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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care*-WHITES

How much difficulty, if any, do you have reading print in newspaper, magazine, recipe, menu, or numbers on the telephone?*
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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%)
TOTAL 9,019 6,715 74.7 73.5-75.8 1,476 16.4 15.5-17.4 544 6.2 5.6- 6.8 201 2.0 1.7- 2.3 83 0.8 0.6- 1.0
GENDER
Male 3,363 2,523 75.5 73.6-77.2 538 15.8 14.4-17.4 209 6.4 5.5- 7.6 61 1.5 1.1- 2.1 32 0.7 0.5- 1.2
Female 5,656 4,192 74.0 72.6-75.4 938 16.9 15.7-18.2 335 5.9 5.2- 6.7 140 2.3 1.9- 2.9 51 0.8 0.6- 1.1
AGE
40-44 996 802 80.7 77.6-83.5 139 14.2 11.7-17.0 39 3.9 2.6- 5.8 14 1.1 0.6- 1.9 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5
45-54 2,273 1,563 68.5 66.0-70.8 448 19.8 17.9-22.0 181 8.3 7.0- 9.9 69 2.7 2.1- 3.6 12 0.6 0.3- 1.3
55-64 2,417 1,843 77.3 75.2-79.2 365 14.6 13.0-16.3 135 5.6 4.6- 6.7 58 2.0 1.5- 2.8 16 0.6 0.3- 1.0
65-74 1,865 1,426 76.5 74.2-78.7 284 15.0 13.2-17.0 98 5.4 4.3- 6.8 35 1.9 1.3- 2.7 22 1.2 0.7- 2.0
75+ 1,468 1,081 74.7 72.0-77.2 240 16.3 14.2-18.7 91 5.9 4.7- 7.5 25 1.4 0.9- 2.1 31 1.7 1.1- 2.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,164 787 67.6 64.1-70.9 205 17.1 14.5-19.9 95 8.5 6.6-10.8 48 4.5 3.2- 6.4 29 2.3 1.5- 3.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,725 2,019 73.9 71.8-75.9 440 16.7 15.0-18.6 172 6.6 5.6- 7.9 72 2.1 1.6- 2.8 22 0.6 0.4- 1.0
Some Post-H.S. 2,259 1,680 74.1 71.8-76.4 384 17.3 15.4-19.3 133 6.2 5.0- 7.6 41 1.5 1.1- 2.2 21 0.9 0.5- 1.6
College Graduate 2,853 2,218 78.2 76.2-80.0 444 15.3 13.8-17.0 144 5.0 4.1- 6.2 37 1.2 0.9- 1.8 10 0.3 0.1- 0.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 906 572 61.3 57.1-65.4 171 19.4 16.1-23.0 77 9.6 7.2-12.6 53 6.2 4.4- 8.7 33 3.5 2.4- 5.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,314 897 65.9 62.5-69.2 255 20.3 17.6-23.3 108 9.3 7.4-11.6 36 2.8 2.0- 4.1 18 1.6 0.9- 2.9
$25,000- 34,999 1,067 788 72.4 68.7-75.7 182 18.3 15.4-21.6 68 6.9 5.1- 9.1 25 2.2 1.3- 3.5 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9
$35,000- 49,999 1,246 962 78.4 75.4-81.1 188 14.3 12.1-16.9 75 5.9 4.4- 7.8 16 1.2 0.7- 2.2 5 0.2 0.1- 0.5
$50,000-74,999 1,251 957 76.0 73.0-78.8 190 15.8 13.4-18.5 78 6.2 4.8- 8.0 22 1.5 0.9- 2.5 4 0.5 0.1- 1.7
$75,000+ 1,928 1,541 80.0 77.8-82.1 290 14.7 12.9-16.6 71 4.0 3.0- 5.3 21 1.1 0.6- 1.7 5 0.3 0.1- 0.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,670 2,461 67.0 65.0-68.9 696 19.3 17.7-20.9 295 8.3 7.2- 9.5 143 3.7 3.0- 4.5 75 1.7 1.3- 2.3
No 5,306 4,226 79.4 78.0-80.8 767 14.6 13.5-15.9 248 4.9 4.2- 5.7 57 0.9 0.7- 1.2 8 0.2 0.1- 0.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,650 1,254 76.8 74.2-79.2 250 14.9 12.9-17.0 98 6.1 4.7- 7.8 31 1.7 1.1- 2.5 17 0.6 0.3- 1.1
Non-Veteran 7,366 5,458 74.2 72.9-75.4 1,226 16.8 15.7-17.9 446 6.2 5.5- 6.9 170 2.1 1.7- 2.5 66 0.8 0.6- 1.1

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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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