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Total Respond.^ |
No difficulty | A little difficulty | Moderate difficulty | Extreme difficulty | Unable to do b/c of eyesight | |||||||||||
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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 | 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 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 367 | 307 | 84.1 | 79.1-88.0 | 45 | 11.5 | 8.2-15.9 | 14 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45-54 | 852 | 598 | 69.4 | 65.5-73.1 | 165 | 19.4 | 16.3-22.8 | 64 | 8.5 | 6.4-11.3 | 17 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.9 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.4 |
55-64 | 946 | 708 | 76.3 | 73.1-79.3 | 142 | 14.6 | 12.2-17.5 | 63 | 6.1 | 4.6- 7.9 | 26 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.8 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 |
65-74 | 710 | 543 | 76.5 | 72.6-80.0 | 108 | 14.8 | 12.0-18.0 | 41 | 6.2 | 4.4- 8.8 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.9 | 10 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.6 |
75+ | 488 | 367 | 76.4 | 71.7-80.5 | 78 | 16.5 | 12.9-20.9 | 27 | 4.6 | 3.0- 7.0 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.2 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 427 | 294 | 67.8 | 62.0-73.2 | 70 | 15.7 | 12.1-20.1 | 30 | 8.0 | 5.2-12.2 | 20 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.4 | 13 | 2.9 | 1.4- 5.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 973 | 716 | 73.7 | 70.2-77.0 | 160 | 17.6 | 14.7-20.9 | 69 | 6.7 | 5.2- 8.7 | 22 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.6 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 757 | 576 | 76.1 | 72.1-79.7 | 128 | 15.9 | 12.9-19.4 | 40 | 6.4 | 4.5- 9.2 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.8 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 |
College Graduate | 1,200 | 933 | 78.5 | 75.5-81.2 | 179 | 14.5 | 12.3-17.1 | 70 | 5.8 | 4.3- 7.8 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.5 | 6 | 0.4 | 0.1- 0.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 253 | 162 | 63.3 | 55.5-70.5 | 44 | 16.3 | 11.7-22.2 | 18 | 9.6 | 5.5-16.3 | 13 | 5.9 | 2.8-11.7 | 16 | 5.0 | 2.7- 8.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 403 | 271 | 63.0 | 56.5-69.0 | 82 | 23.0 | 17.8-29.0 | 34 | 9.7 | 6.5-14.3 | 11 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 412 | 298 | 72.2 | 66.3-77.4 | 78 | 19.8 | 15.1-25.5 | 25 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.4 | 10 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 497 | 389 | 78.8 | 74.0-82.9 | 70 | 13.5 | 10.3-17.5 | 29 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.8 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 533 | 415 | 78.5 | 74.0-82.4 | 70 | 12.8 | 9.7-16.6 | 39 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.8 | 7 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.3 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.5 |
$75,000+ | 904 | 723 | 80.3 | 77.0-83.3 | 128 | 13.7 | 11.2-16.6 | 45 | 5.1 | 3.6- 7.2 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.6 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,338 | 923 | 69.2 | 66.1-72.2 | 237 | 17.7 | 15.3-20.4 | 98 | 7.8 | 6.2- 9.9 | 49 | 3.5 | 2.5- 4.8 | 31 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.7 |
No | 2,007 | 1,589 | 79.2 | 76.8-81.3 | 295 | 14.6 | 12.8-16.7 | 111 | 5.7 | 4.5- 7.1 | 11 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,554 | 1,185 | 76.9 | 74.2-79.3 | 229 | 14.5 | 12.6-16.7 | 97 | 6.3 | 4.9- 8.1 | 27 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.5 | 16 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.1 |
Non-Veteran | 1,807 | 1,336 | 74.5 | 71.9-76.9 | 309 | 16.7 | 14.7-19.0 | 112 | 6.5 | 5.2- 8.1 | 34 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.2 | 16 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.6 |
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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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