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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 | 12,259 | 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 |
-Iredell County | 330 | 225 | 70.4 | 64.2-75.9 | 70 | 19.4 | 15.1-24.6 | 20 | 6.9 | 3.8-12.1 | 9 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 111 | 75 | 72.1 | 62.2-80.3 | 27 | 20.0 | 13.2-29.0 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.2-11.2 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.3 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.9 |
Female | 219 | 150 | 69.0 | 61.0-76.0 | 43 | 19.0 | 13.8-25.6 | 17 | 9.4 | 4.8-17.5 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.6 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 293 | 201 | 70.6 | 64.0-76.4 | 60 | 18.2 | 13.9-23.6 | 19 | 7.9 | 4.3-13.9 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.7- 4.5 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.4 |
Other | 35 | 24 | 72.9 | 53.6-86.3 | 9 | 24.7 | 11.9-44.2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 42 | 27 | 67.4 | 51.2-80.2 | 12 | 23.4 | 13.2-38.1 | 3 | 9.2 | 2.9-25.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 288 | 198 | 71.2 | 64.6-77.1 | 58 | 18.3 | 13.8-23.8 | 17 | 6.2 | 3.1-12.0 | 9 | 2.7 | 1.2- 5.7 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 156 | 102 | 68.5 | 59.5-76.3 | 28 | 16.6 | 11.0-24.1 | 15 | 10.5 | 5.8-18.5 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.4 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.4 |
Some College + | 172 | 122 | 72.2 | 63.5-79.6 | 42 | 22.0 | 15.8-29.6 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.1-13.9 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.2- 6.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 153 | 95 | 62.9 | 53.3-71.5 | 35 | 22.9 | 16.0-31.7 | 12 | 8.3 | 4.0-16.5 | 8 | 4.8 | 2.1-10.5 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.7 |
$50,000+ | 124 | 94 | 75.3 | 65.1-83.2 | 26 | 18.6 | 12.4-27.0 | 3 | 5.5 | 1.5-17.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 |
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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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