TABLE 2.
Selected Findings: 2008 NCDHR Deaf Health Survey and 2006 Monroe County BRFSS, Rochester, NY
| NCDHR Deaf Health Survey, % (95% CI) | Monroe County BRFSS, % (95% CI) | |
| All participants | ||
| Current smoker | 9.1 (6.4, 12.9) | 18.1 (16.1, 20.2) |
| Weight classification by BMI | ||
| Neither overweight nor obese (≤ 24.9 kg/m2) | 31.7 (26.6, 36.8) | 38.8 (36.1, 41.5) |
| Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2) | 34.2 (29.0, 39.3) | 34.6 (32.1, 37.1) |
| Obese (≥ 30.0 kg/m2) | 34.2 (29.0, 39.3) | 26.6 (24.2, 29.0) |
| Ever attempted suicide | 14.6 (10.7, 18.6) | … |
| Attempted suicide in past 12 mo | 2.2 (0.6, 3.9) | 0.4 (0.2, 0.7) |
| Participants younger than 65 ya | ||
| Intimate partner violence | ||
| Ever been emotionally abused | 27.5 (22.4, 33.1) | … |
| Emotionally abused in past 12 mo | 7.4 (4.8, 11.3) | … |
| Ever been physically abused | 21.0 (16.3, 25.8) | 13.9 (11.8, 16.0) |
| Physically abused in past 12 mo | 3.1 (1.1, 5.1) | 2.7 (1.7, 3.8) |
| Ever been forced to have sex | 20.8 (16.1, 25.6) | 5.8 (4.5, 7.0) |
| Forced to have sex in past 12 mo | 3.8 (1.6, 6.1) | 0.7 (0.1, 1.3) |
Note. BMI = body mass index; BRFSS = Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; CI = confidence interval; NCDHR = National Center for Deaf Health Research. Percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding. Ellipses indicate question not asked in Monroe County BRFSS survey.
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The Monroe County BRFSS survey administered intimate partner violence items only to respondents younger than 65 years, so for comparison we used the same age limit for our deaf sample. For participants under age 65, NCDHR Deaf Health Survey n=308, and Monroe County BRFSS n=1906.