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DISABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE (DISABILITY MODULE)

R1: At Risk For Disability

Respondents Who Reported Being Limited In Activity Due To Disability, 2005

Population Subgroups

Number of Respondents

Number at Risk

Percent of Respondents at Risk

% Confidence Interval Lower Limit

% Confidence Interval Upper Limit

Totals

3957

685

14.8

13.6

16.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Age Group (years)

18-24

210

16

7.3

3.6

11.1

25-34

498

37

6.7

4.5

8.9

35-44

711

82

10.3

8.0

12.6

45-54

864

136

14.5

11.9

17.1

55-64

642

133

19.2

16.0

22.4

65+

995

280

29.5

26.3

32.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sex

Female

2346

428

15.5

14.0

17.1

Male

1611

257

14.1

12.3

16.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Race

White

3763

648

14.8

13.5

16.0

American Indian

110

21

16.0

7.9

24.2

Other

59

12

13.4

4.9

21.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Less than H.S.

342

95

24.0

18.7

29.2

H.S. Grad

1147

231

17.7

15.2

20.1

Some College

1235

211

14.6

12.4

16.8

College Grad

1226

148

10.2

8.4

12.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Income

0-14,999

339

132

28.2

22.7

33.8

15,000-24,999

629

147

22.0

18.3

25.8

25,000-49,999

1237

198

13.8

11.7

15.8

50,000-74,999

654

72

9.5

7.3

11.8

75,000+

583

55

10.5

7.1

13.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marital Status

Divorced

394

97

22.8

18.3

27.2

Married

2396

360

14.3

12.9

15.8

Never Married

535

68

9.6

6.5

12.8

Separated

39

10

27.2

10.9

43.5

Unmarried Couple

64

9

8.5

2.6

14.4

Widowed

519

141

27.5

23.4

31.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment

Employed

2570

277

9.5

8.2

10.7

Retired/Disabled

903

319

36.0

32.5

39.5

Student/Homemaker

379

61

13.1

9.1

17.1

Unemployed

92

26

19.3

10.7

27.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Plan

Don't Have Coverage

413

73

16.2

11.9

20.5

Health Coverage

3536

610

14.6

13.4

15.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diabetes

No

3621

552

13.2

12.0

14.4

Yes

308

128

38.1

31.9

44.3

Yes, but only during pregnancy

27

5

14.1

1.2

27.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Activity

Insufficient PA

1504

265

14.8

12.9

16.7

Meet PA

1718

195

10.2

8.5

11.9

No PA

468

180

34.7

29.9

39.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Health

Excellent, Very Good, Good

3399

395

9.8

8.7

10.9

Fair, Poor

548

288

51.8

47.1

56.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overweight/Obese

No

1299

180

11.4

9.5

13.4

Yes

2496

468

16.4

14.8

18.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Provider

No

746

73

8.7

6.3

11.1

Yes, more than one

400

101

21.5

17.1

25.9

Yes, only one

2799

511

15.9

14.4

17.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Smokers

No

3183

526

14.0

12.7

15.4

Yes

759

158

18.2

15.1

21.3


Percent of Respondents Who Have `A Disability, 1996-2004

Characteristics

# of
respondents

# who have a
 disability

Percent of
respondents
with disability

%
Confidence
Interval

Total

8377

1437

15.6

14.8-16.5

 

Race

White

7956

1351

15.5

14.6-16.4

Amer. Indian

256

57

18.7

13.5-23.9

Other

129

21

13.8

7.3-20.2


Table Type

Percentage with risk factor

Definition:

R1: At Risk For Disability: Respondents Who Have A Disability

Denominator:

All Respondents

 Abbreviations:

# at risk = Number within subpopulation with the risk factor

 

Percent at risk = Percentage of subpopulation with the risk factor

 

% Confidence interval = 95% confidence interval

 



 

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