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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 |
-Union County | 305 | 267 | 89.6 | 85.2-92.7 | 28 | 7.8 | 5.1-11.8 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.7- 4.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 112 | 105 | 95.3 | 89.7-97.9 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.9- 7.0 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 |
Female | 193 | 162 | 84.0 | 76.9-89.2 | 24 | 12.9 | 8.2-19.8 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 263 | 230 | 89.5 | 84.6-92.9 | 24 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.6 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.6 |
Other | 42 | 37 | 90.0 | 76.6-96.1 | 4 | 6.9 | 2.4-18.0 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-19.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 41 | 38 | 93.6 | 81.0-98.0 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.9-14.8 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-16.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 264 | 229 | 88.4 | 83.4-92.1 | 26 | 8.9 | 5.7-13.7 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 116 | 98 | 89.6 | 83.0-93.9 | 13 | 8.4 | 4.6-14.9 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 |
Some College + | 189 | 169 | 89.5 | 83.3-93.6 | 15 | 7.5 | 4.2-13.1 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 125 | 100 | 82.6 | 73.6-89.0 | 18 | 12.7 | 7.3-21.1 | 5 | 3.8 | 1.4-10.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 |
$50,000+ | 132 | 123 | 94.1 | 88.5-97.0 | 7 | 4.3 | 2.0- 9.3 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.7 |
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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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