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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 |
| -Gaston County | 320 | 266 | 83.1 | 77.6-87.5 | 35 | 9.6 | 6.5-13.8 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.5- 9.0 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.7 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 131 | 113 | 84.5 | 75.5-90.5 | 11 | 8.1 | 4.2-15.1 | 5 | 5.5 | 2.2-13.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 9.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Female | 189 | 153 | 81.9 | 74.5-87.5 | 24 | 10.9 | 6.9-16.9 | 7 | 4.2 | 1.7-10.1 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.2 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 284 | 240 | 84.2 | 78.3-88.7 | 31 | 9.3 | 6.2-13.8 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.4 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 |
| Other | 36 | 26 | 76.6 | 58.3-88.4 | 4 | 11.2 | 3.9-28.4 | 4 | 6.4 | 2.2-17.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 0.7-27.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 31 | 28 | 88.3 | 68.6-96.3 | 2 | 7.2 | 1.7-25.9 | 1 | 4.5 | 0.6-26.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 289 | 238 | 82.1 | 76.2-86.8 | 33 | 10.0 | 6.8-14.5 | 11 | 4.9 | 2.5- 9.3 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.6 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 5.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 173 | 141 | 80.4 | 72.4-86.5 | 17 | 9.4 | 5.4-15.7 | 10 | 7.2 | 3.6-13.8 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.4 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.8 |
| Some College + | 147 | 125 | 86.1 | 78.0-91.6 | 18 | 9.8 | 5.7-16.3 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5-10.2 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.3- 9.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 172 | 142 | 83.0 | 75.3-88.7 | 19 | 8.7 | 5.2-14.2 | 8 | 6.4 | 3.0-13.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.0 |
| $50,000+ | 98 | 88 | 89.5 | 80.0-94.8 | 9 | 8.2 | 3.9-16.1 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.6 | 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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