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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 | 12,259 | 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 |
-Cabarrus County | 281 | 199 | 72.0 | 65.2-77.9 | 51 | 16.9 | 12.3-22.7 | 22 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.6 | 8 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 109 | 78 | 70.4 | 59.0-79.7 | 19 | 18.1 | 10.9-28.5 | 9 | 9.7 | 4.3-20.2 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.5- 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Female | 172 | 121 | 73.5 | 65.6-80.2 | 32 | 15.8 | 10.9-22.4 | 13 | 6.8 | 3.7-12.2 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 242 | 170 | 71.4 | 64.3-77.7 | 43 | 16.1 | 11.6-21.8 | 21 | 9.2 | 5.3-15.4 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.2- 6.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.2 |
Other | 38 | 28 | 73.9 | 52.1-88.0 | 8 | 21.5 | 8.7-44.3 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.5-21.6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 31 | 28 | 91.9 | 77.4-97.4 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.4-19.6 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 250 | 171 | 68.0 | 60.5-74.8 | 49 | 19.1 | 13.9-25.8 | 21 | 9.3 | 5.4-15.6 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 125 | 79 | 61.6 | 50.1-72.0 | 24 | 18.4 | 11.3-28.7 | 15 | 14.5 | 7.6-26.0 | 7 | 5.4 | 2.4-11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Some College + | 155 | 119 | 79.1 | 71.2-85.3 | 27 | 15.9 | 10.5-23.3 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 5.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 138 | 89 | 61.9 | 51.7-71.2 | 29 | 21.0 | 13.9-30.4 | 14 | 11.9 | 6.5-20.8 | 5 | 3.9 | 1.5- 9.8 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.5 |
$50,000+ | 104 | 83 | 81.3 | 71.0-88.5 | 14 | 11.1 | 6.3-18.7 | 5 | 6.3 | 2.1-17.6 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 6.0 | 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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