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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 II | 389 | 286 | 73.9 | 68.6-78.6 | 58 | 15.4 | 11.7-20.1 | 27 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.7 | 14 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.9 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 141 | 105 | 74.0 | 64.9-81.3 | 22 | 17.0 | 10.9-25.4 | 9 | 6.8 | 3.3-13.6 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.2 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 |
| Female | 248 | 181 | 73.8 | 67.4-79.3 | 36 | 14.1 | 10.1-19.4 | 18 | 7.3 | 4.4-12.0 | 11 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.3 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 270 | 208 | 75.8 | 69.3-81.2 | 34 | 14.0 | 9.7-19.8 | 17 | 7.0 | 4.1-11.7 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.6 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 |
| Other | 117 | 77 | 70.7 | 60.8-79.0 | 24 | 18.5 | 12.1-27.3 | 10 | 7.4 | 3.6-14.6 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.4- 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 32 | 28 | 85.1 | 65.4-94.5 | 4 | 14.9 | 5.5-34.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 357 | 258 | 72.0 | 66.4-77.0 | 54 | 15.5 | 11.7-20.3 | 27 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.5 | 14 | 3.3 | 1.8- 5.7 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 224 | 158 | 70.0 | 62.6-76.6 | 35 | 16.7 | 11.7-23.3 | 20 | 9.6 | 5.8-15.3 | 10 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 |
| Some College + | 165 | 128 | 79.4 | 71.8-85.3 | 23 | 13.7 | 8.8-20.7 | 7 | 3.6 | 1.6- 7.9 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.7 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 220 | 150 | 68.4 | 60.8-75.2 | 40 | 18.4 | 13.2-25.2 | 18 | 9.2 | 5.4-15.2 | 9 | 2.9 | 1.4- 5.9 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.4 |
| $50,000+ | 106 | 87 | 80.6 | 70.9-87.7 | 11 | 11.9 | 6.3-21.1 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.8-10.4 | 3 | 3.1 | 1.0- 9.2 | 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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