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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 |
-Guilford County | 332 | 226 | 67.4 | 61.0-73.2 | 68 | 21.4 | 16.4-27.4 | 28 | 8.1 | 5.3-12.1 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 123 | 86 | 69.1 | 58.2-78.3 | 25 | 21.0 | 13.2-31.8 | 9 | 7.1 | 3.2-14.9 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.1 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.4 |
Female | 209 | 140 | 65.9 | 58.2-72.9 | 43 | 21.6 | 15.8-28.8 | 19 | 9.0 | 5.6-14.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.5- 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 266 | 183 | 69.0 | 62.5-74.9 | 54 | 20.0 | 15.1-26.0 | 22 | 8.5 | 5.4-13.0 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.2 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 |
Other | 64 | 42 | 64.4 | 49.6-76.8 | 13 | 23.4 | 13.0-38.6 | 6 | 7.5 | 2.9-18.2 | 3 | 4.7 | 1.5-13.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 28 | 23 | 82.5 | 61.9-93.1 | 4 | 15.3 | 5.4-36.3 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 304 | 203 | 65.3 | 58.4-71.5 | 64 | 22.2 | 16.9-28.7 | 27 | 8.9 | 5.8-13.4 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.2 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 132 | 85 | 63.8 | 53.4-73.0 | 30 | 22.5 | 15.2-31.9 | 13 | 10.3 | 5.4-18.7 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.8- 8.5 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.0 |
Some College + | 200 | 141 | 69.5 | 61.2-76.7 | 38 | 20.7 | 14.4-28.9 | 15 | 6.9 | 4.0-11.6 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 150 | 95 | 63.4 | 53.6-72.1 | 37 | 24.7 | 17.4-33.8 | 13 | 8.7 | 4.5-16.1 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.4 |
$50,000+ | 137 | 101 | 74.3 | 65.5-81.5 | 20 | 14.6 | 9.2-22.3 | 12 | 7.9 | 4.3-14.2 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.2 | 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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