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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 II | 388 | 329 | 85.2 | 80.6-88.9 | 37 | 9.9 | 6.8-14.2 | 15 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 141 | 122 | 86.8 | 79.3-91.8 | 10 | 8.8 | 4.7-16.2 | 5 | 2.8 | 1.1- 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 1.5 | 0.6- 4.2 |
| Female | 247 | 207 | 83.8 | 77.5-88.6 | 27 | 10.9 | 7.0-16.7 | 10 | 4.0 | 2.0- 8.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 3.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 270 | 233 | 87.2 | 82.2-90.9 | 21 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.7 | 9 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.2 |
| Other | 117 | 95 | 81.1 | 70.8-88.4 | 16 | 13.8 | 7.7-23.8 | 6 | 5.0 | 2.0-12.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 32 | 30 | 90.3 | 67.2-97.7 | 2 | 9.7 | 2.3-32.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 356 | 299 | 84.3 | 79.6-88.2 | 35 | 10.0 | 6.9-14.2 | 15 | 4.0 | 2.3- 7.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 223 | 187 | 84.6 | 78.5-89.3 | 23 | 9.7 | 6.1-15.1 | 10 | 4.7 | 2.4- 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.2 |
| Some College + | 165 | 142 | 86.0 | 78.2-91.3 | 14 | 10.3 | 5.6-18.2 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 220 | 179 | 81.4 | 74.3-86.8 | 24 | 11.7 | 7.3-18.3 | 12 | 5.2 | 2.7- 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.3 |
| $50,000+ | 106 | 98 | 91.8 | 83.8-96.0 | 6 | 6.7 | 2.9-14.7 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.9 | 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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