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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 | 12,267 | 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 |
-Guilford County | 333 | 285 | 84.5 | 78.7-89.0 | 23 | 7.4 | 4.2-12.6 | 17 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.3 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 124 | 104 | 84.0 | 73.1-91.1 | 10 | 7.8 | 3.0-19.0 | 7 | 4.8 | 2.1-10.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.6-13.2 |
Female | 209 | 181 | 84.9 | 78.3-89.8 | 13 | 7.0 | 3.7-12.7 | 10 | 5.3 | 2.8- 9.8 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.9 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 265 | 231 | 88.3 | 83.4-91.9 | 19 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.2 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.3 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.2 |
Other | 66 | 54 | 78.4 | 63.2-88.5 | 3 | 8.7 | 2.5-26.5 | 7 | 8.1 | 3.7-17.1 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.2 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.5-20.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 29 | 26 | 85.2 | 60.5-95.6 | 2 | 6.6 | 1.6-23.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 8.2 | 1.2-39.7 |
45+ | 304 | 259 | 84.4 | 78.3-89.0 | 21 | 7.5 | 4.0-13.4 | 17 | 5.8 | 3.5- 9.5 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.8 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 132 | 109 | 82.6 | 73.2-89.2 | 12 | 6.7 | 3.5-12.2 | 8 | 5.8 | 2.8-11.6 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.0 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.8-16.0 |
Some College + | 201 | 176 | 85.6 | 77.6-91.1 | 11 | 7.8 | 3.5-16.2 | 9 | 4.7 | 2.3- 9.2 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.8 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 152 | 125 | 82.5 | 73.8-88.7 | 13 | 6.8 | 3.7-12.4 | 8 | 4.8 | 2.3- 9.8 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.2- 6.3 | 4 | 4.7 | 1.5-13.9 |
$50,000+ | 136 | 124 | 91.3 | 84.4-95.3 | 6 | 3.6 | 1.4- 9.0 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.7-10.2 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.1 | 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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