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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 | 11,303 | 8,313 | 73.8 | 72.8-74.9 | 1,885 | 16.7 | 15.9-17.6 | 705 | 6.3 | 5.7- 6.9 | 302 | 2.4 | 2.1- 2.7 | 98 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.0 |
| -Northeast Partnership I | 343 | 266 | 74.9 | 69.0-80.0 | 48 | 16.0 | 11.7-21.4 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.9- 8.3 | 10 | 3.7 | 1.9- 7.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 132 | 102 | 74.8 | 64.9-82.6 | 21 | 17.5 | 10.9-26.9 | 4 | 3.7 | 1.3-10.2 | 4 | 3.7 | 1.3-10.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 |
| Female | 211 | 164 | 75.1 | 67.8-81.2 | 27 | 14.6 | 9.8-21.1 | 13 | 6.1 | 3.5-10.6 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 167 | 136 | 80.2 | 71.5-86.7 | 21 | 14.9 | 9.0-23.8 | 5 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.6 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.5 |
| Other | 176 | 130 | 70.6 | 62.2-77.7 | 27 | 16.8 | 11.3-24.3 | 12 | 6.9 | 3.7-12.5 | 7 | 5.7 | 2.6-11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 28 | 23 | 79.6 | 57.5-91.8 | 4 | 18.9 | 7.1-41.6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 315 | 243 | 74.3 | 68.1-79.7 | 44 | 15.6 | 11.3-21.2 | 16 | 5.4 | 3.2- 9.1 | 10 | 4.2 | 2.2- 8.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 208 | 149 | 66.4 | 58.4-73.6 | 37 | 21.1 | 15.0-28.8 | 13 | 6.7 | 3.7-11.8 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.7-11.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 |
| Some College + | 134 | 117 | 89.2 | 81.9-93.7 | 10 | 7.1 | 3.4-14.3 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.1 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 225 | 168 | 71.5 | 63.8-78.1 | 32 | 17.0 | 11.5-24.2 | 15 | 6.4 | 3.7-10.8 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.4- 9.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 |
| $50,000+ | 60 | 55 | 91.6 | 80.7-96.6 | 5 | 8.4 | 3.4-19.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 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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