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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 | 12,267 | 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 |
-Orange County | 306 | 266 | 88.2 | 83.5-91.7 | 29 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.9 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.8 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 124 | 108 | 88.5 | 80.6-93.5 | 12 | 7.9 | 4.4-14.0 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.6-12.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 |
Female | 182 | 158 | 87.8 | 81.5-92.2 | 17 | 8.3 | 4.8-13.8 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 5.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 257 | 225 | 88.9 | 83.7-92.5 | 23 | 7.4 | 4.8-11.3 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.6- 7.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.1 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.5 |
Other | 48 | 40 | 85.2 | 70.8-93.2 | 6 | 11.1 | 4.5-24.8 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.7-16.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 28 | 27 | 96.8 | 80.2-99.6 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 278 | 239 | 86.8 | 81.6-90.8 | 28 | 8.9 | 5.9-13.1 | 6 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 74 | 63 | 87.6 | 77.5-93.5 | 6 | 6.1 | 2.6-13.8 | 3 | 3.6 | 0.9-12.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-10.9 |
Some College + | 232 | 203 | 88.4 | 82.7-92.3 | 23 | 8.8 | 5.6-13.4 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 109 | 87 | 82.3 | 73.1-88.8 | 16 | 13.1 | 7.6-21.6 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.8-10.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.6 |
$50,000+ | 161 | 148 | 91.5 | 84.6-95.4 | 10 | 5.7 | 2.9-10.6 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.5-11.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 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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