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| Total Respond.^ |
No difficulty | A little difficulty | Moderate difficulty | Extreme difficulty | Unable to do b/c of eyesight | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICANS | 1,778 | 1,389 | 79.3 | 76.7-81.7 | 244 | 13.1 | 11.1-15.4 | 102 | 5.3 | 4.2- 6.8 | 25 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.9 | 18 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Males | 551 | 456 | 82.6 | 78.0-86.4 | 57 | 10.7 | 7.6-14.7 | 27 | 4.5 | 2.8- 7.1 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.5 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.2 |
| Females | 1,227 | 933 | 76.6 | 73.4-79.6 | 187 | 15.1 | 12.6-17.9 | 75 | 6.0 | 4.6- 7.8 | 20 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.0 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.6 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 16 | 14 | 93.9 | 74.0-98.8 | 1 | 4.5 | 0.6-27.4 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-11.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,753 | 1,370 | 79.3 | 76.6-81.7 | 239 | 13.0 | 11.0-15.4 | 101 | 5.4 | 4.2- 6.8 | 25 | 1.1 | 0.7- 2.0 | 18 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 231 | 192 | 81.5 | 74.1-87.2 | 25 | 11.3 | 7.1-17.5 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.3-10.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.1 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.4- 8.0 |
| 45-54 | 522 | 409 | 82.4 | 78.0-86.1 | 65 | 10.9 | 8.0-14.8 | 35 | 5.2 | 3.4- 7.7 | 10 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.6 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 |
| 55-64 | 450 | 350 | 76.0 | 70.0-81.2 | 58 | 14.2 | 9.8-19.9 | 32 | 7.5 | 5.1-10.8 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 |
| 65-74 | 343 | 265 | 78.8 | 72.8-83.7 | 55 | 14.5 | 10.6-19.4 | 14 | 3.5 | 1.6- 7.6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.0 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.5 |
| 75+ | 232 | 173 | 74.1 | 65.9-80.8 | 41 | 18.5 | 12.8-26.1 | 12 | 4.0 | 2.0- 7.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.9 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.9- 9.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 388 | 287 | 73.3 | 66.9-78.9 | 71 | 18.6 | 13.9-24.4 | 17 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.5 | 8 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.8 | 5 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 644 | 490 | 77.7 | 73.2-81.6 | 84 | 12.3 | 9.4-15.9 | 50 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.8 | 11 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.7 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 397 | 326 | 83.7 | 78.6-87.8 | 47 | 10.7 | 7.4-15.2 | 19 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.4 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 |
| College Graduate | 347 | 284 | 82.5 | 75.6-87.7 | 42 | 12.6 | 8.0-19.4 | 16 | 4.5 | 2.5- 8.2 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.7 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 348 | 225 | 63.4 | 56.0-70.2 | 70 | 20.0 | 14.7-26.7 | 34 | 10.9 | 7.1-16.4 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.4 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 376 | 283 | 75.2 | 69.1-80.4 | 51 | 13.4 | 9.6-18.3 | 28 | 7.8 | 5.0-12.0 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.3 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.7- 6.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 217 | 187 | 85.6 | 78.1-90.8 | 19 | 7.3 | 4.3-12.0 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.4- 8.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 3.7 | 1.0-12.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 239 | 208 | 87.3 | 80.6-91.9 | 24 | 10.7 | 6.4-17.2 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 172 | 141 | 84.9 | 76.9-90.5 | 24 | 10.3 | 6.1-16.8 | 7 | 4.8 | 1.8-12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $75,000+ | 175 | 151 | 87.4 | 80.4-92.2 | 15 | 8.4 | 4.5-15.2 | 9 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 809 | 542 | 67.6 | 63.0-71.9 | 163 | 19.9 | 16.4-23.9 | 65 | 7.6 | 5.6-10.3 | 24 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.5 | 15 | 2.4 | 1.1- 4.9 |
| No | 924 | 808 | 88.1 | 84.9-90.6 | 78 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.8 | 34 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 239 | 199 | 84.0 | 77.5-89.0 | 21 | 9.5 | 5.8-15.3 | 12 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.8- 7.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,539 | 1,190 | 78.3 | 75.3-81.0 | 223 | 13.9 | 11.6-16.4 | 90 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.3 | 23 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.3 | 13 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.0 |
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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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