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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Disability

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 260891 19,380 6.3 6.1- 6.5 241511 93.7 93.5-93.9
Alabama 3,302 304 7.4 6.5- 8.3 2,998 92.6 91.7-93.5
Alaska 2,648 144 4.8 3.8- 6.0 2,504 95.2 94.0-96.2
Arizona 3,216 253 6.0 5.1- 7.2 2,963 94.0 92.8-94.9
Arkansas 4,145 324 7.3 6.4- 8.2 3,821 92.7 91.8-93.6
California 4,343 303 6.0 5.2- 6.8 4,040 94.0 93.2-94.8
Colorado 4,034 240 5.2 4.5- 6.0 3,794 94.8 94.0-95.5
Connecticut 5,237 310 5.4 4.8- 6.1 4,927 94.6 93.9-95.2
Delaware 4,025 264 5.9 5.0- 6.9 3,761 94.1 93.1-95.0
District of Columbia 2,007 118 5.9 4.7- 7.3 1,889 94.1 92.7-95.3
Florida 4,972 445 6.6 5.6- 7.6 4,527 93.4 92.4-94.4
Georgia 7,582 630 6.5 5.8- 7.2 6,952 93.5 92.8-94.2
Hawaii 5,997 562 8.2 7.4- 9.1 5,435 91.8 90.9-92.6
Idaho 4,958 317 5.2 4.6- 6.0 4,641 94.8 94.0-95.4
Illinois 2,631 147 5.2 4.2- 6.4 2,484 94.8 93.6-95.8
Indiana 5,413 339 5.4 4.8- 6.1 5,074 94.6 93.9-95.2
Iowa 4,935 323 5.3 4.7- 6.1 4,612 94.7 93.9-95.3
Kansas 4,582 276 5.2 4.6- 6.0 4,306 94.8 94.0-95.4
Kentucky 7,430 737 7.9 7.1- 8.7 6,693 92.1 91.3-92.9
Louisiana 5,030 356 6.4 5.7- 7.2 4,674 93.6 92.8-94.3
Maine 2,368 170 6.2 5.3- 7.3 2,198 93.8 92.7-94.7
Maryland 4,367 260 5.4 4.6- 6.3 4,107 94.6 93.7-95.4
Massachusetts 7,424 505 6.0 5.4- 6.7 6,919 94.0 93.3-94.6
Michigan 3,531 261 5.6 4.9- 6.5 3,270 94.4 93.5-95.1
Minnesota 3,874 307 6.9 6.1- 7.8 3,567 93.1 92.2-93.9
Mississippi 4,387 439 8.6 7.7- 9.5 3,948 91.4 90.5-92.3
Missouri 4,217 344 6.8 5.9- 7.8 3,873 93.2 92.2-94.1
Montana 3,993 269 6.4 5.5- 7.5 3,724 93.6 92.5-94.5
Nebraska 4,938 332 5.6 5.0- 6.3 4,606 94.4 93.7-95.0
Nevada 2,949 196 5.4 4.4- 6.6 2,753 94.6 93.4-95.6
New Hampshire 4,975 298 5.3 4.6- 6.0 4,677 94.7 94.0-95.4
New Jersey 11,121 647 5.3 4.8- 5.9 10,474 94.7 94.1-95.2
New Mexico 5,375 422 6.2 5.6- 6.9 4,953 93.8 93.1-94.4
New York 5,456 428 7.0 6.3- 7.9 5,028 93.0 92.1-93.7
North Carolina 9,416 773 6.7 6.0- 7.4 8,643 93.3 92.6-94.0
North Dakota 2,991 193 5.6 4.8- 6.4 2,798 94.4 93.6-95.2
Ohio 3,782 277 6.2 5.4- 7.2 3,505 93.8 92.8-94.6
Oklahoma 7,624 687 7.2 6.7- 7.9 6,937 92.8 92.1-93.3
Oregon 3,978 327 6.7 5.9- 7.6 3,651 93.3 92.4-94.1
Pennsylvania 3,624 268 6.6 5.8- 7.6 3,356 93.4 92.4-94.2
Rhode Island 4,003 239 5.0 4.3- 5.9 3,764 95.0 94.1-95.7
South Carolina 5,829 452 7.2 6.5- 8.1 5,377 92.8 91.9-93.5
South Dakota 5,229 371 5.7 5.0- 6.4 4,858 94.3 93.6-95.0
Tennessee 2,569 199 6.7 5.7- 7.9 2,370 93.3 92.1-94.3
Texas 5,948 426 6.3 5.6- 7.0 5,522 93.7 93.0-94.4
Utah 4,040 199 4.4 3.6- 5.3 3,841 95.6 94.7-96.4
Vermont 4,223 242 4.9 4.2- 5.6 3,981 95.1 94.4-95.8
Virginia 5,341 371 5.5 4.9- 6.3 4,970 94.5 93.7-95.1
Washington 18,521 1,743 7.8 7.4- 8.3 16,778 92.2 91.7-92.6
West Virginia 3,341 330 8.6 7.6- 9.6 3,011 91.4 90.4-92.4
Wisconsin 4,014 268 5.5 4.8- 6.4 3,746 94.5 93.6-95.2
Wyoming 3,983 254 5.6 4.9- 6.4 3,729 94.4 93.6-95.1
Guam 797 32 3.8 2.6- 5.6 765 96.2 94.4-97.4
Puerto Rico 4,158 383 7.3 6.4- 8.4 3,775 92.7 91.6-93.6
Virgin Islands 2,018 76 3.5 2.7- 4.7 1,942 96.5 95.3-97.3

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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 and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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