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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 | 12,259 | 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 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES | 549 | 357 | 66.1 | 60.9-71.0 | 110 | 19.0 | 15.1-23.5 | 52 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.5 | 19 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.4 | 11 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 80 | 62 | 76.4 | 64.2-85.4 | 15 | 18.2 | 10.5-29.6 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.8-11.8 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45-54 | 174 | 99 | 60.9 | 51.2-69.8 | 42 | 21.4 | 14.8-29.8 | 21 | 10.4 | 6.2-17.1 | 8 | 4.4 | 1.8-10.7 | 4 | 2.9 | 0.9- 8.8 |
| 55-64 | 149 | 98 | 62.8 | 51.9-72.5 | 27 | 22.0 | 13.9-33.2 | 17 | 11.3 | 6.3-19.4 | 4 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.6 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.4 |
| 65-74 | 87 | 55 | 62.6 | 50.2-73.5 | 17 | 13.6 | 7.9-22.3 | 10 | 14.7 | 7.8-25.9 | 3 | 5.9 | 1.7-18.4 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.7-14.9 |
| 75+ | 59 | 43 | 74.5 | 57.8-86.2 | 9 | 10.0 | 4.6-20.4 | 2 | 6.4 | 1.3-26.7 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.1-11.7 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.0-25.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 108 | 61 | 58.0 | 46.0-69.2 | 28 | 21.4 | 13.8-31.6 | 7 | 7.9 | 3.3-17.5 | 9 | 11.3 | 5.0-23.6 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 223 | 139 | 65.5 | 57.3-72.9 | 45 | 17.3 | 12.1-24.0 | 26 | 11.0 | 6.9-17.1 | 6 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.8 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 121 | 81 | 68.8 | 57.5-78.2 | 23 | 20.0 | 12.3-31.0 | 13 | 7.3 | 3.9-13.3 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.9 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.0 |
| College Graduate | 96 | 75 | 70.3 | 56.8-80.9 | 14 | 19.7 | 10.7-33.2 | 6 | 8.2 | 3.5-18.4 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3-11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 85 | 39 | 45.6 | 32.1-59.8 | 24 | 21.4 | 12.9-33.2 | 11 | 16.4 | 8.5-29.3 | 10 | 16.1 | 7.3-31.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 99 | 60 | 63.7 | 51.3-74.5 | 19 | 16.7 | 9.8-27.1 | 8 | 7.5 | 3.4-15.7 | 7 | 7.5 | 3.3-16.0 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.4-14.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 75 | 54 | 73.8 | 60.3-83.9 | 9 | 9.1 | 4.0-19.4 | 9 | 12.8 | 5.9-25.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.8 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.8-13.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 97 | 63 | 65.4 | 53.0-76.1 | 22 | 22.8 | 14.1-34.8 | 11 | 10.0 | 4.9-19.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-11.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 62 | 49 | 80.7 | 64.9-90.5 | 10 | 15.5 | 7.0-31.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.5 | 1 | 2.9 | 0.4-17.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $75,000+ | 79 | 55 | 69.9 | 56.8-80.4 | 15 | 15.9 | 9.1-26.2 | 8 | 11.4 | 5.1-23.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.8 | 0.4-17.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 240 | 130 | 54.0 | 45.6-62.2 | 54 | 20.6 | 14.9-27.9 | 29 | 13.2 | 8.7-19.5 | 17 | 8.2 | 4.5-14.3 | 10 | 4.0 | 1.8- 8.5 |
| No | 293 | 215 | 74.4 | 67.5-80.3 | 54 | 17.9 | 12.8-24.3 | 21 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.6 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 202 | 141 | 70.1 | 61.7-77.4 | 26 | 13.2 | 8.4-20.3 | 25 | 10.0 | 6.2-15.6 | 5 | 2.6 | 0.9- 7.2 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.5-10.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 347 | 216 | 63.9 | 57.2-70.2 | 84 | 22.1 | 17.0-28.2 | 27 | 8.7 | 5.6-13.2 | 14 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.1 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.0 |
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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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