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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 |
-Iredell County | 330 | 282 | 87.7 | 82.8-91.4 | 24 | 7.5 | 4.4-12.3 | 16 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.2 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 111 | 101 | 93.6 | 86.8-97.0 | 6 | 4.8 | 1.9-11.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.6 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.5 |
Female | 219 | 181 | 83.2 | 75.8-88.7 | 18 | 9.5 | 5.1-17.1 | 15 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.4 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 293 | 250 | 87.2 | 81.6-91.3 | 22 | 8.0 | 4.6-13.6 | 16 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.5 |
Other | 35 | 31 | 92.8 | 80.9-97.5 | 2 | 4.6 | 1.1-16.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 2.6 | 0.6-10.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 42 | 40 | 95.1 | 81.2-98.8 | 2 | 4.9 | 1.2-18.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 288 | 242 | 85.7 | 79.8-90.0 | 22 | 8.2 | 4.7-13.9 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.9 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 156 | 126 | 83.8 | 76.3-89.2 | 15 | 9.4 | 5.2-16.4 | 9 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.6 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.6 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 |
Some College + | 172 | 155 | 91.5 | 83.8-95.7 | 9 | 6.0 | 2.3-14.4 | 7 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 153 | 120 | 83.0 | 75.4-88.5 | 15 | 8.9 | 4.8-15.9 | 11 | 4.2 | 2.1- 8.2 | 5 | 3.2 | 1.3- 7.9 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.7 |
$50,000+ | 124 | 118 | 93.8 | 83.1-97.9 | 5 | 5.7 | 1.8-16.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 | 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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