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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 |
| -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 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 129 | 106 | 83.6 | 75.6-89.4 | 14 | 9.6 | 5.4-16.2 | 6 | 4.9 | 2.0-11.3 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 |
| Female | 211 | 178 | 84.8 | 78.9-89.3 | 22 | 9.9 | 6.4-15.0 | 9 | 4.4 | 2.2- 8.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 166 | 140 | 84.9 | 77.8-90.0 | 17 | 9.6 | 5.7-15.7 | 7 | 4.6 | 2.0-10.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 |
| Other | 174 | 144 | 83.7 | 77.0-88.8 | 19 | 9.9 | 6.1-15.5 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.6 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 29 | 27 | 95.6 | 82.6-99.0 | 2 | 4.4 | 1.0-17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 311 | 257 | 82.7 | 77.5-86.9 | 34 | 10.5 | 7.3-14.8 | 15 | 5.3 | 3.0- 9.1 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 206 | 165 | 80.1 | 73.3-85.4 | 26 | 12.6 | 8.4-18.5 | 10 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.7 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 |
| Some College + | 133 | 118 | 90.7 | 84.2-94.7 | 10 | 5.3 | 2.8- 9.9 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.4-10.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 223 | 187 | 84.2 | 78.1-88.8 | 21 | 9.0 | 5.6-14.0 | 10 | 4.7 | 2.4- 9.1 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 |
| $50,000+ | 59 | 50 | 90.0 | 81.1-95.0 | 7 | 7.6 | 3.5-15.8 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.6- 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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.
*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
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