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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 | 12,267 | 10,240 | 84.7 | 83.8-85.5 | 1,321 | 9.9 | 9.3-10.6 | 499 | 3.9 | 3.5- 4.4 | 115 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.0 | 92 | 0.7 | 0.5- 0.9 |
-Cabarrus County | 282 | 236 | 86.5 | 81.7-90.1 | 35 | 10.3 | 7.2-14.6 | 7 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 110 | 94 | 89.5 | 82.6-93.8 | 12 | 8.2 | 4.4-14.6 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Female | 172 | 142 | 83.6 | 76.5-88.9 | 23 | 12.3 | 7.9-18.7 | 4 | 2.9 | 0.9- 8.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 243 | 205 | 86.7 | 81.6-90.6 | 30 | 10.6 | 7.2-15.3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 5.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 |
Other | 38 | 30 | 84.8 | 69.5-93.2 | 5 | 9.2 | 3.4-22.7 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.5-21.6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.7 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 31 | 29 | 96.0 | 84.2-99.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.5 |
45+ | 251 | 207 | 84.6 | 79.2-88.8 | 35 | 12.3 | 8.6-17.3 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.5 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 126 | 101 | 82.6 | 74.1-88.7 | 15 | 10.1 | 5.8-17.1 | 7 | 5.5 | 2.3-12.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.0 |
Some College + | 155 | 134 | 89.2 | 83.2-93.2 | 20 | 10.5 | 6.5-16.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 139 | 107 | 77.6 | 68.8-84.5 | 21 | 14.3 | 9.0-21.9 | 7 | 5.7 | 2.4-12.6 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.6 |
$50,000+ | 104 | 94 | 91.7 | 84.6-95.7 | 10 | 8.3 | 4.3-15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 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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