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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Disability

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 209215 13,211 5.8 5.6- 6.0 196004 94.2 94.0-94.4
Alabama 2,787 218 7.0 6.0- 8.1 2,569 93.0 91.9-94.0
Alaska 2,860 130 3.8 3.0- 4.8 2,730 96.2 95.2-97.0
Arizona 3,243 414 13.1 11.4-15.0 2,829 86.9 85.0-88.6
Arkansas 2,906 233 7.3 6.3- 8.3 2,673 92.7 91.7-93.7
California 4,152 267 6.0 5.1- 6.9 3,885 94.0 93.1-94.9
Colorado 2,024 80 3.8 3.0- 4.8 1,944 96.2 95.2-97.0
Connecticut 7,710 404 4.7 4.2- 5.3 7,306 95.3 94.7-95.8
Delaware 3,504 211 5.0 4.2- 6.0 3,293 95.0 94.0-95.8
District of Colum 1,871 101 5.6 4.5- 7.0 1,770 94.4 93.0-95.5
Florida 4,649 271 5.4 4.7- 6.2 4,378 94.6 93.8-95.3
Georgia 4,507 254 4.6 3.9- 5.3 4,253 95.4 94.7-96.1
Hawaii 4,499 217 4.3 3.5- 5.1 4,282 95.7 94.9-96.5
Idaho 4,822 255 4.6 4.0- 5.3 4,567 95.4 94.7-96.0
Illinois 2,156 113 4.4 3.6- 5.4 2,043 95.6 94.6-96.4
Indiana 3,979 215 4.8 4.2- 5.6 3,764 95.2 94.4-95.8
Iowa 3,565 224 5.2 4.5- 6.1 3,341 94.8 93.9-95.5
Kansas 4,513 253 5.2 4.5- 6.0 4,260 94.8 94.0-95.5
Kentucky 7,452 725 8.0 7.2- 8.8 6,727 92.0 91.2-92.8
Louisiana 4,936 322 5.7 5.1- 6.5 4,614 94.3 93.5-94.9
Maine 2,412 169 5.7 4.9- 6.7 2,243 94.3 93.3-95.1
Maryland 4,452 240 5.3 4.5- 6.3 4,212 94.7 93.7-95.5
Massachusetts 8,551 482 4.9 4.4- 5.4 8,069 95.1 94.6-95.6
Michigan 3,818 256 6.1 5.3- 7.0 3,562 93.9 93.0-94.7
Minnesota 3,962 291 6.6 5.8- 7.5 3,671 93.4 92.5-94.2
Mississippi 2,997 239 7.0 6.1- 8.0 2,758 93.0 92.0-93.9
Missouri 4,177 285 5.8 5.0- 6.9 3,892 94.2 93.1-95.0
Montana 3,337 211 5.3 4.4- 6.3 3,126 94.7 93.7-95.6
Nebraska 3,614 244 5.5 4.8- 6.3 3,370 94.5 93.7-95.2
Nevada 2,554 147 5.4 4.4- 6.7 2,407 94.6 93.3-95.6
New Hampshire 4,045 185 3.9 3.3- 4.6 3,860 96.1 95.4-96.7
New Jersey 5,969 313 4.6 4.0- 5.3 5,656 95.4 94.7-96.0
New Mexico 3,581 253 5.7 5.0- 6.6 3,328 94.3 93.4-95.0
New York 3,878 239 6.8 5.9- 7.9 3,639 93.2 92.1-94.1
North Carolina 6,160 403 6.2 5.4- 7.2 5,757 93.8 92.8-94.6
North Dakota 2,503 92 3.5 2.8- 4.4 2,411 96.5 95.6-97.2
Ohio 3,422 214 5.5 4.7- 6.4 3,208 94.5 93.6-95.3
Oklahoma 4,543 377 6.6 5.8- 7.5 4,166 93.4 92.5-94.2
Oregon 2,527 173 6.3 5.4- 7.4 2,354 93.7 92.6-94.6
Pennsylvania 3,647 251 6.3 5.5- 7.2 3,396 93.7 92.8-94.5
Rhode Island 4,081 233 5.1 4.4- 5.9 3,848 94.9 94.1-95.6
South Carolina 3,167 188 5.8 5.0- 6.8 2,979 94.2 93.2-95.0
South Dakota 5,108 345 5.6 5.0- 6.3 4,763 94.4 93.7-95.0
Tennessee 2,895 174 5.6 4.7- 6.6 2,721 94.4 93.4-95.3
Texas 5,872 321 4.9 4.4- 5.6 5,551 95.1 94.4-95.6
Utah 3,638 185 4.7 3.9- 5.7 3,453 95.3 94.3-96.1
Vermont 4,292 236 5.0 4.3- 5.7 4,056 95.0 94.3-95.7
Virginia 2,910 165 4.9 4.2- 5.8 2,745 95.1 94.2-95.8
Washington 4,174 285 6.5 5.7- 7.3 3,889 93.5 92.7-94.3
West Virginia 3,076 294 8.3 7.3- 9.4 2,782 91.7 90.6-92.7
Wisconsin 3,348 187 5.1 4.3- 6.0 3,161 94.9 94.0-95.7
Wyoming 3,032 147 4.3 3.6- 5.1 2,885 95.7 94.9-96.4
Guam 865 25 3.2 2.1- 4.8 840 96.8 95.2-97.9
Puerto Rico 4,232 379 6.7 5.8- 7.7 3,853 93.3 92.3-94.2
Virgin Islands 2,241 76 3.2 2.4- 4.3 2,165 96.8 95.7-97.6

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

#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.

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