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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%) | ||
| TOTAL | 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 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 4,632 | 4,050 | 88.3 | 87.1-89.5 | 378 | 7.4 | 6.5- 8.4 | 137 | 3.0 | 2.4- 3.7 | 35 | 0.6 | 0.4- 0.9 | 32 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.2 |
| Female | 7,635 | 6,190 | 81.5 | 80.3-82.6 | 943 | 12.2 | 11.2-13.1 | 362 | 4.8 | 4.2- 5.4 | 80 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.3 | 60 | 0.6 | 0.5- 0.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 9,908 | 8,377 | 85.9 | 85.0-86.7 | 1,012 | 9.3 | 8.6-10.1 | 371 | 3.6 | 3.1- 4.1 | 81 | 0.7 | 0.6- 0.9 | 67 | 0.5 | 0.4- 0.7 |
| African American | 1,778 | 1,389 | 79.3 | 76.7-81.7 | 244 | 13.1 | 11.1-15.4 | 102 | 5.3 | 4.2- 6.8 | 25 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.9 | 18 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.2 |
| Asian | 55 | 49 | 90.1 | 77.7-96.0 | 3 | 3.9 | 1.2-12.0 | 2 | 4.8 | 1.1-19.0 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Native American | 227 | 167 | 78.0 | 70.0-84.3 | 40 | 11.9 | 8.0-17.5 | 10 | 5.2 | 2.1-12.2 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.9 | 5 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.5 |
| Other Minorities | 259 | 223 | 88.5 | 83.2-92.3 | 19 | 6.7 | 3.9-11.3 | 13 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.3 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 5.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 248 | 212 | 87.6 | 81.7-91.7 | 19 | 8.0 | 4.7-13.3 | 14 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.9 |
| -English Speaking | 134 | 113 | 85.7 | 76.4-91.7 | 13 | 11.9 | 6.3-21.5 | 8 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| -Spanish Speaking | 114 | 99 | 88.6 | 80.4-93.7 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.4-13.0 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.5- 8.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 9.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 11,983 | 10,005 | 84.6 | 83.8-85.4 | 1,291 | 9.9 | 9.3-10.6 | 485 | 3.9 | 3.5- 4.4 | 113 | 0.8 | 0.7- 1.0 | 89 | 0.7 | 0.5- 0.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 1,260 | 1,102 | 86.9 | 84.3-89.1 | 109 | 8.7 | 7.0-10.8 | 38 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.2 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.1 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.8 |
| 45-54 | 3,009 | 2,531 | 86.1 | 84.6-87.6 | 306 | 8.8 | 7.7-10.1 | 128 | 3.9 | 3.1- 4.8 | 30 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.0 |
| 55-64 | 3,308 | 2,724 | 83.1 | 81.3-84.7 | 400 | 11.3 | 9.9-12.8 | 130 | 4.1 | 3.3- 5.0 | 32 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.5 | 22 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 |
| 65-74 | 2,692 | 2,274 | 84.8 | 83.1-86.4 | 283 | 10.0 | 8.7-11.4 | 97 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.6 | 21 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 | 17 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.3 |
| 75+ | 1,998 | 1,609 | 80.8 | 78.5-82.9 | 223 | 11.7 | 9.9-13.7 | 106 | 4.7 | 3.8- 5.8 | 24 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.7 | 36 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,781 | 1,356 | 76.5 | 73.7-79.1 | 245 | 14.6 | 12.4-17.0 | 105 | 4.8 | 3.7- 6.1 | 37 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.6 | 38 | 2.4 | 1.5- 3.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 3,738 | 3,081 | 83.6 | 82.0-85.1 | 415 | 9.9 | 8.8-11.2 | 182 | 4.9 | 4.0- 6.0 | 38 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.5 | 22 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 3,142 | 2,632 | 84.5 | 82.8-86.1 | 349 | 10.2 | 8.9-11.6 | 118 | 4.1 | 3.3- 5.2 | 24 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 | 19 | 0.4 | 0.3- 0.8 |
| College Graduate | 3,585 | 3,152 | 89.2 | 87.8-90.4 | 311 | 7.8 | 6.7- 9.0 | 94 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.2 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.6 | 13 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 1,445 | 1,042 | 71.5 | 68.1-74.7 | 225 | 15.3 | 12.9-18.0 | 109 | 8.2 | 6.3-10.5 | 42 | 2.8 | 1.9- 4.4 | 27 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,979 | 1,569 | 79.9 | 77.5-82.1 | 242 | 11.2 | 9.6-13.2 | 110 | 5.9 | 4.7- 7.5 | 34 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.3 | 24 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 1,299 | 1,091 | 85.4 | 82.8-87.7 | 143 | 9.7 | 8.0-11.8 | 50 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.7 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 1,709 | 1,461 | 85.5 | 83.1-87.5 | 180 | 10.7 | 8.9-12.7 | 52 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.4 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.7 | 10 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,685 | 1,472 | 87.9 | 85.9-89.7 | 156 | 8.4 | 7.0-10.1 | 47 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.2 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 |
| $75,000+ | 2,454 | 2,224 | 90.9 | 89.3-92.2 | 180 | 6.8 | 5.7- 8.1 | 45 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 5,089 | 3,817 | 75.7 | 74.1-77.3 | 773 | 14.9 | 13.6-16.2 | 320 | 6.2 | 5.4- 7.1 | 97 | 1.7 | 1.3- 2.2 | 82 | 1.5 | 1.1- 2.1 |
| No | 7,004 | 6,267 | 90.2 | 89.2-91.0 | 540 | 6.9 | 6.2- 7.7 | 171 | 2.5 | 2.0- 3.0 | 16 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.5 | 10 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 2,091 | 1,805 | 87.4 | 85.6-89.1 | 187 | 8.0 | 6.7- 9.5 | 64 | 3.0 | 2.2- 4.0 | 15 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.1 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 10,170 | 8,429 | 84.0 | 83.1-85.0 | 1,134 | 10.4 | 9.6-11.2 | 435 | 4.1 | 3.6- 4.7 | 100 | 0.8 | 0.7- 1.1 | 72 | 0.6 | 0.5- 0.9 |
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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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