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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%) | ||
| TOTAL | 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 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 4,119 | 514 | 11.7 | 10.5-12.9 | 2,041 | 47.9 | 46.0-49.8 | 661 | 17.4 | 15.9-18.9 | 801 | 19.8 | 18.3-21.4 | 102 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.1 |
| Female | 7,152 | 987 | 13.0 | 12.1-14.0 | 3,887 | 54.3 | 52.8-55.7 | 1,110 | 16.0 | 14.9-17.0 | 1,097 | 15.4 | 14.4-16.5 | 71 | 1.3 | 1.0- 1.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 8,990 | 1,180 | 12.4 | 11.6-13.2 | 4,752 | 51.5 | 50.2-52.8 | 1,437 | 17.3 | 16.3-18.3 | 1,510 | 17.4 | 16.4-18.4 | 111 | 1.5 | 1.2- 1.9 |
| African American | 1,753 | 251 | 12.9 | 11.1-15.0 | 939 | 54.8 | 51.7-57.8 | 249 | 13.1 | 11.3-15.2 | 292 | 17.7 | 15.4-20.1 | 22 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.4 |
| Asian | 45 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.3- 8.9 | 27 | 49.2 | 31.6-66.9 | 6 | 25.6 | 11.1-48.7 | 7 | 16.5 | 7.2-33.6 | 3 | 6.9 | 1.9-22.0 |
| Native American | 206 | 20 | 9.1 | 5.3-15.1 | 99 | 45.0 | 36.0-54.4 | 35 | 16.2 | 10.7-23.8 | 48 | 26.9 | 19.4-35.9 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.0- 7.8 |
| Other Minorities | 245 | 43 | 13.5 | 9.4-19.0 | 97 | 35.7 | 28.6-43.4 | 38 | 16.5 | 11.5-23.1 | 34 | 14.4 | 9.8-20.7 | 33 | 19.9 | 13.8-27.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 284 | 41 | 10.8 | 7.6-15.3 | 115 | 37.7 | 30.8-45.1 | 46 | 17.2 | 12.4-23.5 | 45 | 15.9 | 11.3-21.9 | 37 | 18.3 | 12.8-25.4 |
| -English Speaking | 173 | 30 | 14.7 | 9.8-21.5 | 82 | 47.3 | 37.9-56.9 | 27 | 17.7 | 11.3-26.7 | 28 | 16.0 | 10.1-24.3 | 6 | 4.3 | 1.8-10.2 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 111 | 11 | 7.1 | 3.5-13.9 | 33 | 28.5 | 19.4-39.8 | 19 | 16.8 | 10.2-26.4 | 17 | 15.8 | 9.5-25.3 | 31 | 31.7 | 22.0-43.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 10,969 | 1,455 | 12.4 | 11.7-13.2 | 5,809 | 52.0 | 50.8-53.2 | 1,723 | 16.6 | 15.7-17.5 | 1,846 | 17.5 | 16.6-18.4 | 136 | 1.5 | 1.2- 1.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 1,332 | 124 | 9.7 | 7.9-11.8 | 585 | 43.9 | 40.6-47.2 | 211 | 16.1 | 13.8-18.7 | 349 | 24.5 | 21.9-27.4 | 63 | 5.9 | 4.3- 7.9 |
| 45-54 | 2,944 | 302 | 10.2 | 8.9-11.6 | 1,436 | 48.3 | 46.0-50.6 | 547 | 18.5 | 16.9-20.3 | 586 | 20.1 | 18.3-22.0 | 73 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.9 |
| 55-64 | 3,005 | 360 | 11.1 | 9.9-12.5 | 1,528 | 50.7 | 48.5-53.0 | 537 | 19.1 | 17.4-21.0 | 555 | 18.2 | 16.5-19.9 | 25 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 |
| 65-74 | 2,287 | 386 | 17.0 | 15.2-18.9 | 1,308 | 56.7 | 54.2-59.2 | 313 | 14.6 | 12.9-16.6 | 273 | 11.3 | 9.9-13.0 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 |
| 75+ | 1,703 | 329 | 18.5 | 16.4-20.7 | 1,071 | 63.7 | 60.9-66.4 | 163 | 10.3 | 8.6-12.3 | 135 | 7.3 | 5.9- 8.9 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,775 | 231 | 12.1 | 10.3-14.1 | 868 | 46.2 | 43.2-49.3 | 252 | 14.6 | 12.6-16.9 | 381 | 22.5 | 20.0-25.2 | 43 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 3,462 | 474 | 12.6 | 11.3-14.0 | 1,765 | 49.2 | 47.0-51.3 | 523 | 15.7 | 14.2-17.3 | 632 | 19.8 | 18.1-21.6 | 68 | 2.8 | 2.0- 3.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 2,720 | 368 | 12.6 | 11.1-14.3 | 1,429 | 51.9 | 49.5-54.3 | 456 | 17.9 | 16.1-19.8 | 437 | 16.3 | 14.6-18.2 | 30 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.0 |
| College Graduate | 3,290 | 424 | 12.1 | 10.8-13.5 | 1,854 | 55.4 | 53.3-57.5 | 536 | 17.5 | 15.9-19.2 | 445 | 13.8 | 12.4-15.3 | 31 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 1,383 | 181 | 12.0 | 10.0-14.3 | 654 | 45.0 | 41.7-48.4 | 209 | 16.3 | 13.7-19.1 | 317 | 24.3 | 21.4-27.4 | 22 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,837 | 243 | 11.2 | 9.6-13.0 | 913 | 47.7 | 44.7-50.8 | 277 | 15.3 | 13.4-17.6 | 373 | 22.2 | 19.6-24.9 | 31 | 3.6 | 2.3- 5.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 1,359 | 187 | 13.0 | 11.0-15.3 | 689 | 48.9 | 45.5-52.3 | 216 | 15.9 | 13.6-18.6 | 238 | 18.7 | 16.1-21.6 | 29 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 1,522 | 191 | 11.9 | 10.1-14.1 | 819 | 52.8 | 49.7-56.0 | 250 | 15.8 | 13.8-18.2 | 242 | 17.6 | 15.2-20.3 | 20 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,416 | 161 | 11.4 | 9.4-13.6 | 770 | 52.4 | 49.1-55.6 | 245 | 17.6 | 15.4-20.2 | 229 | 17.8 | 15.4-20.5 | 11 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.2 |
| $75,000+ | 2,103 | 300 | 13.3 | 11.7-15.2 | 1,124 | 52.6 | 50.0-55.3 | 367 | 19.5 | 17.4-21.8 | 280 | 12.8 | 11.3-14.6 | 32 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 4,691 | 687 | 13.8 | 12.6-15.1 | 2,415 | 50.0 | 48.2-51.8 | 720 | 16.2 | 14.9-17.6 | 822 | 18.5 | 17.1-20.0 | 47 | 1.5 | 1.1- 2.1 |
| No | 6,526 | 812 | 11.6 | 10.7-12.5 | 3,481 | 52.1 | 50.6-53.7 | 1,041 | 16.9 | 15.7-18.1 | 1,067 | 16.8 | 15.7-18.0 | 125 | 2.6 | 2.1- 3.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 1,918 | 299 | 14.6 | 12.8-16.6 | 1,027 | 52.3 | 49.5-55.1 | 281 | 16.7 | 14.6-18.9 | 297 | 15.9 | 13.9-18.2 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 9,343 | 1,199 | 11.9 | 11.1-12.7 | 4,895 | 51.1 | 49.8-52.4 | 1,489 | 16.6 | 15.7-17.6 | 1,601 | 17.8 | 16.9-18.8 | 159 | 2.6 | 2.1- 3.2 |
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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