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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 389 217 56.2 50.4-61.8 172 43.8 38.2-49.6
GENDER
Male 142 77 52.0 42.6-61.3 65 48.0 38.7-57.4
Female 247 140 59.9 53.0-66.4 107 40.1 33.6-47.0
RACE
White 271 139 51.4 44.7-58.1 132 48.6 41.9-55.3
Other 116 77 65.6 54.2-75.4 39 34.4 24.6-45.8
AGE
18-44 31 19 62.4 42.3-79.0 12 37.6 21.0-57.7
45+ 358 198 55.2 49.2-61.0 160 44.8 39.0-50.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 225 131 57.4 49.5-64.9 94 42.6 35.1-50.5
Some College + 164 86 54.4 45.8-62.8 78 45.6 37.2-54.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 113 49.5 41.6-57.3 109 50.5 42.7-58.4
$50,000+ 103 71 70.7 60.4-79.2 32 29.3 20.8-39.6

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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