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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 |
-Cumberland County | 359 | 304 | 85.6 | 81.0-89.2 | 40 | 10.2 | 7.2-14.2 | 12 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1- 1.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 122 | 111 | 92.6 | 86.0-96.2 | 8 | 5.0 | 2.4-10.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 |
Female | 237 | 193 | 80.3 | 73.7-85.6 | 32 | 14.1 | 9.6-20.1 | 11 | 5.4 | 2.8-10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 219 | 187 | 86.1 | 80.2-90.5 | 23 | 9.5 | 6.1-14.3 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 |
Other | 138 | 115 | 84.6 | 76.6-90.3 | 17 | 11.4 | 6.6-19.1 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.7- 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 46 | 44 | 94.4 | 80.2-98.6 | 2 | 5.6 | 1.4-19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 313 | 260 | 83.7 | 78.5-87.8 | 38 | 11.2 | 7.8-15.6 | 12 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 163 | 127 | 79.9 | 72.1-85.9 | 27 | 15.4 | 10.1-22.8 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 |
Some College + | 194 | 175 | 89.9 | 83.9-93.8 | 13 | 6.2 | 3.5-11.0 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.4- 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 199 | 159 | 80.4 | 73.3-85.9 | 29 | 13.9 | 9.3-20.3 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.4-10.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.5 |
$50,000+ | 117 | 109 | 92.6 | 85.0-96.5 | 6 | 4.7 | 2.0-10.9 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-10.5 | 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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