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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 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 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 80 | 67 | 80.1 | 67.3-88.8 | 7 | 10.2 | 4.5-21.6 | 5 | 6.9 | 2.6-17.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-16.9 |
| 45-54 | 174 | 148 | 87.1 | 79.8-92.1 | 13 | 7.7 | 3.9-14.6 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.5 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.7 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.6 |
| 55-64 | 149 | 124 | 82.2 | 71.6-89.5 | 14 | 12.5 | 6.1-23.9 | 9 | 4.3 | 2.1- 8.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 |
| 65-74 | 88 | 70 | 78.5 | 66.5-87.1 | 12 | 11.9 | 6.4-21.0 | 4 | 5.2 | 1.4-17.2 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.4 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.3 |
| 75+ | 60 | 47 | 76.6 | 59.9-87.8 | 11 | 17.5 | 8.4-32.8 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 4.7 | 0.7-26.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 110 | 87 | 77.3 | 64.2-86.6 | 19 | 16.6 | 9.2-28.2 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.2 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.0 | 1 | 4.1 | 0.6-23.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 223 | 177 | 80.9 | 73.7-86.5 | 23 | 10.2 | 6.2-16.2 | 15 | 5.7 | 2.9-10.9 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.1 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.8- 6.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 121 | 104 | 87.9 | 79.3-93.2 | 9 | 6.9 | 3.0-15.2 | 7 | 4.8 | 2.1-10.6 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| College Graduate | 96 | 87 | 84.0 | 69.6-92.3 | 6 | 11.9 | 4.7-26.9 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.3-12.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 85 | 58 | 67.0 | 52.3-79.1 | 17 | 20.2 | 10.9-34.5 | 9 | 12.4 | 5.5-25.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 99 | 81 | 80.3 | 69.1-88.2 | 8 | 9.5 | 4.6-18.8 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.7-12.3 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.7 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.7-15.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 75 | 64 | 82.5 | 67.9-91.3 | 5 | 4.5 | 1.7-11.1 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.3-16.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 8.2 | 2.3-25.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 97 | 86 | 87.4 | 76.3-93.7 | 9 | 10.8 | 5.0-21.6 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $50,000-74,999 | 62 | 54 | 88.6 | 74.5-95.4 | 5 | 5.1 | 1.5-15.7 | 3 | 6.3 | 1.7-21.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $75,000+ | 79 | 72 | 91.0 | 80.4-96.1 | 4 | 6.5 | 2.2-17.8 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 243 | 177 | 72.5 | 64.6-79.3 | 37 | 15.3 | 10.3-22.1 | 18 | 6.9 | 3.8-12.0 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.6 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.5-10.0 |
| No | 292 | 265 | 89.8 | 83.8-93.8 | 19 | 7.3 | 4.0-13.2 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 201 | 169 | 84.8 | 77.7-89.9 | 15 | 8.4 | 4.7-14.5 | 11 | 3.7 | 1.7- 8.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.9- 7.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 350 | 287 | 81.4 | 75.3-86.3 | 42 | 11.9 | 7.9-17.5 | 16 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.6 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 5.8 |
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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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