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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 | 12,259 | 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 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 4,622 | 3,163 | 68.1 | 66.3-69.8 | 878 | 19.5 | 18.1-21.1 | 398 | 8.7 | 7.7- 9.8 | 132 | 2.6 | 2.1- 3.2 | 51 | 1.1 | 0.8- 1.6 |
| Female | 7,637 | 5,006 | 65.3 | 63.8-66.7 | 1,602 | 21.1 | 20.0-22.4 | 687 | 9.1 | 8.3-10.0 | 266 | 3.7 | 3.1- 4.4 | 76 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 9,907 | 6,708 | 67.1 | 65.9-68.3 | 1,944 | 20.2 | 19.2-21.3 | 873 | 9.2 | 8.4-10.0 | 291 | 2.8 | 2.4- 3.2 | 91 | 0.7 | 0.6- 0.9 |
| African American | 1,777 | 1,084 | 63.8 | 60.7-66.8 | 416 | 21.7 | 19.2-24.4 | 170 | 8.7 | 7.1-10.6 | 79 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.7 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.5 |
| Asian | 56 | 44 | 80.0 | 64.6-89.8 | 9 | 15.0 | 6.8-29.9 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.8-17.7 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Native American | 223 | 151 | 74.2 | 66.2-80.9 | 45 | 15.8 | 10.8-22.4 | 11 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.8 | 12 | 4.7 | 2.2- 9.6 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.9- 7.4 |
| Other Minorities | 257 | 156 | 63.9 | 55.5-71.6 | 55 | 19.6 | 14.0-26.6 | 27 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.4 | 15 | 6.2 | 2.5-14.3 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.8- 6.7 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 249 | 150 | 62.0 | 53.3-69.9 | 56 | 20.2 | 14.6-27.2 | 26 | 8.5 | 5.3-13.4 | 12 | 6.5 | 2.5-15.8 | 5 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.6 |
| -English Speaking | 134 | 84 | 65.8 | 55.5-74.9 | 32 | 22.6 | 15.2-32.4 | 11 | 6.0 | 2.9-12.1 | 6 | 5.2 | 2.0-12.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0- 2.5 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 115 | 66 | 59.7 | 47.5-70.9 | 24 | 18.7 | 11.6-28.8 | 15 | 10.0 | 5.6-17.4 | 6 | 7.3 | 2.0-23.2 | 4 | 4.2 | 1.4-11.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 11,975 | 8,000 | 66.8 | 65.6-67.9 | 2,416 | 20.4 | 19.5-21.4 | 1,056 | 8.9 | 8.2- 9.6 | 382 | 3.1 | 2.7- 3.5 | 121 | 0.9 | 0.7- 1.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 1,262 | 897 | 71.0 | 67.8-74.0 | 269 | 20.4 | 17.9-23.3 | 68 | 6.2 | 4.7- 8.1 | 21 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.1 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.4 |
| 45-54 | 3,003 | 1,752 | 59.6 | 57.3-61.8 | 706 | 23.2 | 21.4-25.2 | 374 | 12.0 | 10.6-13.6 | 149 | 4.3 | 3.4- 5.4 | 22 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 |
| 55-64 | 3,311 | 2,221 | 67.9 | 65.8-69.9 | 651 | 19.3 | 17.6-21.1 | 304 | 8.7 | 7.6- 9.9 | 105 | 3.4 | 2.6- 4.4 | 30 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 |
| 65-74 | 2,687 | 1,916 | 70.5 | 68.3-72.7 | 508 | 19.2 | 17.4-21.2 | 180 | 7.1 | 6.0- 8.4 | 62 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.3 | 21 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.4 |
| 75+ | 1,996 | 1,383 | 70.7 | 68.1-73.1 | 346 | 16.8 | 14.8-18.9 | 159 | 7.4 | 6.1- 9.0 | 61 | 2.9 | 2.2- 4.0 | 47 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,769 | 1,065 | 59.9 | 56.7-63.1 | 381 | 21.6 | 19.1-24.4 | 166 | 8.9 | 7.3-10.8 | 113 | 7.1 | 5.3- 9.5 | 44 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 3,736 | 2,456 | 65.0 | 62.9-67.0 | 723 | 19.8 | 18.1-21.6 | 376 | 10.4 | 9.1-11.8 | 138 | 3.7 | 3.0- 4.7 | 43 | 1.1 | 0.8- 1.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 3,146 | 2,098 | 66.4 | 64.2-68.6 | 649 | 21.1 | 19.2-23.0 | 280 | 9.1 | 7.8-10.5 | 89 | 2.6 | 2.0- 3.4 | 30 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.4 |
| College Graduate | 3,587 | 2,534 | 71.0 | 69.0-72.9 | 723 | 19.9 | 18.2-21.6 | 263 | 7.4 | 6.3- 8.6 | 57 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.0 | 10 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 1,444 | 806 | 55.5 | 51.8-59.1 | 318 | 21.5 | 18.7-24.5 | 165 | 11.1 | 9.0-13.7 | 115 | 8.8 | 6.9-11.3 | 40 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,978 | 1,225 | 60.3 | 57.2-63.3 | 417 | 20.9 | 18.7-23.4 | 208 | 11.2 | 9.5-13.2 | 98 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.1 | 30 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 1,298 | 874 | 66.2 | 62.7-69.6 | 265 | 21.2 | 18.4-24.3 | 121 | 9.8 | 7.8-12.3 | 29 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.0 | 9 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 1,710 | 1,148 | 66.8 | 63.8-69.7 | 372 | 21.9 | 19.4-24.7 | 140 | 8.2 | 6.7-10.1 | 42 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.7 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,685 | 1,186 | 70.3 | 67.4-73.0 | 333 | 20.0 | 17.6-22.6 | 135 | 7.9 | 6.5- 9.7 | 27 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.7 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 |
| $75,000+ | 2,453 | 1,766 | 71.0 | 68.7-73.2 | 465 | 19.0 | 17.1-21.0 | 176 | 8.2 | 6.8- 9.8 | 39 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.2 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 5,085 | 2,964 | 58.1 | 56.2-59.9 | 1,184 | 23.4 | 21.9-25.0 | 557 | 11.2 | 10.1-12.5 | 278 | 5.6 | 4.8- 6.6 | 102 | 1.7 | 1.3- 2.2 |
| No | 7,005 | 5,080 | 71.8 | 70.3-73.2 | 1,269 | 18.6 | 17.4-19.8 | 516 | 7.5 | 6.7- 8.4 | 117 | 1.7 | 1.3- 2.2 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 2,090 | 1,481 | 71.5 | 68.9-74.0 | 362 | 17.4 | 15.4-19.6 | 169 | 7.5 | 6.2- 9.0 | 52 | 2.2 | 1.6- 3.2 | 26 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 10,163 | 6,683 | 65.5 | 64.2-66.7 | 2,117 | 21.1 | 20.0-22.1 | 916 | 9.2 | 8.5-10.0 | 346 | 3.4 | 2.9- 3.9 | 101 | 0.8 | 0.7- 1.1 |
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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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