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| Total Respond.^ |
No prob./no reason to go | Cost/insurance | Access problems | Not thought of it | Other | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,414 | 2,190 | 49.7 | 47.7-51.6 | 1,106 | 25.9 | 24.1-27.7 | 153 | 3.3 | 2.7- 4.0 | 322 | 7.2 | 6.2- 8.3 | 643 | 14.0 | 12.8-15.4 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES | 419 | 129 | 33.1 | 27.1-39.7 | 152 | 36.9 | 30.8-43.4 | 28 | 6.2 | 3.8- 9.9 | 37 | 9.2 | 6.2-13.5 | 73 | 14.6 | 11.1-19.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 67 | 24 | 39.3 | 24.2-56.8 | 23 | 35.0 | 21.2-51.9 | 4 | 4.4 | 1.4-12.9 | 4 | 6.6 | 2.1-18.9 | 12 | 14.7 | 7.5-26.9 |
| 45-54 | 136 | 36 | 25.4 | 17.2-35.7 | 56 | 44.8 | 34.2-55.8 | 9 | 3.9 | 1.9- 7.8 | 13 | 11.4 | 5.9-20.8 | 22 | 14.6 | 8.9-23.0 |
| 55-64 | 99 | 30 | 32.0 | 21.9-44.1 | 39 | 39.1 | 28.2-51.2 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.0-11.7 | 12 | 12.6 | 6.7-22.3 | 15 | 12.9 | 7.4-21.4 |
| 65-74 | 72 | 17 | 31.1 | 18.1-47.8 | 24 | 30.8 | 19.5-45.1 | 7 | 9.9 | 3.8-23.1 | 7 | 7.6 | 3.1-17.8 | 17 | 20.6 | 11.9-33.3 |
| 75+ | 39 | 18 | 43.1 | 25.0-63.2 | 9 | 19.8 | 9.2-37.6 | 5 | 22.4 | 7.9-49.0 | 1 | 4.9 | 0.7-27.5 | 6 | 9.9 | 3.7-23.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 91 | 25 | 37.5 | 22.6-55.3 | 35 | 36.6 | 24.5-50.8 | 8 | 9.1 | 4.0-19.4 | 7 | 5.7 | 2.4-12.9 | 16 | 11.1 | 6.2-19.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 149 | 42 | 27.8 | 19.8-37.5 | 56 | 36.4 | 27.2-46.7 | 8 | 5.8 | 2.8-11.9 | 14 | 10.3 | 5.5-18.7 | 29 | 19.6 | 13.0-28.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 99 | 29 | 28.4 | 18.4-41.1 | 45 | 47.7 | 34.8-60.9 | 5 | 5.4 | 1.4-18.6 | 6 | 4.9 | 1.9-12.0 | 14 | 13.7 | 7.4-23.7 |
| College Graduate | 80 | 33 | 44.8 | 30.8-59.7 | 16 | 22.4 | 11.4-39.5 | 7 | 4.8 | 1.9-11.3 | 10 | 17.3 | 8.2-32.8 | 14 | 10.6 | 5.5-19.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 97 | 15 | 13.4 | 7.1-23.8 | 54 | 57.6 | 45.2-69.2 | 11 | 14.1 | 7.3-25.4 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.6- 7.1 | 13 | 12.9 | 6.7-23.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 97 | 31 | 32.5 | 21.7-45.6 | 42 | 46.5 | 33.8-59.7 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.7 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.5- 9.8 | 15 | 14.7 | 7.9-25.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 52 | 17 | 34.0 | 20.2-51.2 | 17 | 35.6 | 20.8-53.7 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.9 | 3 | 5.1 | 1.5-16.1 | 13 | 23.5 | 12.2-40.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 53 | 18 | 43.0 | 24.0-64.4 | 15 | 23.2 | 11.0-42.6 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.5-11.5 | 8 | 19.4 | 9.0-37.0 | 10 | 11.8 | 5.5-23.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 36 | 18 | 44.4 | 25.7-64.8 | 3 | 13.9 | 3.8-40.0 | 3 | 5.2 | 1.3-19.0 | 6 | 24.7 | 9.5-50.6 | 6 | 11.7 | 4.6-26.7 |
| $75,000+ | 26 | 12 | 55.6 | 30.7-77.9 | 3 | 19.7 | 4.5-56.0 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.1-11.6 | 4 | 10.7 | 3.0-31.3 | 4 | 10.5 | 3.2-29.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 189 | 43 | 22.0 | 15.3-30.6 | 83 | 49.7 | 40.5-59.0 | 14 | 7.4 | 3.5-14.8 | 15 | 7.3 | 4.0-12.9 | 34 | 13.6 | 9.2-19.5 |
| No | 223 | 84 | 41.8 | 33.0-51.2 | 67 | 27.5 | 20.1-36.3 | 13 | 5.2 | 2.8- 9.6 | 21 | 10.5 | 6.2-17.4 | 38 | 14.9 | 10.1-21.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 15 | 4 | 26.3 | 7.3-61.6 | 8 | 52.0 | 23.5-79.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 19.2 | 4.8-53.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-16.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 404 | 125 | 33.5 | 27.3-40.3 | 144 | 36.1 | 29.9-42.7 | 28 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.4 | 35 | 8.6 | 5.7-12.9 | 72 | 15.3 | 11.6-19.8 |
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*This question was asked of those who reported not visiting an eye care professional in the past 12 months.
^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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