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| Total Respond.^ |
No difficulty | A little difficulty | Moderate difficulty | Extreme difficulty | Unable to do b/c of eyesight | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 11,312 | 9,729 | 86.8 | 86.0-87.6 | 1,018 | 8.7 | 8.0- 9.4 | 358 | 3.0 | 2.6- 3.4 | 109 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.1 | 98 | 0.7 | 0.6- 1.0 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
| Alamance | 293 | 264 | 92.2 | 88.5-94.8 | 18 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.9 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.6- 3.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 |
| Buncombe | 276 | 235 | 86.0 | 80.9-89.9 | 35 | 11.6 | 8.1-16.4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.8- 5.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Cabarrus | 296 | 245 | 84.4 | 79.3-88.5 | 36 | 9.7 | 6.7-13.9 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.3- 7.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 |
| Catawba | 319 | 273 | 86.6 | 81.9-90.3 | 34 | 9.9 | 6.8-14.2 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.6 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.3 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.1 |
| Cumberland | 302 | 264 | 87.1 | 82.1-90.9 | 26 | 9.0 | 5.9-13.5 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.9 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.9 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.8 |
| Davidson | 313 | 277 | 90.3 | 86.1-93.3 | 22 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.4 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.1 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.5 |
| Durham | 258 | 229 | 90.2 | 85.7-93.4 | 22 | 7.5 | 4.7-11.6 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.5 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.1 |
| Forsyth | 302 | 264 | 87.0 | 81.3-91.1 | 28 | 9.6 | 6.2-14.5 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.7- 4.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.3- 8.1 |
| Gaston | 298 | 259 | 87.9 | 82.6-91.8 | 23 | 7.3 | 4.4-12.0 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 2.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.2 |
| Guilford | 328 | 275 | 86.0 | 81.2-89.7 | 33 | 9.8 | 6.6-14.2 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.6 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.1 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.8 |
| Iredell | 324 | 283 | 88.7 | 84.4-91.9 | 27 | 7.3 | 4.8-10.9 | 10 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 |
| Johnston | 295 | 254 | 86.3 | 78.9-91.4 | 21 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.0 | 13 | 6.3 | 2.5-15.2 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.1 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 555 | 499 | 89.6 | 86.0-92.3 | 34 | 6.6 | 4.4-10.0 | 15 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.8 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| New Hanover | 308 | 271 | 88.7 | 84.4-91.9 | 22 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.4 | 12 | 3.8 | 2.1- 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.7 |
| Onslow | 262 | 226 | 82.0 | 73.8-88.0 | 26 | 13.6 | 8.1-21.9 | 9 | 4.2 | 2.1- 8.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Orange | 272 | 242 | 91.4 | 87.4-94.1 | 20 | 5.8 | 3.6- 9.2 | 8 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 |
| Pitt | 265 | 222 | 83.3 | 77.2-88.0 | 26 | 9.4 | 6.0-14.3 | 10 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.4 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.6- 8.2 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.3 |
| Randolph | 285 | 255 | 89.2 | 84.3-92.7 | 16 | 6.0 | 3.5-10.2 | 9 | 3.1 | 1.4- 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.2 |
| Robeson | 273 | 223 | 83.7 | 78.4-87.9 | 37 | 11.8 | 8.2-16.6 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.1 |
| Rowan | 329 | 280 | 86.0 | 81.4-89.6 | 25 | 7.2 | 4.7-10.9 | 17 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.5 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.0 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.2 |
| Union | 274 | 236 | 86.9 | 81.4-90.9 | 26 | 9.1 | 5.8-14.1 | 6 | 2.9 | 1.2- 6.8 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1- 1.0 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.4 |
| Wake | 431 | 383 | 88.8 | 85.0-91.7 | 31 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.7 | 13 | 3.3 | 1.8- 6.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 |
| Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 325 | 286 | 86.8 | 81.4-90.8 | 25 | 9.1 | 5.7-14.2 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.7 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.4 |
| Northeast Partnership II*** | 388 | 329 | 85.2 | 80.6-88.9 | 37 | 9.9 | 6.8-14.2 | 15 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.8 |
| Northeast Partnership I*** | 340 | 284 | 84.3 | 79.5-88.0 | 36 | 9.7 | 6.9-13.6 | 15 | 4.6 | 2.7- 8.0 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.1 |
| Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 314 | 268 | 87.0 | 82.3-90.6 | 27 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.6 | 13 | 3.3 | 1.8- 6.1 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.8 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.4 |
| Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 333 | 280 | 82.1 | 76.0-87.0 | 29 | 9.0 | 5.6-14.1 | 13 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.5 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.8 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.5 |
| Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 330 | 288 | 88.1 | 83.7-91.4 | 26 | 7.4 | 4.9-11.1 | 12 | 3.7 | 1.9- 7.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 |
| Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 277 | 223 | 81.1 | 75.4-85.7 | 39 | 13.5 | 9.6-18.5 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.2 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 |
| Chatham/Lee/Moore | 332 | 288 | 87.2 | 82.3-90.8 | 25 | 7.1 | 4.5-10.9 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.7- 8.7 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 |
| Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 397 | 319 | 79.3 | 74.2-83.6 | 45 | 11.8 | 8.6-16.0 | 17 | 5.1 | 2.9- 8.9 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.9 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.9 |
| Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 322 | 276 | 87.0 | 82.5-90.5 | 33 | 10.3 | 7.1-14.6 | 9 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 |
| Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 313 | 263 | 84.9 | 79.6-89.0 | 32 | 10.6 | 7.0-15.7 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.4 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.5 |
| Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 323 | 270 | 85.5 | 80.7-89.3 | 31 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.6 | 17 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.3 |
| Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 460 | 396 | 88.7 | 84.9-91.6 | 45 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.6 | 11 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.0 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.0 |
| NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 831 | 705 | 85.7 | 82.7-88.2 | 77 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.6 | 34 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.4 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.0 | 9 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.6 |
| No | 10,481 | 9,024 | 86.9 | 86.0-87.7 | 941 | 8.6 | 8.0- 9.4 | 324 | 2.9 | 2.5- 3.3 | 103 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.1 | 89 | 0.7 | 0.6- 1.0 |
| NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 3,738 | 3,201 | 85.5 | 84.0-86.9 | 337 | 8.9 | 7.8-10.2 | 129 | 3.5 | 2.8- 4.3 | 34 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.7 | 37 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.6 |
| Piedmont | 6,298 | 5,443 | 87.4 | 86.4-88.4 | 548 | 8.2 | 7.4- 9.1 | 193 | 2.9 | 2.4- 3.4 | 62 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.1 | 52 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 |
| Western NC | 1,276 | 1,085 | 86.9 | 84.6-89.0 | 133 | 9.8 | 8.0-11.9 | 36 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.5 | 13 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.1 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC*** | 736 | 631 | 87.9 | 84.9-90.4 | 80 | 9.7 | 7.5-12.5 | 15 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.9 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.5 |
| Northwest | 2,310 | 1,985 | 86.8 | 85.0-88.5 | 208 | 8.9 | 7.5-10.5 | 75 | 2.8 | 2.2- 3.8 | 24 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 | 18 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.6 |
| Charlotte | 1,715 | 1,482 | 87.3 | 85.1-89.1 | 145 | 7.7 | 6.2- 9.5 | 57 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.8 | 17 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.9 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 |
| Greensboro | 1,487 | 1,296 | 87.9 | 85.6-89.8 | 121 | 8.4 | 6.7-10.4 | 44 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.3 | 13 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.3 | 13 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.6 |
| Southern Regional | 1,076 | 900 | 83.9 | 80.8-86.6 | 115 | 10.6 | 8.3-13.4 | 31 | 2.6 | 1.7- 3.9 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.6 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.0 |
| Coastal | 629 | 556 | 88.7 | 85.5-91.3 | 47 | 7.0 | 5.1- 9.6 | 21 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.4 |
| Wake | 1,407 | 1,209 | 87.3 | 84.9-89.3 | 128 | 8.2 | 6.6-10.1 | 42 | 3.2 | 2.2- 4.8 | 18 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 | 10 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 |
| Area L | 499 | 427 | 86.3 | 82.5-89.4 | 41 | 8.0 | 5.6-11.4 | 24 | 4.6 | 2.9- 7.0 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.8 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 |
| Eastern | 1,453 | 1,243 | 84.8 | 82.1-87.2 | 133 | 9.2 | 7.4-11.4 | 49 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.7 | 11 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.1 | 17 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.5 |
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.
**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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