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| Total Respond.^ |
No difficulty | A little difficulty | Moderate difficulty | Extreme difficulty | Unable to do b/c of eyesight | |||||||||||
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| 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 MALES | 3,817 | 2,630 | 68.1 | 66.1-70.0 | 719 | 19.8 | 18.2-21.5 | 329 | 9.0 | 7.9-10.3 | 105 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.1 | 34 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 371 | 268 | 71.5 | 65.6-76.7 | 71 | 18.3 | 14.0-23.5 | 24 | 7.2 | 4.6-11.2 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.5 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.1 |
| 45-54 | 916 | 546 | 60.0 | 56.0-63.9 | 213 | 24.1 | 20.8-27.7 | 118 | 12.8 | 10.3-15.8 | 36 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 |
| 55-64 | 1,111 | 787 | 72.0 | 68.7-75.1 | 192 | 17.1 | 14.5-20.0 | 89 | 7.7 | 6.0- 9.8 | 31 | 2.5 | 1.5- 3.9 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.4 |
| 65-74 | 849 | 641 | 73.6 | 69.9-77.0 | 133 | 17.7 | 14.7-21.0 | 52 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.2 | 17 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.7 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.4 |
| 75+ | 570 | 388 | 69.3 | 64.6-73.7 | 110 | 18.9 | 15.3-23.2 | 46 | 8.0 | 5.6-11.1 | 15 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.4 | 11 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 475 | 281 | 57.4 | 51.7-62.9 | 102 | 24.0 | 19.3-29.5 | 47 | 10.6 | 7.6-14.6 | 32 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.6 | 13 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,082 | 755 | 68.3 | 64.5-71.8 | 182 | 18.0 | 15.2-21.1 | 99 | 9.8 | 7.6-12.6 | 37 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.8 | 9 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 895 | 602 | 66.1 | 61.9-70.0 | 190 | 22.8 | 19.4-26.7 | 77 | 8.8 | 6.6-11.6 | 19 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.2 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,362 | 990 | 72.1 | 68.9-75.0 | 244 | 18.1 | 15.7-20.9 | 106 | 8.1 | 6.4-10.2 | 17 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.3 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 278 | 168 | 60.6 | 52.5-68.2 | 52 | 20.8 | 14.8-28.4 | 30 | 9.5 | 5.4-16.3 | 20 | 6.3 | 3.9-10.0 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.1- 7.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 533 | 324 | 58.8 | 53.4-64.0 | 111 | 20.4 | 16.5-25.0 | 61 | 13.6 | 10.1-18.1 | 28 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.7 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 389 | 263 | 65.5 | 59.2-71.2 | 75 | 22.2 | 17.2-28.0 | 38 | 9.9 | 6.8-14.2 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 591 | 414 | 70.1 | 65.3-74.4 | 112 | 18.4 | 14.8-22.6 | 47 | 8.3 | 6.0-11.5 | 14 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.1 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 654 | 461 | 67.7 | 63.0-72.1 | 127 | 22.0 | 18.2-26.5 | 53 | 8.2 | 5.9-11.4 | 10 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 |
| $75,000+ | 1,055 | 780 | 72.2 | 68.6-75.6 | 185 | 18.1 | 15.3-21.3 | 72 | 8.2 | 6.2-10.7 | 16 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,515 | 943 | 61.3 | 58.1-64.4 | 315 | 22.1 | 19.5-25.0 | 157 | 10.8 | 8.8-13.1 | 72 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.8 | 28 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.3 |
| No | 2,260 | 1,656 | 72.0 | 69.5-74.3 | 395 | 18.3 | 16.3-20.5 | 171 | 8.1 | 6.8- 9.7 | 32 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.9 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 1,673 | 1,192 | 72.1 | 69.3-74.8 | 294 | 17.7 | 15.4-20.1 | 129 | 7.2 | 5.8- 8.9 | 38 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.1 | 20 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,141 | 1,435 | 65.5 | 62.9-68.1 | 425 | 21.1 | 19.0-23.5 | 200 | 10.1 | 8.5-11.9 | 67 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.5 | 14 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 |
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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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