8 40 16.4 11.6-22.6 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8
$15,000- 24,999 296 34 10.1 6.9-14.5 151 52.5 45.6-59.3 40 14.4 10.1-20.0 69 22.4 17.3-28.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8
$25,000- 34,999 152 19 12.6 7.6-20.3 80 54.0 43.5-64.2 31 21.4 13.9-31.5 20 10.2 6.0-16.9 2 1.8 0.4- 6.9
$35,000- 49,999 127 17 16.4 9.5-26.7 71 54.3 43.8-64.4 22 14.5 8.8-22.9 16 13.8 8.1-22.7 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9
$50,000-74,999 88 9 8.9 4.3-17.4 55 60.1 47.6-71.3 8 8.6 3.9-17.9 16 22.4 13.5-34.8 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 64 10 15.7 6.4-33.8 38 58.8 43.2-72.8 10 17.2 8.7-31.2 5 6.4 2.0-18.6 1 2.0 0.3-12.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 567 92 16.8 13.1-21.1 304 54.5 49.4-59.5 82 13.5 10.5-17.0 87 14.9 11.7-18.7 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0
No 646 88 12.8 9.9-16.4 348 54.4 49.6-59.2 96 14.7 11.5-18.4 105 16.6 13.4-20.5 9 1.5 0.7- 2.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 29 4 28.5 10.0-58.8 20 56.2 32.1-77.7 2 6.3 1.1-28.7 3 9.0 2.8-25.8 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 1,190 174 13.8 11.6-16.4 637 54.6 51.1-58.1 178 14.4 12.2-17.1 190 16.1 13.7-18.8 11 1.0 0.5- 2.0

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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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