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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 |
-Davidson County | 311 | 208 | 67.5 | 61.1-73.3 | 68 | 23.5 | 18.3-29.6 | 23 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.6 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.8 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 133 | 92 | 67.9 | 58.2-76.2 | 28 | 23.8 | 16.3-33.4 | 11 | 7.0 | 3.6-13.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Female | 178 | 116 | 67.1 | 58.3-74.8 | 40 | 23.2 | 16.5-31.5 | 12 | 5.1 | 2.7- 9.7 | 8 | 3.7 | 1.7- 7.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 289 | 196 | 69.0 | 62.5-74.9 | 60 | 21.7 | 16.6-27.9 | 21 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.8 | 10 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 |
Other | 20 | 10 | 43.1 | 21.5-67.7 | 8 | 50.0 | 26.1-73.8 | 2 | 7.0 | 1.6-25.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 28 | 21 | 76.5 | 55.2-89.5 | 7 | 23.5 | 10.5-44.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 283 | 187 | 65.7 | 59.0-71.8 | 61 | 23.5 | 18.1-29.8 | 23 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.4 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.5- 5.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 185 | 123 | 65.6 | 57.1-73.2 | 41 | 24.6 | 17.8-32.9 | 15 | 7.8 | 4.4-13.4 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.6 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.0 |
Some College + | 126 | 85 | 70.4 | 60.4-78.7 | 27 | 21.8 | 14.5-31.4 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.1 | 6 | 4.4 | 1.9- 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 189 | 119 | 64.3 | 55.6-72.1 | 44 | 25.0 | 18.2-33.3 | 18 | 7.5 | 4.4-12.5 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.7 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.1 |
$50,000+ | 85 | 59 | 68.1 | 56.0-78.1 | 21 | 25.7 | 16.6-37.5 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.8-13.3 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 8.8 | 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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