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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 |
| -WHITE FEMALES | 6,090 | 4,078 | 66.3 | 64.7-67.8 | 1,225 | 20.6 | 19.3-21.9 | 544 | 9.3 | 8.4-10.3 | 186 | 3.1 | 2.6- 3.8 | 57 | 0.7 | 0.5- 0.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 543 | 387 | 70.1 | 65.2-74.6 | 118 | 21.8 | 17.9-26.3 | 29 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.3 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.5 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.2 |
| 45-54 | 1,389 | 813 | 58.2 | 55.0-61.4 | 321 | 23.5 | 20.9-26.4 | 177 | 13.2 | 11.1-15.6 | 71 | 4.6 | 3.4- 6.1 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.1 |
| 55-64 | 1,603 | 1,057 | 66.7 | 63.7-69.5 | 333 | 19.9 | 17.7-22.4 | 147 | 9.0 | 7.3-10.9 | 57 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.7 | 9 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 |
| 65-74 | 1,410 | 1,012 | 71.0 | 67.9-73.9 | 271 | 20.0 | 17.4-22.8 | 96 | 7.0 | 5.6- 8.9 | 23 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.6 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.0 |
| 75+ | 1,145 | 809 | 72.1 | 68.9-75.2 | 182 | 15.5 | 13.1-18.2 | 95 | 7.5 | 5.9- 9.6 | 30 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.4 | 29 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 744 | 467 | 62.3 | 57.3-67.1 | 142 | 19.6 | 15.9-23.9 | 75 | 9.3 | 6.9-12.5 | 42 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.8 | 18 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,850 | 1,228 | 64.5 | 61.6-67.3 | 349 | 20.3 | 17.9-22.9 | 191 | 11.1 | 9.3-13.2 | 61 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.4 | 21 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,734 | 1,160 | 66.2 | 63.3-68.9 | 346 | 20.0 | 17.8-22.4 | 157 | 9.9 | 8.2-11.9 | 54 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.5 | 17 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.3 |
| College Graduate | 1,751 | 1,213 | 69.1 | 66.4-71.8 | 387 | 21.9 | 19.6-24.4 | 121 | 7.2 | 5.8- 9.0 | 29 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 691 | 396 | 55.6 | 50.7-60.4 | 134 | 20.9 | 17.0-25.3 | 86 | 12.3 | 9.3-16.0 | 55 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.7 | 20 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 941 | 618 | 62.5 | 58.3-66.4 | 177 | 20.3 | 17.2-23.8 | 98 | 11.5 | 9.0-14.6 | 36 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.6 | 12 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 615 | 416 | 66.4 | 61.6-70.9 | 132 | 21.3 | 17.6-25.6 | 51 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.5 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.2- 4.9 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 825 | 536 | 63.8 | 59.5-67.8 | 194 | 23.4 | 20.0-27.2 | 72 | 9.8 | 7.4-12.8 | 20 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.5 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 814 | 566 | 69.5 | 65.5-73.2 | 169 | 20.0 | 16.9-23.5 | 63 | 8.8 | 6.6-11.6 | 15 | 1.6 | 0.9- 3.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 |
| $75,000+ | 1,159 | 820 | 69.0 | 65.6-72.3 | 232 | 20.5 | 17.8-23.6 | 86 | 8.2 | 6.4-10.6 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.3 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 2,502 | 1,461 | 57.2 | 54.6-59.7 | 585 | 24.6 | 22.4-26.9 | 284 | 11.8 | 10.2-13.6 | 124 | 5.0 | 3.9- 6.4 | 48 | 1.4 | 1.0- 1.9 |
| No | 3,526 | 2,572 | 71.9 | 70.0-73.7 | 633 | 18.3 | 16.7-19.9 | 252 | 7.7 | 6.6- 9.0 | 61 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.6 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 109 | 79 | 69.3 | 57.2-79.2 | 18 | 21.9 | 13.2-34.1 | 11 | 8.3 | 4.1-15.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Veteran | 5,981 | 3,999 | 66.2 | 64.6-67.7 | 1,207 | 20.6 | 19.3-21.9 | 533 | 9.4 | 8.4-10.4 | 185 | 3.2 | 2.6- 3.8 | 57 | 0.7 | 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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