Sociodemographic Correlates of Eye Care Provider Visits in the 2006–2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey

Table 2 State Level Estimates of Frequency of Reporting Eye Care Provider Visit for adults (≥ age 40 years)- The 2006–2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (N = 118,075)

	WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS			2 OR MORE YEARS AGO			NEVER
State Specifics	Sample N	Estimated Annual Population	Percent ± Standard Error	Sample N	Estimated Annual Population	Percent ± Standard Error	Sample N	Estimated Annual Population	Percent ± Standard Error
Alabama	12,484	1,654,872	79.0 ± 0.5	2,870	401,267	19.2 ± 0.4	224	38,015	1.8 ± 0.2
Alaska	2,835	1,947,321	81.6 ± 1.2	628	415,073	17.4 ± 1.2	41‡	25,254	1.1 ±0.4‡
Connecticut	4,026	1,380,228	82.0 ± 0.8	754	292,665	17.4 ± 0.7	35‡	10,970	0.7 ± 0.1‡
Florida	6,624	6,954,837	81.6 ± 0.6	1,310	1,369,507	16.1 ± 0.6	138	193,798	2.3 ± 0.3
Georgia	8,805	2,858,914	78.1 ± 0.5	2,072	741,347	20.2 ± 0.5	153	61,631	1.7 ± 0.2
Indiana	8,350	2,118,487	78.2 ± 0.6	2,102	554,609	20.5 ± 0.5	108	37,246	1.4 ± 0.2
Iowa	7,060	1,092,764	80.8 ± 0.5	1,445	240,577	17.8 ± 0.5	91	19,632	1.5 ± 0.2
Missouri	2,966	1,908,869	73.4 ± 1.0	935	638,409	24.6 ± 0.9	60	52,018	2.0 ± 0.3
New Mexico	3,651	640,405	75.5 ± 0.8	981	185,502	21.9 ± 0.8	96	22,269	2.6 ± 0.3
New York	7,566	6,864,984	82.0 ± 0.5	1,475	1,379,011	16.5 ± 0.5	97	124,990	1.5 ± 0.2
North Carolina	9,876	3,160,247	78.2 ± 0.5	2,262	798,792	19.8 ± 0.5	178	82,470	2.0 ± 0.2
Ohio	3,383	1,996,997	78.8 ± 1.2	787	515,389	20.3 ± 1.1	38‡	23,356	0.9 ± 0.3‡
Tennessee	5,928	2,231,474	80.5 ± 0.7	1,142	477,692	17.2 ± 0.7	129	61,190	2.2 ± 0.3
Texas	3,777	6,950,523	77.7 ± 1.0	893	1,800,936	20.1 ± 1.0	97	189,467	2.1 ± 0.3
West Virginia	2,688	707,781	78.0 ± 0.8	673	185,309	20.4 ± 0.8	45	14,234	1.6 ± 0.2
Wyoming	4,988	188,459	78.9 ± 0.6	1,154	47,743	20.0 ± 0.6	55	2,649	1.1 ± 0.2

‡ = Estimate does not meet National Center for Health Statistic’s standard of reliability or precision given the relative standard error was greater than 30%.

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