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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 |
-Wake County | 419 | 291 | 70.1 | 64.8-74.9 | 85 | 19.1 | 15.3-23.5 | 33 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.2 | 8 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 178 | 130 | 73.7 | 66.1-80.1 | 35 | 19.2 | 13.7-26.1 | 10 | 5.4 | 2.8-10.3 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 |
Female | 241 | 161 | 66.4 | 58.9-73.1 | 50 | 18.9 | 14.1-25.0 | 23 | 10.2 | 6.5-15.8 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.2-11.4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 331 | 231 | 70.2 | 64.4-75.4 | 68 | 19.6 | 15.3-24.7 | 27 | 8.5 | 5.7-12.6 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Other | 88 | 60 | 69.9 | 57.6-79.8 | 17 | 17.7 | 10.8-27.8 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.2-14.5 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.0-19.8 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 7.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 59 | 47 | 79.6 | 66.5-88.5 | 10 | 16.7 | 8.8-29.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-10.9 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 360 | 244 | 67.8 | 61.9-73.1 | 75 | 19.6 | 15.5-24.5 | 32 | 9.3 | 6.3-13.4 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.3 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 94 | 65 | 67.0 | 54.5-77.4 | 18 | 17.5 | 10.5-27.6 | 5 | 5.9 | 2.3-14.4 | 4 | 7.6 | 2.3-22.6 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 8.3 |
Some College + | 324 | 226 | 71.2 | 65.4-76.4 | 66 | 19.4 | 15.1-24.6 | 28 | 8.4 | 5.5-12.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 153 | 98 | 63.8 | 53.9-72.6 | 36 | 21.2 | 14.8-29.4 | 12 | 7.7 | 4.0-14.4 | 5 | 5.9 | 1.9-17.2 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 6.1 |
$50,000+ | 219 | 155 | 70.4 | 63.3-76.7 | 44 | 20.4 | 15.2-26.9 | 19 | 8.7 | 5.3-13.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 | 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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