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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 |
-Cumberland County | 357 | 248 | 68.9 | 63.1-74.2 | 73 | 19.3 | 15.2-24.3 | 23 | 8.3 | 5.3-12.9 | 8 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.7 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 121 | 82 | 69.6 | 59.8-77.9 | 23 | 17.5 | 11.3-26.1 | 12 | 11.1 | 6.0-19.6 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 |
Female | 236 | 166 | 68.4 | 61.1-74.9 | 50 | 20.7 | 15.5-27.1 | 11 | 6.3 | 3.2-12.0 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.3- 7.2 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 219 | 149 | 67.2 | 59.7-73.9 | 48 | 21.5 | 16.0-28.2 | 14 | 8.3 | 4.5-14.6 | 5 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.9 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.1 |
Other | 136 | 98 | 72.2 | 62.8-80.0 | 24 | 15.2 | 9.7-23.2 | 9 | 8.6 | 4.3-16.4 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.8- 7.4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 6.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 46 | 34 | 78.7 | 64.1-88.4 | 9 | 16.0 | 7.8-29.9 | 2 | 4.5 | 1.1-16.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.2 |
45+ | 311 | 214 | 66.8 | 60.4-72.7 | 64 | 20.1 | 15.5-25.6 | 21 | 9.1 | 5.7-14.4 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.4- 5.9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.4- 3.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 161 | 112 | 68.2 | 59.3-76.0 | 30 | 18.5 | 12.5-26.5 | 11 | 8.4 | 4.3-15.8 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.5- 8.6 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.8 |
Some College + | 194 | 135 | 70.0 | 62.2-76.8 | 42 | 19.3 | 14.0-25.9 | 12 | 8.3 | 4.5-15.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.4- 4.9 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 197 | 133 | 62.3 | 53.8-70.0 | 41 | 21.4 | 15.4-28.9 | 15 | 11.7 | 6.8-19.5 | 6 | 4.1 | 1.8- 8.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 |
$50,000+ | 117 | 87 | 78.5 | 69.5-85.3 | 20 | 14.0 | 8.7-21.7 | 7 | 5.7 | 2.4-12.9 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.5 |
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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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