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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 |
| -WHITE FEMALES | 6,086 | 5,001 | 82.5 | 81.3-83.7 | 712 | 11.6 | 10.6-12.6 | 272 | 4.4 | 3.8- 5.2 | 55 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.2 | 46 | 0.6 | 0.4- 0.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 543 | 469 | 85.3 | 81.1-88.8 | 59 | 11.3 | 8.5-15.1 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.2 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45-54 | 1,388 | 1,145 | 82.8 | 80.2-85.1 | 163 | 11.5 | 9.5-13.8 | 64 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.4 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.0 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 |
| 55-64 | 1,602 | 1,288 | 81.1 | 78.6-83.4 | 223 | 13.1 | 11.2-15.3 | 67 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.8 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.9 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.0 |
| 65-74 | 1,412 | 1,179 | 83.3 | 80.8-85.5 | 153 | 10.4 | 8.7-12.5 | 63 | 4.7 | 3.5- 6.3 | 11 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.4 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.1 |
| 75+ | 1,141 | 920 | 80.7 | 77.6-83.4 | 114 | 10.7 | 8.6-13.3 | 66 | 5.3 | 4.0- 7.0 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.6 | 25 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 742 | 556 | 72.8 | 67.9-77.1 | 97 | 16.2 | 12.5-20.7 | 58 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.0 | 16 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.0 | 15 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,849 | 1,488 | 80.4 | 78.0-82.7 | 232 | 12.3 | 10.5-14.3 | 98 | 5.6 | 4.3- 7.2 | 20 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.9 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,735 | 1,426 | 82.7 | 80.3-84.8 | 215 | 12.1 | 10.3-14.2 | 69 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.6 | 10 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.7 | 15 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,749 | 1,521 | 87.5 | 85.4-89.4 | 167 | 8.8 | 7.3-10.6 | 47 | 2.7 | 1.9- 4.0 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.3 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 690 | 510 | 74.0 | 69.7-77.9 | 97 | 14.4 | 11.4-18.1 | 54 | 7.1 | 5.2- 9.7 | 18 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.3 | 11 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 942 | 740 | 77.6 | 73.8-80.9 | 130 | 13.6 | 11.0-16.7 | 46 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.5 | 15 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.9 | 11 | 1.4 | 0.7- 3.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 614 | 496 | 80.3 | 76.0-84.0 | 81 | 13.5 | 10.4-17.4 | 32 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.8 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 826 | 684 | 81.4 | 77.7-84.6 | 100 | 12.7 | 10.0-16.0 | 31 | 4.6 | 3.0- 6.9 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.7 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 813 | 696 | 85.8 | 82.8-88.4 | 88 | 10.4 | 8.2-13.1 | 23 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.3 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.1 |
| $75,000+ | 1,159 | 1,028 | 87.4 | 84.6-89.8 | 101 | 9.2 | 7.3-11.6 | 27 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 2,495 | 1,860 | 74.9 | 72.7-77.1 | 378 | 15.3 | 13.5-17.3 | 172 | 6.6 | 5.5- 8.0 | 44 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 | 41 | 1.4 | 1.0- 2.0 |
| No | 3,528 | 3,084 | 87.2 | 85.7-88.6 | 331 | 9.3 | 8.1-10.6 | 97 | 3.0 | 2.3- 4.0 | 11 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.7 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.1- 0.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 110 | 90 | 83.4 | 73.4-90.2 | 10 | 9.3 | 4.5-18.3 | 6 | 4.5 | 1.5-12.4 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.8 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 5,976 | 4,911 | 82.5 | 81.2-83.7 | 702 | 11.6 | 10.6-12.7 | 266 | 4.4 | 3.8- 5.2 | 53 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.2 | 44 | 0.6 | 0.4- 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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