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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 AMERICAN 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 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 151 | 125 | 82.9 | 74.5-88.9 | 18 | 12.4 | 7.4-20.0 | 4 | 3.1 | 0.9- 9.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.2 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.2 |
| 45-54 | 348 | 261 | 78.0 | 72.3-82.8 | 52 | 14.0 | 10.1-19.1 | 27 | 6.4 | 4.2- 9.7 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 |
| 55-64 | 301 | 226 | 70.9 | 63.4-77.4 | 44 | 15.5 | 10.6-22.2 | 23 | 10.1 | 6.5-15.3 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 |
| 65-74 | 255 | 195 | 79.0 | 72.3-84.4 | 43 | 16.1 | 11.4-22.3 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.1 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.6- 6.4 |
| 75+ | 172 | 126 | 72.7 | 63.3-80.5 | 30 | 19.1 | 12.4-28.3 | 11 | 5.5 | 2.7-10.9 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.8 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.6- 7.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 278 | 200 | 70.9 | 63.4-77.4 | 52 | 19.8 | 14.3-26.7 | 15 | 4.4 | 2.4- 7.7 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.1 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 421 | 313 | 74.3 | 68.5-79.3 | 61 | 14.5 | 10.7-19.3 | 35 | 8.2 | 5.6-11.8 | 8 | 2.4 | 0.8- 6.8 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 276 | 222 | 80.4 | 73.6-85.8 | 38 | 13.6 | 9.2-19.7 | 12 | 5.3 | 2.7-10.1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.5 |
| College Graduate | 251 | 197 | 81.3 | 74.1-86.9 | 36 | 13.2 | 8.4-20.2 | 13 | 4.8 | 2.5- 9.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 263 | 167 | 61.3 | 53.0-69.1 | 53 | 19.9 | 14.1-27.4 | 25 | 10.1 | 6.4-15.6 | 14 | 6.8 | 3.2-14.2 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 277 | 202 | 72.0 | 64.6-78.3 | 43 | 15.8 | 11.1-22.1 | 23 | 9.8 | 5.9-15.6 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 142 | 123 | 88.2 | 80.7-93.1 | 14 | 9.7 | 5.2-17.2 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 142 | 122 | 87.1 | 78.0-92.8 | 15 | 10.6 | 5.4-19.7 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 110 | 87 | 80.9 | 70.6-88.1 | 19 | 15.9 | 9.3-26.0 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.1- 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $75,000+ | 96 | 79 | 82.7 | 71.6-90.0 | 11 | 10.9 | 5.3-21.2 | 6 | 6.4 | 2.6-14.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 566 | 365 | 63.8 | 58.2-69.0 | 126 | 23.4 | 19.0-28.6 | 47 | 8.2 | 5.8-11.4 | 19 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.7 | 9 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.7 |
| No | 632 | 543 | 86.6 | 83.1-89.5 | 59 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.5 | 26 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 38 | 30 | 78.9 | 56.8-91.4 | 6 | 17.6 | 6.3-40.4 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-19.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,189 | 903 | 76.5 | 73.3-79.5 | 181 | 15.0 | 12.5-17.8 | 74 | 6.1 | 4.6- 8.0 | 20 | 1.6 | 0.9- 3.1 | 11 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.6 |
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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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