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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 |
-Onslow County | 284 | 238 | 87.4 | 82.8-90.9 | 36 | 9.2 | 6.3-13.1 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 124 | 110 | 91.8 | 85.4-95.5 | 9 | 4.4 | 2.0- 9.3 | 5 | 3.8 | 1.5- 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Female | 160 | 128 | 82.7 | 75.5-88.1 | 27 | 14.2 | 9.4-21.0 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.9- 7.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 218 | 178 | 84.8 | 79.0-89.2 | 32 | 11.5 | 7.8-16.7 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.5- 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 |
Other | 63 | 57 | 94.6 | 86.7-97.9 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.4 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.7-11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 34 | 28 | 83.3 | 66.6-92.6 | 4 | 10.2 | 3.7-25.3 | 2 | 6.6 | 1.6-22.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 250 | 210 | 88.3 | 83.8-91.7 | 32 | 9.0 | 6.1-13.0 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 133 | 107 | 85.9 | 78.8-90.9 | 22 | 11.7 | 7.2-18.5 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.8- 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Some College + | 151 | 131 | 88.7 | 82.1-93.1 | 14 | 6.8 | 3.8-11.9 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.6-10.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 136 | 106 | 83.4 | 76.0-88.8 | 24 | 12.9 | 8.2-19.8 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.3- 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 |
$50,000+ | 108 | 99 | 91.5 | 83.7-95.8 | 6 | 5.4 | 2.3-12.1 | 3 | 3.1 | 0.9-10.4 | 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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