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| Total Respond.^ |
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 |
| -Wake County | 417 | 365 | 88.9 | 85.1-91.7 | 38 | 8.2 | 5.8-11.5 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 175 | 163 | 93.8 | 88.8-96.7 | 9 | 5.1 | 2.5-10.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Female | 242 | 202 | 83.8 | 77.8-88.4 | 29 | 11.4 | 7.7-16.6 | 10 | 4.3 | 2.1- 8.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 330 | 288 | 88.5 | 84.3-91.7 | 31 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.6 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Other | 87 | 77 | 89.8 | 80.7-94.9 | 7 | 8.6 | 3.9-17.8 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 4.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 59 | 51 | 88.0 | 76.7-94.2 | 8 | 12.0 | 5.8-23.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 358 | 314 | 89.1 | 85.0-92.1 | 30 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.7 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 92 | 81 | 88.9 | 79.2-94.4 | 7 | 7.4 | 3.2-16.3 | 3 | 3.1 | 0.8-11.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Some College + | 324 | 284 | 89.0 | 84.8-92.1 | 30 | 8.3 | 5.7-12.1 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 151 | 125 | 86.4 | 79.7-91.2 | 20 | 11.3 | 6.9-17.9 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $50,000+ | 220 | 200 | 90.4 | 85.1-93.9 | 14 | 6.4 | 3.7-10.8 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0- 2.5 | 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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