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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 |
| -New Hanover County | 311 | 217 | 67.8 | 61.3-73.7 | 59 | 21.2 | 16.2-27.4 | 23 | 7.2 | 4.5-11.1 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.7 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 117 | 84 | 67.7 | 56.9-76.9 | 24 | 23.5 | 15.5-34.1 | 5 | 5.0 | 2.0-12.3 | 4 | 3.7 | 1.0-12.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Female | 194 | 133 | 67.9 | 59.8-75.0 | 35 | 19.3 | 13.5-26.9 | 18 | 8.9 | 5.4-14.4 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.2 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 6.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 269 | 192 | 69.0 | 62.1-75.2 | 47 | 19.5 | 14.4-25.9 | 20 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.9 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.5 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.3 |
| Other | 40 | 24 | 60.6 | 42.1-76.5 | 11 | 31.0 | 16.3-50.8 | 3 | 5.7 | 1.6-18.5 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.7-10.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 28 | 15 | 49.1 | 29.6-69.0 | 9 | 36.6 | 19.2-58.5 | 2 | 5.2 | 1.1-21.1 | 2 | 9.0 | 1.7-35.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 283 | 202 | 70.7 | 64.2-76.5 | 50 | 18.8 | 13.9-24.9 | 21 | 7.5 | 4.6-11.8 | 8 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 91 | 59 | 61.2 | 48.8-72.2 | 16 | 19.1 | 11.0-31.2 | 10 | 12.3 | 6.3-22.5 | 5 | 6.8 | 2.2-19.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 |
| Some College + | 219 | 157 | 70.2 | 62.6-76.9 | 43 | 22.1 | 16.1-29.5 | 13 | 5.2 | 2.8- 9.6 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 135 | 86 | 57.5 | 47.2-67.3 | 27 | 25.3 | 17.0-35.9 | 12 | 8.6 | 4.5-15.7 | 8 | 6.6 | 2.6-15.6 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 9.2 |
| $50,000+ | 131 | 97 | 73.8 | 64.2-81.5 | 25 | 19.7 | 12.9-28.9 | 8 | 6.1 | 2.8-12.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 | 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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