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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 | 12,259 | 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 |
| -Forsyth County | 321 | 212 | 69.0 | 62.8-74.6 | 66 | 17.1 | 12.9-22.3 | 30 | 10.1 | 6.7-14.9 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.9 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 127 | 92 | 73.6 | 63.4-81.7 | 19 | 12.6 | 7.1-21.4 | 13 | 10.9 | 5.9-19.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 9.0 |
| Female | 194 | 120 | 64.5 | 56.8-71.5 | 47 | 21.7 | 16.2-28.5 | 17 | 9.2 | 5.5-15.1 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.7- 7.6 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 251 | 170 | 70.8 | 64.3-76.5 | 49 | 17.1 | 12.8-22.6 | 22 | 8.4 | 5.3-12.8 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.8 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.8 |
| Other | 70 | 42 | 64.7 | 50.0-77.1 | 17 | 17.1 | 8.7-30.8 | 8 | 14.4 | 6.7-28.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.9 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.6-12.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 35 | 28 | 81.1 | 64.1-91.2 | 4 | 8.5 | 3.0-21.6 | 2 | 6.9 | 1.7-24.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 3.5 | 0.5-20.8 |
| 45+ | 286 | 184 | 66.8 | 60.0-72.9 | 62 | 18.8 | 14.0-24.6 | 28 | 10.7 | 7.0-16.0 | 7 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.6 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 115 | 76 | 66.6 | 55.6-76.1 | 20 | 13.2 | 7.9-21.3 | 13 | 14.3 | 7.7-25.3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.8 | 4 | 4.3 | 1.4-12.5 |
| Some College + | 206 | 136 | 70.3 | 62.7-76.9 | 46 | 19.2 | 13.7-26.2 | 17 | 7.8 | 4.7-12.9 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.8 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 138 | 84 | 66.3 | 57.2-74.3 | 33 | 17.1 | 11.9-23.9 | 13 | 10.5 | 5.9-18.0 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.2- 8.2 | 4 | 3.1 | 0.9- 9.8 |
| $50,000+ | 144 | 105 | 73.3 | 64.3-80.7 | 22 | 14.0 | 9.0-21.1 | 14 | 11.1 | 6.1-19.3 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.0 |
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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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