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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 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 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 370 | 341 | 91.3 | 86.8-94.3 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.6 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.6 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45-54 | 918 | 823 | 91.2 | 88.8-93.0 | 63 | 5.4 | 4.0- 7.2 | 22 | 2.4 | 1.5- 4.1 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.4 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 |
| 55-64 | 1,110 | 969 | 88.9 | 86.6-90.8 | 97 | 7.8 | 6.1- 9.8 | 26 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.5 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.0 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.4 |
| 65-74 | 851 | 765 | 90.0 | 87.4-92.1 | 65 | 7.7 | 5.9-10.1 | 16 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.0 |
| 75+ | 573 | 478 | 85.0 | 81.4-88.0 | 58 | 9.3 | 6.9-12.4 | 25 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.3 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.4 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 483 | 382 | 79.5 | 74.6-83.6 | 52 | 11.9 | 8.5-16.3 | 23 | 4.5 | 2.8- 7.3 | 11 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.1 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,085 | 970 | 91.1 | 88.8-93.0 | 83 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.6 | 26 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.7 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 889 | 780 | 87.8 | 84.8-90.3 | 75 | 7.8 | 5.9-10.3 | 23 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.8 | 9 | 1.4 | 0.6- 2.9 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 |
| College Graduate | 1,362 | 1,241 | 92.8 | 91.1-94.2 | 90 | 5.2 | 4.0- 6.7 | 27 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 280 | 214 | 75.1 | 67.5-81.5 | 37 | 12.7 | 8.8-18.1 | 15 | 9.1 | 4.6-17.2 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.2 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 534 | 442 | 83.8 | 79.6-87.3 | 46 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.3 | 30 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.3 | 11 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 391 | 342 | 89.7 | 85.8-92.7 | 39 | 8.7 | 6.0-12.7 | 6 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.5 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1- 1.1 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 589 | 523 | 89.3 | 86.0-91.9 | 52 | 8.1 | 6.0-10.9 | 11 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 655 | 597 | 91.0 | 88.0-93.4 | 39 | 6.0 | 4.1- 8.6 | 15 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 |
| $75,000+ | 1,056 | 987 | 94.4 | 92.4-95.9 | 59 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.1 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,521 | 1,225 | 81.8 | 79.2-84.1 | 189 | 11.6 | 9.8-13.7 | 66 | 4.6 | 3.3- 6.4 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.6 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.8 |
| No | 2,258 | 2,112 | 94.3 | 93.0-95.3 | 109 | 4.0 | 3.1- 5.0 | 32 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.1 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 1,674 | 1,456 | 88.3 | 86.3-90.0 | 151 | 7.7 | 6.4- 9.3 | 44 | 2.8 | 1.9- 4.0 | 10 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.4 | 13 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,145 | 1,917 | 90.7 | 89.1-92.1 | 149 | 6.1 | 5.0- 7.5 | 55 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.4 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 | 8 | 0.3 | 0.1- 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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