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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 |
-Onslow County | 284 | 190 | 70.2 | 63.8-75.9 | 59 | 18.8 | 14.1-24.5 | 29 | 9.3 | 6.1-13.9 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 124 | 85 | 71.2 | 61.4-79.4 | 24 | 17.9 | 11.4-26.9 | 13 | 9.3 | 4.9-17.1 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Female | 160 | 105 | 69.1 | 60.7-76.4 | 35 | 19.7 | 13.8-27.4 | 16 | 9.3 | 5.4-15.5 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 219 | 146 | 68.2 | 60.6-74.9 | 44 | 20.4 | 14.8-27.4 | 24 | 9.6 | 6.0-15.2 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.8 |
Other | 62 | 43 | 78.2 | 66.2-86.8 | 14 | 13.4 | 7.4-23.2 | 4 | 6.6 | 2.3-17.4 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 34 | 20 | 60.4 | 42.6-75.8 | 11 | 30.6 | 17.0-48.5 | 2 | 6.8 | 1.7-23.5 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 250 | 170 | 72.5 | 65.9-78.3 | 48 | 16.0 | 11.6-21.6 | 27 | 9.9 | 6.4-15.0 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 133 | 84 | 63.6 | 53.5-72.6 | 35 | 26.2 | 18.3-35.9 | 13 | 9.9 | 5.2-17.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0- 2.5 |
Some College + | 151 | 106 | 76.4 | 68.5-82.8 | 24 | 11.8 | 7.6-18.0 | 16 | 8.7 | 5.0-14.9 | 4 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 136 | 79 | 63.2 | 53.5-71.8 | 35 | 23.3 | 16.4-32.1 | 17 | 10.5 | 5.7-18.3 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.7 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.1 |
$50,000+ | 108 | 82 | 76.5 | 66.2-84.4 | 15 | 14.2 | 8.0-24.1 | 10 | 8.3 | 4.2-15.7 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.4 | 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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