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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%) | ||
| TOTAL | 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 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,569 | 916 | 58.0 | 55.0-61.1 | 297 | 19.3 | 17.0-21.9 | 63 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.7 | 119 | 7.5 | 6.0- 9.3 | 174 | 10.9 | 9.1-13.0 |
| Female | 2,298 | 1,034 | 45.4 | 42.9-47.9 | 691 | 29.9 | 27.7-32.3 | 115 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.6 | 152 | 6.5 | 5.3- 7.8 | 306 | 13.7 | 12.0-15.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 3,082 | 1,600 | 53.4 | 51.2-55.6 | 748 | 23.2 | 21.4-25.1 | 136 | 4.1 | 3.3- 5.0 | 207 | 6.4 | 5.4- 7.5 | 391 | 12.9 | 11.4-14.5 |
| African American | 564 | 246 | 44.7 | 39.6-50.0 | 168 | 27.7 | 23.4-32.6 | 29 | 4.9 | 3.0- 8.0 | 50 | 10.7 | 7.6-15.0 | 71 | 11.9 | 9.1-15.4 |
| Asian | 16 | 8 | 47.8 | 21.8-75.0 | 8 | 52.2 | 25.0-78.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Native American | 88 | 38 | 43.7 | 31.2-57.2 | 29 | 32.7 | 21.7-46.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.3- 4.2 | 9 | 14.3 | 6.1-30.0 | 10 | 8.2 | 4.2-15.3 |
| Other Minorities | 104 | 49 | 52.4 | 40.8-63.8 | 33 | 26.9 | 18.2-37.7 | 11 | 9.8 | 5.0-18.4 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.0-15.2 | 7 | 6.8 | 2.6-16.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 128 | 59 | 49.9 | 39.4-60.5 | 41 | 28.0 | 19.8-38.0 | 10 | 8.2 | 4.1-15.5 | 6 | 4.7 | 1.5-13.5 | 12 | 9.3 | 4.5-18.2 |
| -English Speaking | 64 | 28 | 44.9 | 30.4-60.3 | 21 | 33.0 | 20.2-48.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 4.9 | 1.5-14.8 | 11 | 17.3 | 8.6-31.6 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 64 | 31 | 53.2 | 38.8-67.0 | 20 | 24.8 | 15.1-38.0 | 10 | 13.4 | 6.7-24.9 | 2 | 4.5 | 0.8-21.7 | 1 | 4.1 | 0.6-23.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,731 | 1,886 | 52.0 | 50.0-54.0 | 945 | 24.2 | 22.6-26.0 | 167 | 4.2 | 3.4- 5.0 | 265 | 7.1 | 6.1- 8.3 | 468 | 12.4 | 11.2-13.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 642 | 348 | 55.7 | 51.0-60.4 | 167 | 25.1 | 21.3-29.4 | 16 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.6 | 53 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.3 | 58 | 7.8 | 5.8-10.5 |
| 45-54 | 1,217 | 539 | 48.2 | 44.7-51.7 | 383 | 27.4 | 24.5-30.5 | 44 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.0 | 83 | 7.1 | 5.4- 9.2 | 168 | 13.9 | 11.5-16.6 |
| 55-64 | 1,114 | 544 | 48.8 | 45.1-52.4 | 313 | 27.6 | 24.4-31.0 | 45 | 4.5 | 3.1- 6.5 | 79 | 6.7 | 5.1- 8.6 | 133 | 12.5 | 10.2-15.2 |
| 65-74 | 589 | 329 | 56.9 | 52.0-61.7 | 92 | 13.3 | 10.5-16.7 | 42 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.6 | 39 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.8 | 87 | 16.1 | 12.7-20.1 |
| 75+ | 305 | 190 | 63.0 | 56.1-69.5 | 33 | 12.7 | 8.3-19.0 | 31 | 9.0 | 5.9-13.5 | 17 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.1 | 34 | 11.0 | 7.4-16.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 672 | 265 | 41.8 | 37.0-46.8 | 254 | 35.0 | 30.6-39.7 | 46 | 6.0 | 4.2- 8.4 | 34 | 5.9 | 3.8- 9.2 | 73 | 11.2 | 8.1-15.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,236 | 597 | 49.1 | 45.5-52.7 | 332 | 26.2 | 23.2-29.5 | 50 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.3 | 108 | 8.8 | 6.9-11.3 | 149 | 11.4 | 9.4-13.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 930 | 458 | 50.5 | 46.5-54.5 | 246 | 25.6 | 22.2-29.3 | 42 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.6 | 62 | 6.4 | 4.8- 8.6 | 122 | 12.9 | 10.6-15.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,022 | 626 | 62.2 | 58.5-65.8 | 155 | 15.4 | 12.7-18.4 | 39 | 3.2 | 2.2- 4.7 | 67 | 6.1 | 4.6- 8.0 | 135 | 13.2 | 10.8-16.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 545 | 167 | 29.8 | 25.1-35.0 | 266 | 49.6 | 44.0-55.1 | 40 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.5 | 20 | 4.7 | 2.5- 8.8 | 52 | 9.2 | 6.3-13.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 680 | 287 | 43.4 | 38.5-48.4 | 255 | 35.5 | 31.0-40.2 | 28 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.5 | 49 | 7.6 | 5.2-11.0 | 61 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 482 | 232 | 47.6 | 41.9-53.4 | 150 | 32.1 | 26.9-37.6 | 19 | 4.9 | 3.0- 8.1 | 31 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.2 | 50 | 10.1 | 7.1-14.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 518 | 292 | 56.4 | 51.0-61.7 | 96 | 20.3 | 16.3-25.0 | 19 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.2 | 43 | 8.1 | 5.4-12.1 | 68 | 11.9 | 8.8-15.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 496 | 271 | 55.2 | 49.9-60.5 | 74 | 16.7 | 12.8-21.4 | 14 | 3.9 | 2.2- 6.9 | 42 | 7.4 | 5.2-10.4 | 95 | 16.8 | 13.4-20.8 |
| $75,000+ | 690 | 461 | 67.3 | 63.0-71.4 | 51 | 7.9 | 5.6-10.9 | 30 | 3.6 | 2.3- 5.4 | 57 | 8.1 | 6.0-10.8 | 91 | 13.1 | 10.4-16.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,589 | 613 | 38.8 | 35.8-41.9 | 584 | 38.3 | 35.3-41.4 | 100 | 5.4 | 4.2- 6.9 | 97 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.3 | 195 | 11.8 | 9.8-14.1 |
| No | 2,257 | 1,326 | 60.1 | 57.5-62.6 | 399 | 15.9 | 14.1-17.8 | 78 | 3.8 | 2.9- 5.0 | 174 | 7.8 | 6.5- 9.4 | 280 | 12.4 | 10.8-14.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 601 | 358 | 56.5 | 51.5-61.5 | 85 | 15.4 | 12.0-19.5 | 32 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.3 | 52 | 8.8 | 6.2-12.5 | 74 | 13.9 | 10.8-17.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,265 | 1,591 | 51.0 | 48.8-53.1 | 903 | 26.4 | 24.5-28.3 | 146 | 4.2 | 3.4- 5.1 | 219 | 6.6 | 5.6- 7.8 | 406 | 11.9 | 10.5-13.4 |
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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