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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care*

When was the last time you had your eyes examined by any doctor or eye care provider?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past month Within the past year Within the past 2 years 2 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,271 1,501 12.4 11.7-13.2 5,928 51.3 50.2-52.5 1,771 16.6 15.7-17.5 1,898 17.5 16.6-18.4 173 2.2 1.8- 2.7
-Northeast Partnership II 392 50 11.2 8.2-15.1 196 50.6 44.8-56.3 62 15.3 11.7-19.7 79 19.9 15.8-24.9 5 3.0 1.1- 7.7
GENDER
Male 142 17 8.9 5.1-15.1 69 49.2 39.9-58.5 24 15.9 10.4-23.5 29 20.7 14.1-29.2 3 5.3 1.7-15.3
Female 250 33 13.2 9.2-18.7 127 51.9 44.9-58.7 38 14.8 10.5-20.3 50 19.3 14.5-25.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6
RACE
White 272 36 12.2 8.5-17.3 132 47.9 41.2-54.6 42 16.0 11.6-21.7 61 23.4 18.1-29.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
Other 118 13 8.4 4.5-15.2 64 56.7 45.7-67.1 20 14.1 8.6-22.2 17 12.8 7.4-21.2 4 8.0 2.8-20.9
AGE
18-44 32 3 11.9 3.9-31.4 12 31.8 17.5-50.7 3 11.1 3.6-29.8 12 35.7 20.2-54.9 2 9.4 2.0-35.0
45+ 360 47 11.1 8.2-14.9 184 53.7 47.8-59.5 59 16.0 12.2-20.7 67 17.3 13.4-22.0 3 1.9 0.5- 6.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 227 29 10.8 7.3-15.9 110 49.4 41.7-57.1 34 14.1 9.8-19.8 49 20.7 15.2-27.4 5 5.0 1.9-12.7
Some College + 165 21 11.7 7.2-18.6 86 52.4 43.7-60.9 28 17.0 11.3-24.7 30 18.9 13.0-26.6 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 223 29 10.6 7.1-15.7 101 46.1 38.4-54.0 40 16.7 11.9-23.0 48 21.3 15.7-28.2 5 5.3 2.0-13.2
$50,000+ 105 10 10.1 5.1-19.1 64 57.7 47.1-67.6 16 14.1 8.5-22.7 15 18.1 11.0-28.2 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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