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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care*

Do you have any kind of health insurance coverage for eye care?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,063 6,259 58.1 56.9-59.2 4,804 41.9 40.8-43.1
-Northeast Partnership I 339 185 54.3 48.1-60.3 154 45.7 39.7-51.9
GENDER
Male 128 74 58.9 49.0-68.2 54 41.1 31.8-51.0
Female 211 111 50.1 42.6-57.7 100 49.9 42.3-57.4
RACE
White 163 81 49.2 40.4-58.1 82 50.8 41.9-59.6
Other 176 104 58.2 49.8-66.3 72 41.8 33.7-50.2
AGE
18-44 28 19 67.0 45.5-83.1 9 33.0 16.9-54.5
45+ 311 166 52.6 46.2-58.9 145 47.4 41.1-53.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 105 50.5 42.7-58.3 99 49.5 41.7-57.3
Some College + 134 80 60.6 50.8-69.6 54 39.4 30.4-49.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 113 50.4 42.8-58.0 109 49.6 42.0-57.2
$50,000+ 58 39 67.2 52.5-79.2 19 32.8 20.8-47.5

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.


*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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