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| Total Respond.^ |
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 |
| -Forsyth County | 322 | 270 | 84.2 | 79.1-88.3 | 35 | 11.2 | 7.8-15.9 | 9 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.3 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 128 | 113 | 88.4 | 80.8-93.3 | 11 | 7.9 | 4.1-14.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.5 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.6- 8.7 |
| Female | 194 | 157 | 79.9 | 72.5-85.8 | 24 | 14.6 | 9.5-21.9 | 9 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 252 | 216 | 87.8 | 83.0-91.3 | 26 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.9 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.9 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.9 |
| Other | 70 | 54 | 75.2 | 61.5-85.2 | 9 | 15.7 | 7.8-29.1 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 9.4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 8.8 | 2 | 4.1 | 1.0-14.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 34 | 32 | 93.0 | 75.3-98.3 | 2 | 7.0 | 1.7-24.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 288 | 238 | 82.6 | 76.9-87.1 | 33 | 12.0 | 8.3-17.2 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.1 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.4 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 116 | 98 | 84.8 | 75.5-90.9 | 11 | 9.2 | 4.7-17.3 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.6- 7.5 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 7.2 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.4-10.4 |
| Some College + | 206 | 172 | 83.9 | 77.4-88.8 | 24 | 12.3 | 8.0-18.6 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.3- 4.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 139 | 114 | 80.8 | 72.1-87.3 | 17 | 13.1 | 8.0-20.8 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.3-11.9 |
| $50,000+ | 144 | 121 | 84.4 | 76.4-90.0 | 16 | 12.0 | 7.0-19.8 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.1- 7.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 |
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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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