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Disability
Do you have any health problem that requires you to use special equipment, such as a cane, a wheelchair, a special bed, or a special telephone?
Denominator includes all respondents except those with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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All Adults |
11121 |
5.3 |
4.81-5.83 |
94.7 |
94.2-95.2 |
Health Problems requiring equipment by Age
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Age Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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18-24 |
552 |
1.0 |
0.13-1.89 |
99.0 |
97.7-0100 |
25-34 |
1540 |
1.2 |
0.49-1.97 |
98.8 |
98.0-99.5 |
35-44 |
2412 |
2.1 |
1.43-2.77 |
97.9 |
97.2-98.6 |
45-54 |
2323 |
3.4 |
2.60-4.28 |
96.6 |
95.7-97.4 |
55-64 |
1675 |
8.4 |
6.65-10.1 |
91.6 |
89.8-93.4 |
65+ |
2435 |
15.5 |
13.6-17.3 |
84.5 |
82.7-86.4 |
Health Problems requiring equipment by Sex
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Gender Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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Male |
4429 |
4.5 |
3.73-5.21 |
95.5 |
94.7-96.3 |
Female |
6692 |
6.1 |
5.41-6.79 |
93.9 |
93.2-94.6 |
Health Problems requiring equipment by Income
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Income Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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< $15,000 |
702 |
15.2 |
12.1-18.3 |
84.8 |
81.7-87.9 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1403 |
8.3 |
6.68-9.82 |
91.8 |
90.0-93.5 |
$25,000-34,999 |
984 |
6.8 |
4.96-8.56 |
93.2 |
91.4-95.1 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1445 |
4.0 |
2.90-5.18 |
96.0 |
94.8-97.1 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1642 |
3.5 |
2.32-4.78 |
96.4 |
95.2-97.7 |
$75,000+ |
3366 |
1.9 |
1.43-2.41 |
98.1 |
97.6-98.6 |
Health Problems requiring equipment by Education
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Education Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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Less than H.S. |
871 |
10.9 |
8.40-13.3 |
89.1 |
86.6-91.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
3033 |
5.8 |
4.91-6.79 |
94.1 |
93.2-95.1 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2600 |
5.4 |
4.33-6.57 |
94.5 |
93.4-95.7 |
College Graduate |
4579 |
3.4 |
2.83-4.01 |
96.6 |
96.0-97.2 |
Health Problems requiring equipment by Race/Ethnicity
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Racial/ Ethnic Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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White/ Non-Hispanic
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8403 |
5.4 |
4.82-5.92 |
94.6 |
94.1-95.2 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
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1006 |
8.8 |
6.68-10.9 |
91.2 |
89.1-93.4 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
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521 |
4.8 |
2.11-7.51 |
95.2 |
92.5-97.9 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
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58 |
11.6 |
2.44-20.7 |
88.4 |
79.3-97.6 |
Hispanic |
984 |
2.8 |
1.65-3.85 |
97.3 |
95.9-98.6 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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