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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 |
| -WHITES | 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 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Males | 3,822 | 3,376 | 89.8 | 88.5-90.9 | 300 | 6.7 | 5.8- 7.7 | 99 | 2.6 | 2.0- 3.3 | 26 | 0.6 | 0.4- 0.9 | 21 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.7 |
| 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 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 75 | 60 | 81.0 | 66.9-90.1 | 10 | 16.1 | 7.6-30.9 | 5 | 2.8 | 1.1- 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 9,812 | 8,304 | 86.0 | 85.1-86.8 | 995 | 9.2 | 8.5-10.0 | 366 | 3.6 | 3.1- 4.1 | 81 | 0.7 | 0.6- 0.9 | 66 | 0.5 | 0.4- 0.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 913 | 810 | 88.2 | 85.3-90.6 | 76 | 8.3 | 6.3-10.7 | 22 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.1 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45-54 | 2,306 | 1,968 | 86.9 | 85.1-88.4 | 226 | 8.5 | 7.3-10.0 | 86 | 3.6 | 2.7- 4.7 | 17 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.0 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.0 |
| 55-64 | 2,712 | 2,257 | 84.8 | 83.1-86.4 | 320 | 10.5 | 9.2-12.0 | 93 | 3.3 | 2.6- 4.2 | 24 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.2 | 18 | 0.6 | 0.3- 0.9 |
| 65-74 | 2,263 | 1,944 | 86.3 | 84.5-87.9 | 218 | 9.2 | 7.9-10.7 | 79 | 3.4 | 2.6- 4.5 | 13 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.4 | 9 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 |
| 75+ | 1,714 | 1,398 | 82.3 | 80.0-84.4 | 172 | 10.2 | 8.5-12.1 | 91 | 4.8 | 3.8- 6.1 | 22 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.1 | 31 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,225 | 938 | 75.9 | 72.5-79.0 | 149 | 14.2 | 11.5-17.2 | 81 | 5.9 | 4.4- 7.8 | 27 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.0 | 30 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,934 | 2,458 | 85.2 | 83.5-86.8 | 315 | 9.4 | 8.2-10.8 | 124 | 4.3 | 3.4- 5.5 | 24 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 | 13 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 2,624 | 2,206 | 84.8 | 82.9-86.4 | 290 | 10.4 | 9.0-11.9 | 92 | 3.7 | 2.8- 4.7 | 19 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.4 | 17 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 |
| College Graduate | 3,111 | 2,762 | 90.2 | 88.9-91.4 | 257 | 7.0 | 6.0- 8.1 | 74 | 2.2 | 1.6- 3.0 | 11 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.7 | 7 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 970 | 724 | 74.4 | 70.6-77.9 | 134 | 13.8 | 11.3-16.7 | 69 | 7.8 | 5.6-10.9 | 24 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.3 | 19 | 1.8 | 1.1- 3.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,476 | 1,182 | 80.3 | 77.5-82.8 | 176 | 11.0 | 9.1-13.3 | 76 | 5.7 | 4.2- 7.5 | 26 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.7 | 16 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 1,005 | 838 | 84.6 | 81.7-87.2 | 120 | 11.3 | 9.1-14.0 | 38 | 3.3 | 2.2- 4.8 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.5 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 1,415 | 1,207 | 85.1 | 82.6-87.3 | 152 | 10.5 | 8.7-12.7 | 42 | 3.4 | 2.3- 5.0 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,468 | 1,293 | 88.5 | 86.4-90.3 | 127 | 8.2 | 6.7-10.0 | 38 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.6 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.6 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 |
| $75,000+ | 2,215 | 2,015 | 91.2 | 89.6-92.6 | 160 | 6.6 | 5.4- 8.0 | 36 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 4,016 | 3,085 | 78.0 | 76.3-79.6 | 567 | 13.7 | 12.3-15.1 | 238 | 5.7 | 4.8- 6.8 | 65 | 1.4 | 1.0- 1.8 | 61 | 1.2 | 0.9- 1.7 |
| No | 5,786 | 5,196 | 90.5 | 89.6-91.4 | 440 | 6.8 | 6.0- 7.6 | 129 | 2.2 | 1.8- 2.8 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.6 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 1,784 | 1,546 | 88.0 | 86.1-89.7 | 161 | 7.8 | 6.5- 9.3 | 50 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.1 | 12 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.4 | 15 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 8,121 | 6,828 | 85.4 | 84.4-86.3 | 851 | 9.7 | 8.9-10.5 | 321 | 3.7 | 3.2- 4.3 | 69 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.0 | 52 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.7 |
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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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