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What is the major impairment or health problem that limits your activities?*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Arthritis   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Back/neck   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Lung   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Heart/hypertension   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Other   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	816	188  21.6  (18.6-24.9)	121  15.4  (12.8-18.4)	70   8.4  ( 6.5-10.7)	80   9.8  ( 7.8-12.3)	357  44.9  (40.9-48.9)
GENDER
Male	299	54  18.4  (14.1-23.8)	50  17.2  (13.0-22.4)	28   8.8  ( 6.0-12.9)	39  11.4  ( 8.2-15.6)	128  44.1  (37.7-50.7)
Female	517	134  24.3  (20.5-28.5)	71  13.8  (10.8-17.4)	42   8.0  ( 5.7-11.0)	41   8.4  ( 6.1-11.6)	229  45.6  (40.8-50.4)
RACE
White	620	139  21.0  (17.7-24.7)	93  15.7  (12.7-19.2)	55   8.1  ( 6.1-10.7)	61   9.7  ( 7.5-12.5)	272  45.5  (40.9-50.0)
African American	173	49  27.2  (20.3-35.5)	24  13.7  ( 9.0-20.5)	12   8.4  ( 4.5-15.2)	18  11.4  ( 7.0-17.9)	70  39.3  (31.3-47.9)
AGE
18-24	25	2   9.2  ( 2.2-31.8)	4  13.8  ( 4.7-34.3)			19  77.0  (55.2-90.2)
25-34	61	6   7.5  ( 3.2-16.4)	12  19.0  (10.0-33.2)	4   7.3  ( 2.5-19.4)	3   5.5  ( 1.6-16.8)	36  60.8  (44.8-74.7)
35-44	123	19  18.4  (11.4-28.3)	28  23.2  (16.1-32.1)	9   7.3  ( 3.6-14.2)	8   5.9  ( 2.9-11.9)	59  45.2  (35.6-55.2)
45-54	154	27  20.7  (14.4-28.8)	21  11.5  ( 7.2-17.9)	14   9.8  ( 5.7-16.4)	14   9.5  ( 5.4-16.2)	78  48.5  (39.9-57.1)
55-64	157	36  20.7  (14.7-28.3)	29  21.3  (14.8-29.8)	16   7.4  ( 4.3-12.3)	16  12.0  ( 7.3-19.0)	60  38.6  (30.5-47.4)
65+	294	98  30.8  (25.5-36.7)	27   9.1  ( 6.1-13.3)	26  10.0  ( 6.7-14.7)	39  13.8  (10.0-18.8)	104  36.3  (30.5-42.5)
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	248	68  24.3  (19.1-30.4)	33  14.5  (10.2-20.2)	24  10.2  ( 6.7-15.4)	25   9.7  ( 6.5-14.4)	98  41.2  (34.5-48.3)
H.S. or G.E.D.	250	58  21.8  (16.7-27.9)	38  16.1  (11.6-21.9)	19   8.2  ( 5.1-13.0)	28  12.0  ( 8.2-17.4)	107  41.8  (35.2-48.8)
Some Post-H.S.	171	37  21.1  (14.9-28.8)	26  15.5  (10.2-22.7)	17   8.0  ( 4.8-13.2)	13   7.6  ( 4.3-13.0)	78  47.8  (39.4-56.4)
College Graduate	144	24  17.6  (11.5-25.9)	23  14.5  ( 9.3-22.0)	10   6.3  ( 3.2-12.0)	14   9.0  ( 5.0-15.5)	73  52.6  (42.4-62.6)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	187	45  19.4  (14.4-25.7)	30  18.7  (12.9-26.3)	21  10.7  ( 6.7-16.7)	18  10.8  ( 6.6-17.2)	73  40.3  (32.4-48.8)
$15,000- 24,999	198	38  19.3  (13.8-26.5)	27  13.0  ( 8.8-18.8)	21  11.0  ( 7.0-16.9)	21  10.0  ( 6.4-15.3)	91  46.7  (39.0-54.5)
$25,000- 34,999	101	30  26.2  (18.1-36.3)	20  20.6  (12.8-31.5)	7   8.2  ( 3.7-17.2)	9   9.4  ( 4.8-17.6)	35  35.5  (25.8-46.5)
$35,000- 49,999	83	17  19.6  (11.6-31.3)	10  11.4  ( 5.9-20.8)	9  10.4  ( 5.1-20.1)	3   2.4  ( 0.7- 7.7)	44  56.3  (42.7-68.9)
$50,000+	114	19  18.9  (12.1-28.3)	23  20.7  (13.8-29.8)	6   5.0  ( 2.2-11.0)	12  10.6  ( 5.8-18.5)	54  44.8  (35.3-54.7)

*This question is asked to respondents who reported having any type of disability or being perceived himself or herself having disability. See questions 3a, 4,5 and 8 in the disability section (p.61) of the BRFSS 2000 questionnaire

First four most frequent response categories presented here. OTHER category was formed from the remaining responses.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.