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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 | 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 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 3,349 | 414 | 12.0 | 10.7-13.4 | 1,674 | 48.2 | 46.1-50.3 | 549 | 18.2 | 16.6-19.9 | 653 | 19.9 | 18.3-21.7 | 59 | 1.8 | 1.3- 2.4 |
| African American | 532 | 71 | 10.9 | 8.3-14.2 | 282 | 55.0 | 49.6-60.2 | 69 | 11.8 | 8.9-15.3 | 99 | 20.1 | 16.1-24.8 | 11 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.3 |
| Asian | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 39.3 | 18.6-64.8 | 5 | 38.9 | 16.7-67.0 | 3 | 10.5 | 3.2-29.6 | 3 | 11.2 | 3.0-34.1 |
| Native American | 76 | 8 | 8.8 | 3.8-18.8 | 30 | 39.7 | 26.1-55.1 | 13 | 17.4 | 9.2-30.5 | 21 | 28.7 | 17.5-43.5 | 4 | 5.4 | 1.9-14.4 |
| Other Minorities | 127 | 21 | 13.2 | 8.1-20.8 | 39 | 28.6 | 20.2-38.8 | 23 | 18.2 | 11.7-27.3 | 19 | 14.6 | 8.8-23.1 | 25 | 25.3 | 17.0-36.1 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 127 | 21 | 12.1 | 7.5-19.0 | 38 | 28.1 | 19.6-38.6 | 22 | 19.4 | 12.5-28.7 | 19 | 14.5 | 8.8-23.0 | 27 | 25.9 | 17.5-36.5 |
| -English Speaking | 55 | 15 | 22.1 | 12.6-35.8 | 20 | 38.1 | 23.2-55.7 | 10 | 24.9 | 13.1-42.3 | 8 | 11.3 | 4.7-24.7 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.6-17.9 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 72 | 6 | 7.0 | 3.0-15.8 | 18 | 23.0 | 13.7-36.0 | 12 | 16.5 | 9.0-28.2 | 11 | 16.1 | 8.7-27.8 | 25 | 37.3 | 25.4-51.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,984 | 491 | 11.6 | 10.4-12.9 | 2,003 | 49.2 | 47.2-51.1 | 637 | 17.3 | 15.8-18.8 | 778 | 20.1 | 18.5-21.7 | 75 | 1.9 | 1.5- 2.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 493 | 48 | 9.9 | 7.3-13.4 | 199 | 40.4 | 35.3-45.7 | 80 | 16.6 | 13.1-20.8 | 133 | 24.8 | 20.6-29.5 | 33 | 8.3 | 5.6-12.1 |
| 45-54 | 1,089 | 112 | 10.4 | 8.3-12.9 | 486 | 43.8 | 40.2-47.5 | 199 | 19.0 | 16.3-22.0 | 247 | 22.8 | 19.9-26.0 | 45 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.7 |
| 55-64 | 1,131 | 123 | 10.3 | 8.4-12.6 | 543 | 48.6 | 45.0-52.1 | 206 | 19.6 | 16.8-22.8 | 243 | 20.3 | 17.6-23.2 | 16 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.2 |
| 65-74 | 858 | 128 | 15.0 | 12.5-18.0 | 463 | 53.7 | 49.8-57.6 | 130 | 16.1 | 13.4-19.3 | 132 | 14.6 | 12.0-17.5 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 |
| 75+ | 548 | 103 | 17.4 | 14.0-21.4 | 350 | 65.1 | 60.1-69.7 | 46 | 9.6 | 6.7-13.5 | 46 | 7.5 | 5.2-10.6 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 652 | 84 | 12.8 | 9.9-16.3 | 305 | 42.0 | 37.2-46.9 | 83 | 13.1 | 10.1-16.9 | 151 | 24.5 | 20.4-29.2 | 29 | 7.6 | 5.0-11.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,202 | 145 | 10.5 | 8.7-12.7 | 560 | 45.5 | 42.0-49.1 | 173 | 14.5 | 12.2-17.3 | 280 | 25.0 | 21.9-28.2 | 44 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 900 | 117 | 13.1 | 10.5-16.1 | 414 | 45.9 | 41.7-50.1 | 172 | 19.9 | 16.9-23.4 | 181 | 19.1 | 16.2-22.5 | 16 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.6 |
| College Graduate | 1,357 | 168 | 11.3 | 9.5-13.4 | 757 | 53.9 | 50.6-57.1 | 231 | 19.8 | 17.2-22.6 | 188 | 13.9 | 11.8-16.3 | 13 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 374 | 47 | 12.1 | 8.5-16.9 | 152 | 38.0 | 32.1-44.3 | 54 | 15.1 | 10.9-20.6 | 111 | 30.8 | 25.0-37.2 | 10 | 4.1 | 1.8- 9.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 568 | 57 | 8.9 | 6.5-12.1 | 265 | 42.9 | 37.6-48.3 | 81 | 14.4 | 11.1-18.4 | 142 | 26.5 | 21.9-31.7 | 23 | 7.4 | 4.5-11.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 523 | 74 | 12.8 | 9.8-16.5 | 255 | 46.3 | 41.1-51.6 | 75 | 15.3 | 11.7-19.9 | 100 | 20.0 | 16.0-24.7 | 19 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 618 | 76 | 11.4 | 8.7-15.0 | 298 | 48.3 | 43.4-53.2 | 114 | 17.0 | 13.9-20.7 | 117 | 20.7 | 16.9-25.1 | 13 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 593 | 72 | 12.6 | 9.6-16.3 | 312 | 50.0 | 45.0-54.9 | 105 | 18.7 | 15.3-22.8 | 99 | 18.3 | 14.7-22.5 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.4 |
| $75,000+ | 990 | 137 | 12.4 | 10.2-15.0 | 511 | 50.3 | 46.4-54.2 | 176 | 21.1 | 18.0-24.6 | 152 | 14.7 | 12.3-17.5 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,676 | 230 | 13.4 | 11.5-15.6 | 835 | 47.5 | 44.5-50.5 | 242 | 15.2 | 13.1-17.6 | 340 | 21.6 | 19.2-24.3 | 29 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.4 |
| No | 2,425 | 282 | 10.6 | 9.3-12.2 | 1,199 | 48.2 | 45.7-50.7 | 415 | 18.6 | 16.7-20.6 | 457 | 18.7 | 16.9-20.7 | 72 | 3.8 | 2.8- 5.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 1,789 | 273 | 14.1 | 12.3-16.1 | 953 | 52.1 | 49.2-55.0 | 268 | 17.1 | 15.0-19.5 | 281 | 16.1 | 14.0-18.4 | 14 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,324 | 240 | 10.2 | 8.7-11.8 | 1,084 | 45.3 | 42.8-47.8 | 392 | 17.5 | 15.7-19.6 | 520 | 22.1 | 20.1-24.3 | 88 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.3 |
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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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