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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 |
-Orange County | 306 | 210 | 69.6 | 63.5-75.2 | 56 | 17.4 | 13.2-22.6 | 31 | 10.4 | 6.9-15.3 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.7 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 124 | 80 | 66.4 | 56.6-74.9 | 31 | 23.5 | 16.4-32.5 | 12 | 9.7 | 5.0-17.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 |
Female | 182 | 130 | 72.7 | 64.7-79.5 | 25 | 11.7 | 7.6-17.6 | 19 | 11.0 | 6.5-17.9 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.1 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.6- 6.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 257 | 174 | 66.9 | 60.0-73.2 | 51 | 20.0 | 15.1-26.2 | 26 | 11.3 | 7.2-17.2 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.5 |
Other | 48 | 35 | 80.1 | 66.6-89.0 | 5 | 7.1 | 2.9-16.7 | 5 | 6.8 | 2.6-16.5 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.9-16.5 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 28 | 24 | 85.5 | 63.3-95.3 | 2 | 4.1 | 1.0-15.8 | 2 | 10.4 | 2.4-35.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 278 | 186 | 67.2 | 60.6-73.2 | 54 | 19.5 | 14.8-25.3 | 29 | 10.3 | 6.8-15.4 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.3 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 74 | 46 | 62.6 | 49.6-74.0 | 11 | 14.2 | 7.6-25.1 | 12 | 15.6 | 8.0-28.1 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.7-13.4 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.3-12.8 |
Some College + | 232 | 164 | 71.9 | 64.9-78.1 | 45 | 18.5 | 13.5-24.7 | 19 | 8.7 | 5.1-14.3 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 109 | 69 | 64.4 | 53.4-74.0 | 21 | 18.2 | 11.6-27.4 | 15 | 13.8 | 7.6-23.7 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6-10.4 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.6 |
$50,000+ | 161 | 115 | 71.9 | 63.3-79.1 | 31 | 18.3 | 12.6-25.8 | 12 | 8.9 | 4.7-16.1 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.2 | 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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