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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care*

What is the main reason you have not visited an eye care professional in the past 12 months?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No prob./no reason to go Cost/insurance Access problems Not thought of it Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,867 1,950 51.9 49.9-53.9 988 24.5 22.8-26.2 178 4.4 3.6- 5.3 271 7.0 6.0- 8.1 480 12.2 11.0-13.6
-Northeast Partnership II 146 83 54.0 44.5-63.2 29 21.4 14.7-30.1 9 5.6 2.7-11.4 10 9.0 4.7-16.5 15 10.0 5.8-16.7
GENDER
Male 56 30 55.5 40.7-69.3 10 18.2 9.4-32.3 4 6.4 2.2-17.4 7 12.3 5.5-25.4 5 7.6 3.1-17.5
Female 90 53 52.5 41.0-63.7 19 24.8 15.9-36.5 5 4.8 1.9-12.0 3 5.5 1.8-15.6 10 12.4 6.3-23.1
RACE
White 105 61 53.0 42.3-63.5 22 23.1 15.1-33.6 9 8.0 3.8-15.9 6 7.7 3.2-17.2 7 8.2 3.8-16.7
Other 40 21 56.0 37.3-73.1 7 17.5 7.5-35.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 12.2 4.5-29.1 8 14.3 6.4-28.9
AGE
18-44 17 13 73.8 45.9-90.3 1 8.5 1.2-41.6 1 5.6 0.8-31.3 2 12.1 2.7-40.6 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 129 70 48.7 39.1-58.3 28 24.9 17.3-34.5 8 5.6 2.6-11.8 8 8.1 4.0-15.7 15 12.7 7.4-20.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 87 46 47.8 35.6-60.2 18 22.2 13.6-34.1 6 6.5 2.6-15.5 9 13.6 6.9-25.1 8 9.9 4.8-19.6
Some College + 59 37 63.5 49.0-75.9 11 20.2 10.8-34.6 3 4.3 1.3-13.6 1 1.9 0.3-12.6 7 10.0 4.4-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 46 49.6 37.5-61.7 26 30.2 20.4-42.2 5 3.0 1.2- 7.4 6 8.8 3.7-19.7 9 8.4 4.1-16.4
$50,000+ 32 21 62.6 43.6-78.3 2 8.1 1.9-29.1 3 11.6 3.7-31.1 3 9.7 3.1-26.4 3 8.0 2.5-22.5

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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