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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 MALES | 206 | 106 | 52.8 | 43.8-61.7 | 53 | 28.9 | 21.2-38.0 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.3 | 11 | 4.6 | 1.5-13.1 | 28 | 11.3 | 6.9-17.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 27 | 17 | 59.5 | 37.4-78.3 | 7 | 34.0 | 16.4-57.4 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-14.6 |
| 45-54 | 73 | 31 | 41.7 | 27.4-57.6 | 24 | 37.5 | 23.5-53.9 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.0 | 3 | 7.4 | 1.4-31.0 | 13 | 12.3 | 6.0-23.5 |
| 55-64 | 62 | 30 | 49.3 | 34.3-64.4 | 15 | 24.4 | 13.8-39.5 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.5-14.5 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.3- 9.8 | 9 | 17.8 | 7.5-36.7 |
| 65-74 | 28 | 17 | 73.5 | 54.4-86.6 | 4 | 11.3 | 3.9-28.8 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.6-11.7 | 3 | 6.9 | 1.8-23.1 | 2 | 5.4 | 1.1-23.1 |
| 75+ | 15 | 11 | 88.9 | 69.4-96.6 | 3 | 8.7 | 2.4-27.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-16.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 36 | 19 | 53.9 | 33.5-73.2 | 8 | 24.0 | 10.0-47.4 | 3 | 3.8 | 1.0-13.0 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.8-16.8 | 4 | 14.4 | 3.7-42.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 94 | 45 | 48.6 | 35.2-62.2 | 28 | 31.7 | 20.3-45.7 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.1- 8.4 | 5 | 6.0 | 1.2-24.9 | 12 | 10.7 | 4.9-21.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 43 | 25 | 59.0 | 40.3-75.4 | 8 | 25.4 | 11.5-47.3 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.5 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.5 | 8 | 11.7 | 5.2-24.4 |
| College Graduate | 31 | 17 | 60.3 | 39.5-78.0 | 8 | 28.4 | 13.7-49.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 4.2 | 1.1-14.4 | 3 | 7.1 | 2.0-21.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 32 | 11 | 28.8 | 14.4-49.2 | 15 | 62.8 | 42.3-79.5 | 3 | 4.6 | 1.2-15.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 3.9 | 1.1-12.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 40 | 18 | 58.9 | 38.3-76.8 | 12 | 26.3 | 12.6-46.8 | 4 | 8.9 | 3.0-23.3 | 3 | 3.4 | 0.9-12.3 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 31 | 18 | 64.3 | 44.1-80.5 | 9 | 28.1 | 13.9-48.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 7.6 | 2.4-21.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 34 | 17 | 47.4 | 26.5-69.3 | 7 | 19.6 | 8.3-39.5 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-12.4 | 3 | 18.0 | 3.7-55.5 | 6 | 13.2 | 4.8-31.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 20 | 13 | 71.1 | 41.1-89.7 | 3 | 23.8 | 7.0-56.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 2.6 | 0.6-11.6 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.5-10.3 |
| $75,000+ | 25 | 17 | 63.4 | 38.5-82.7 | 2 | 12.4 | 2.4-44.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.6 | 5 | 22.5 | 8.3-48.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 89 | 41 | 44.8 | 30.9-59.5 | 27 | 39.1 | 25.5-54.6 | 6 | 4.1 | 1.6-10.0 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.5 | 10 | 10.1 | 4.2-22.4 |
| No | 108 | 59 | 57.3 | 45.3-68.5 | 24 | 22.1 | 14.2-32.8 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.7 | 6 | 6.9 | 1.9-22.5 | 17 | 12.2 | 6.5-21.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 67 | 40 | 67.8 | 52.8-79.8 | 12 | 19.7 | 9.9-35.3 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.4 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 | 11 | 10.1 | 5.0-19.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 139 | 66 | 46.0 | 35.4-56.9 | 41 | 33.1 | 23.3-44.5 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.1- 6.8 | 9 | 6.4 | 2.0-18.4 | 17 | 11.8 | 6.3-21.1 |
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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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