Adult physical disabilities statistics - states compared

SOURCE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003.

DEFINITION
Adults with health problem(s) that requires the use of special equipment.

Health Statistics > Adult physical disabilities (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

= 1

Mississippi:

8.6%

= 1

West Virginia:

8.6%

# 3

Kentucky:

7.9%

# 4

Washington:

7.8%

# 5

Alabama:

7.4%

= 6

Arkansas:

7.3%

= 6

Puerto Rico:

7.3%

= 8

Oklahoma:

7.2%

= 8

South Carolina:

7.2%

# 10

New York:

# 11

Minnesota:

6.9%

# 12

Missouri:

6.8%

= 13

Tennessee:

6.7%

= 13

Oregon:

6.7%

= 13

North Carolina:

6.7%

= 16

Florida:

6.6%

= 16

Pennsylvania:

6.6%

# 18

Georgia:

6.5%

= 19

Louisiana:

6.4%

= 19

Montana:

6.4%

# 21

Texas:

6.3%

= 22

Maine:

6.2%

= 22

New Mexico:

6.2%

= 22

Ohio:

6.2%

= 25

Arizona:

= 25

California:

= 25

Massachusetts:

= 28

District of Columbia:

5.9%

= 28

Delaware:

5.9%

# 30

South Dakota:

5.7%

= 31

Nebraska:

5.6%

= 31

North Dakota:

5.6%

= 31

Michigan:

5.6%

= 31

Wyoming:

5.6%

= 35

Wisconsin:

5.5%

= 35

Virginia:

5.5%

= 37

Nevada:

5.4%

= 37

Indiana:

5.4%

= 37

Connecticut:

5.4%

= 37

Maryland:

5.4%

= 41

New Jersey:

5.3%

= 41

New Hampshire:

5.3%

= 41

Iowa:

5.3%

= 44

Idaho:

5.2%

= 44

Kansas:

5.2%

= 44

Colorado:

5.2%

# 47

Rhode Island:

# 48

Vermont:

4.9%

= 49

Illinois:

4.8%

= 49

Alaska:

4.8%

# 51

Utah:

4.4%

# 52

Hawaii:

4.3%

# 53

Guam:

3.8%

# 54

US Virgin Islands:

3.5%

Weighted average:

6.0%

DEFINITION: Adults with health problem(s) that requires the use of special equipment.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003. via StateMaster

Health Statistics > Adult physical disabilities (most recent) by state

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