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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 |
-Pitt County | 307 | 207 | 68.0 | 61.2-74.1 | 62 | 18.2 | 13.9-23.5 | 26 | 8.6 | 5.6-13.1 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.2 | 5 | 2.7 | 0.6-11.7 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 95 | 68 | 71.7 | 58.6-81.9 | 17 | 14.1 | 8.3-22.8 | 6 | 6.2 | 2.5-14.3 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.5-12.5 | 2 | 5.4 | 0.9-27.0 |
Female | 212 | 139 | 65.4 | 57.8-72.3 | 45 | 21.2 | 15.5-28.1 | 20 | 10.3 | 6.4-16.4 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.7 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 220 | 151 | 69.4 | 62.2-75.8 | 42 | 17.4 | 12.7-23.5 | 22 | 11.3 | 7.2-17.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.2- 5.8 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.1 |
Other | 83 | 54 | 65.9 | 50.0-78.8 | 18 | 18.2 | 10.4-29.9 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.6 | 5 | 5.7 | 1.8-16.8 | 2 | 7.8 | 1.3-35.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 35 | 30 | 86.5 | 69.6-94.8 | 5 | 13.5 | 5.2-30.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 272 | 177 | 64.2 | 56.9-71.0 | 57 | 19.2 | 14.5-24.9 | 26 | 10.3 | 6.7-15.6 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.4 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.7-13.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 116 | 74 | 61.4 | 48.6-72.9 | 21 | 16.8 | 10.1-26.6 | 12 | 9.1 | 4.9-16.2 | 6 | 6.1 | 2.3-15.6 | 3 | 6.5 | 1.2-28.1 |
Some College + | 189 | 131 | 71.6 | 64.0-78.2 | 41 | 19.3 | 14.0-26.0 | 14 | 8.4 | 4.6-14.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 157 | 103 | 67.5 | 56.7-76.7 | 29 | 15.7 | 10.2-23.4 | 13 | 6.1 | 3.3-11.0 | 7 | 5.1 | 2.0-12.5 | 5 | 5.6 | 1.2-22.1 |
$50,000+ | 120 | 77 | 64.8 | 54.9-73.5 | 31 | 23.0 | 16.0-31.9 | 12 | 12.2 | 6.7-21.0 | 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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