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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 | 12,267 | 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 |
| -New Hanover County | 310 | 277 | 90.9 | 87.1-93.7 | 20 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.0 | 11 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 117 | 108 | 93.8 | 87.9-96.9 | 6 | 4.4 | 1.9-10.0 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Female | 193 | 169 | 88.6 | 82.8-92.5 | 14 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.6 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 268 | 238 | 89.8 | 85.4-93.0 | 18 | 6.3 | 3.9-10.2 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.7- 6.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 |
| Other | 40 | 37 | 96.8 | 90.0-99.0 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.6 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 27 | 22 | 89.6 | 75.4-96.0 | 4 | 8.9 | 3.1-23.0 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 283 | 255 | 91.1 | 86.9-94.0 | 16 | 5.2 | 3.0- 8.7 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 90 | 80 | 91.6 | 84.5-95.6 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.8- 8.6 | 6 | 5.1 | 2.2-11.2 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Some College + | 219 | 196 | 90.6 | 85.8-94.0 | 17 | 6.8 | 4.1-11.1 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 134 | 120 | 91.4 | 85.0-95.2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.2- 6.9 | 7 | 5.2 | 2.3-11.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $50,000+ | 131 | 119 | 91.8 | 85.5-95.5 | 11 | 7.7 | 4.1-13.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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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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