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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care*

What is the main reason you have not visited an eye care professional in the past 12 months?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No prob./no reason to go Cost/insurance Access problems Not thought of it Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,867 1,950 51.9 49.9-53.9 988 24.5 22.8-26.2 178 4.4 3.6- 5.3 271 7.0 6.0- 8.1 480 12.2 11.0-13.6
-Wake County 125 79 66.5 56.8-75.1 24 15.5 9.7-23.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 5 4.6 1.9-11.1 15 12.4 7.3-20.3
GENDER
Male 54 39 75.8 61.5-85.9 5 8.2 2.9-21.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.7 1.4-14.9 7 11.3 5.0-23.4
Female 71 40 54.0 41.3-66.2 19 25.3 15.9-37.9 2 2.3 0.5- 9.2 2 4.5 1.1-16.2 8 13.9 6.9-25.9
RACE
White 109 69 66.9 56.7-75.8 22 14.5 9.2-22.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 3 3.6 1.1-11.2 14 14.2 8.2-23.3
Other 15 9 62.0 32.1-84.9 2 22.3 5.3-59.2 1 2.3 0.3-15.7 2 10.7 2.4-36.7 1 2.7 0.3-17.5
AGE
18-44 24 15 60.7 38.4-79.3 5 24.3 9.9-48.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 12.2 3.8-33.2 1 2.7 0.4-17.3
45+ 101 64 68.5 58.0-77.4 19 12.5 7.7-19.7 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4 2 2.0 0.5- 8.1 14 15.7 9.1-25.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 20 72.7 49.6-87.8 3 14.1 3.9-40.0 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.9 3.7-32.2
Some College + 98 59 64.4 53.5-74.0 21 15.9 9.9-24.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 5 6.2 2.5-14.6 12 12.6 6.9-21.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 51 28 53.4 37.5-68.6 16 29.6 17.2-46.0 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 2 5.2 1.3-18.6 4 10.1 3.4-26.4
$50,000+ 62 45 77.7 65.3-86.7 6 6.5 2.5-15.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.9 1.4-15.3 8 10.8 5.2-21.2

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.


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