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| Total Respond.^ |
No difficulty | A little difficulty | Moderate difficulty | Extreme difficulty | Unable to do b/c of eyesight | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| -Western NC | 2,351 | 1,566 | 66.4 | 63.9-68.7 | 438 | 20.0 | 18.1-22.2 | 234 | 9.6 | 8.2-11.2 | 88 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.0 | 25 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 908 | 610 | 67.9 | 64.2-71.5 | 166 | 18.6 | 15.7-21.8 | 84 | 9.0 | 6.9-11.6 | 38 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.1 | 10 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.7 |
| Female | 1,443 | 956 | 65.0 | 61.9-68.0 | 272 | 21.3 | 18.7-24.2 | 150 | 10.1 | 8.4-12.2 | 50 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.9 | 15 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,211 | 1,479 | 66.6 | 64.1-68.9 | 413 | 20.2 | 18.2-22.4 | 213 | 9.1 | 7.8-10.7 | 83 | 3.3 | 2.5- 4.2 | 23 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 |
| African American | 67 | 41 | 60.7 | 45.8-73.8 | 13 | 16.4 | 9.1-27.8 | 10 | 21.1 | 10.5-37.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.2- 6.4 |
| Other Minorities | 66 | 41 | 65.3 | 46.6-80.2 | 10 | 19.2 | 8.3-38.2 | 11 | 11.8 | 5.3-24.4 | 4 | 3.7 | 1.2-11.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 22 | 9 | 59.9 | 30.9-83.3 | 2 | 12.6 | 2.9-40.9 | 7 | 19.4 | 6.8-43.9 | 3 | 6.1 | 1.5-21.3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,322 | 1,552 | 66.4 | 64.0-68.7 | 436 | 20.2 | 18.2-22.3 | 227 | 9.5 | 8.1-11.1 | 84 | 3.1 | 2.4- 4.0 | 23 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 180 | 122 | 66.9 | 58.2-74.5 | 45 | 26.2 | 19.3-34.4 | 11 | 6.5 | 3.2-12.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 |
| 45-54 | 515 | 296 | 60.4 | 55.4-65.2 | 115 | 22.8 | 18.8-27.3 | 75 | 12.5 | 9.6-16.2 | 27 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 |
| 55-64 | 678 | 443 | 66.6 | 62.3-70.6 | 125 | 17.2 | 14.3-20.7 | 72 | 11.4 | 8.7-14.8 | 30 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.5 | 8 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 |
| 65-74 | 553 | 402 | 72.2 | 67.4-76.6 | 96 | 18.6 | 14.7-23.2 | 37 | 5.8 | 4.1- 8.1 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.0 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.2 |
| 75+ | 425 | 303 | 68.9 | 63.3-74.0 | 57 | 15.8 | 12.0-20.6 | 39 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.2 | 16 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.6 | 10 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 365 | 222 | 59.6 | 53.0-65.9 | 57 | 18.2 | 13.1-24.6 | 48 | 13.1 | 9.4-18.2 | 26 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.9 | 12 | 3.3 | 1.8- 5.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 734 | 490 | 67.2 | 62.8-71.4 | 131 | 19.1 | 15.7-22.9 | 72 | 9.2 | 6.9-12.3 | 32 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.3 | 9 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 596 | 401 | 65.8 | 61.0-70.3 | 113 | 20.8 | 17.1-25.1 | 60 | 10.5 | 7.8-14.1 | 19 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.6 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 |
| College Graduate | 653 | 450 | 69.2 | 64.8-73.2 | 137 | 21.5 | 17.9-25.5 | 54 | 7.5 | 5.5-10.1 | 11 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 312 | 195 | 64.5 | 57.7-70.7 | 49 | 15.6 | 11.2-21.3 | 29 | 8.1 | 5.1-12.7 | 31 | 9.3 | 6.3-13.5 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 431 | 259 | 58.5 | 52.3-64.5 | 85 | 22.3 | 17.3-28.2 | 60 | 13.6 | 10.0-18.3 | 20 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.9 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 276 | 187 | 65.5 | 58.6-71.8 | 58 | 24.6 | 18.9-31.4 | 19 | 6.0 | 3.6- 9.7 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 352 | 240 | 69.5 | 63.4-75.0 | 77 | 22.1 | 17.2-27.8 | 29 | 6.7 | 4.5-10.0 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 309 | 220 | 72.0 | 65.9-77.4 | 53 | 17.5 | 13.2-22.9 | 29 | 9.0 | 5.9-13.4 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $75,000+ | 343 | 240 | 68.2 | 62.0-73.9 | 67 | 19.7 | 15.3-25.1 | 29 | 9.9 | 6.4-15.1 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.9- 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,043 | 597 | 55.6 | 51.9-59.3 | 234 | 25.6 | 22.3-29.1 | 120 | 11.6 | 9.3-14.4 | 67 | 5.2 | 4.0- 6.8 | 25 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.1 |
| No | 1,278 | 948 | 74.1 | 71.0-76.9 | 201 | 16.3 | 13.9-18.9 | 109 | 7.9 | 6.3- 9.8 | 20 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 392 | 272 | 70.3 | 64.8-75.3 | 66 | 17.6 | 13.6-22.5 | 33 | 7.1 | 4.8-10.3 | 16 | 3.8 | 2.1- 6.8 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,958 | 1,293 | 65.5 | 62.8-68.1 | 372 | 20.6 | 18.4-22.9 | 201 | 10.1 | 8.6-11.9 | 72 | 3.0 | 2.3- 4.0 | 20 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.2 |
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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.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
**Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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