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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 | 12,259 | 8,169 | 66.6 | 65.5-67.7 | 2,480 | 20.4 | 19.5-21.4 | 1,085 | 8.9 | 8.2- 9.6 | 398 | 3.2 | 2.8- 3.6 | 127 | 0.9 | 0.7- 1.2 |
| -Buncombe County | 288 | 191 | 64.4 | 57.9-70.5 | 56 | 22.1 | 17.0-28.1 | 30 | 11.1 | 7.6-16.1 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 108 | 74 | 67.3 | 56.7-76.3 | 24 | 22.5 | 15.0-32.3 | 7 | 8.3 | 3.8-17.2 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.3- 7.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 |
| Female | 180 | 117 | 62.0 | 53.7-69.7 | 32 | 21.7 | 15.4-29.8 | 23 | 13.6 | 8.8-20.3 | 7 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 262 | 173 | 63.6 | 56.8-70.0 | 52 | 22.5 | 17.2-28.8 | 27 | 11.5 | 7.7-16.9 | 9 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 |
| Other | 25 | 17 | 71.9 | 48.2-87.6 | 4 | 18.5 | 5.8-45.3 | 3 | 7.6 | 2.2-23.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 24 | 15 | 58.1 | 36.6-76.8 | 7 | 30.4 | 14.7-52.7 | 2 | 11.5 | 2.9-36.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 264 | 176 | 65.4 | 58.7-71.6 | 49 | 20.8 | 15.7-26.9 | 28 | 11.1 | 7.5-16.2 | 9 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 93 | 62 | 65.8 | 53.9-76.1 | 15 | 17.5 | 10.1-28.4 | 11 | 12.6 | 6.5-23.0 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.7- 9.9 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.3 |
| Some College + | 194 | 128 | 63.6 | 55.7-70.8 | 41 | 24.4 | 18.1-32.0 | 19 | 10.5 | 6.5-16.6 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 158 | 104 | 64.5 | 55.4-72.6 | 32 | 24.0 | 16.9-32.9 | 15 | 8.5 | 4.9-14.5 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 |
| $50,000+ | 99 | 67 | 66.0 | 55.1-75.3 | 20 | 20.9 | 13.5-30.9 | 11 | 12.3 | 6.5-21.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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