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| Total Respond.^ |
No difficulty | A little difficulty | Moderate difficulty | Extreme difficulty | Unable to do b/c of eyesight | |||||||||||
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| 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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 6,298 | 5,443 | 87.4 | 86.4-88.4 | 548 | 8.2 | 7.4- 9.1 | 193 | 2.9 | 2.4- 3.4 | 62 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.1 | 52 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 2,335 | 2,088 | 89.6 | 87.9-91.1 | 152 | 6.7 | 5.5- 8.2 | 62 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.2 | 17 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 | 16 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.4 |
| Female | 3,963 | 3,355 | 85.5 | 84.2-86.8 | 396 | 9.6 | 8.5-10.8 | 131 | 3.3 | 2.7- 4.1 | 45 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.4 | 36 | 0.6 | 0.4- 0.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 5,172 | 4,507 | 88.0 | 86.8-89.0 | 425 | 7.8 | 6.9- 8.7 | 157 | 3.0 | 2.5- 3.6 | 39 | 0.7 | 0.4- 0.9 | 44 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 |
| African American | 892 | 726 | 84.0 | 80.9-86.7 | 107 | 10.5 | 8.3-13.1 | 32 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.6 | 21 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.7 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.2 |
| Other Minorities | 216 | 194 | 90.0 | 83.1-94.3 | 14 | 7.8 | 3.9-14.8 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.3- 2.1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 5.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 176 | 159 | 89.9 | 82.5-94.4 | 9 | 6.7 | 3.1-14.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.8 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.2- 6.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 6,114 | 5,277 | 87.3 | 86.2-88.3 | 538 | 8.3 | 7.5- 9.2 | 188 | 2.9 | 2.4- 3.5 | 60 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.1 | 51 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 815 | 746 | 91.8 | 89.2-93.7 | 52 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.2 | 10 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.3 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.6 |
| 45-54 | 1,658 | 1,456 | 88.2 | 86.1-90.0 | 127 | 7.4 | 6.0- 9.2 | 53 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.8 | 15 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.1 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 |
| 55-64 | 1,652 | 1,404 | 85.1 | 82.7-87.2 | 164 | 10.0 | 8.2-12.1 | 58 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.5 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.8 | 10 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.5 |
| 65-74 | 1,239 | 1,068 | 87.2 | 84.8-89.2 | 110 | 8.7 | 7.0-10.7 | 37 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.0 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.5 | 12 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 |
| 75+ | 934 | 769 | 83.2 | 80.1-85.9 | 95 | 10.0 | 7.8-12.8 | 35 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.9 | 16 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.4 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 918 | 714 | 79.0 | 75.4-82.2 | 108 | 11.1 | 8.6-14.1 | 45 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.6 | 33 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.4 | 18 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,880 | 1,626 | 87.4 | 85.5-89.1 | 169 | 8.6 | 7.1-10.3 | 52 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.8 | 12 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 | 21 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,494 | 1,300 | 88.3 | 86.2-90.2 | 128 | 8.1 | 6.6- 9.9 | 52 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.3 | 7 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 |
| College Graduate | 1,991 | 1,790 | 89.9 | 88.0-91.5 | 141 | 7.0 | 5.7- 8.6 | 44 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.1 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.1 | 6 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 672 | 502 | 75.5 | 71.2-79.3 | 92 | 12.3 | 9.5-15.6 | 37 | 6.7 | 4.6- 9.8 | 22 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.4 | 19 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 969 | 789 | 80.4 | 76.8-83.5 | 107 | 11.8 | 9.4-14.8 | 48 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.2 | 9 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.5 | 16 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 706 | 617 | 88.4 | 85.3-90.9 | 58 | 7.8 | 5.8-10.5 | 24 | 3.1 | 1.9- 5.0 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.1 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 834 | 728 | 87.6 | 84.5-90.1 | 76 | 8.6 | 6.6-11.2 | 21 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 794 | 727 | 91.9 | 89.0-94.1 | 49 | 5.7 | 4.0- 8.2 | 12 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.6 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 |
| $75,000+ | 1,377 | 1,263 | 91.3 | 89.2-93.0 | 89 | 7.0 | 5.4- 8.9 | 19 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.1 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 2,464 | 1,939 | 79.2 | 77.1-81.2 | 301 | 12.1 | 10.5-13.8 | 131 | 5.4 | 4.4- 6.7 | 48 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.6 | 45 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.0 |
| No | 3,801 | 3,476 | 92.0 | 90.8-93.0 | 243 | 6.1 | 5.2- 7.1 | 62 | 1.4 | 1.0- 1.9 | 13 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.4 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 1,021 | 911 | 90.3 | 88.0-92.2 | 68 | 6.4 | 4.8- 8.3 | 29 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.5 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 5,271 | 4,526 | 86.8 | 85.6-87.9 | 480 | 8.7 | 7.7- 9.7 | 164 | 3.0 | 2.5- 3.6 | 56 | 0.9 | 0.7- 1.2 | 45 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.0 |
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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.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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