Table 8.
Estimates of age-standardized disability prevalence (percentages), based on 1995 and 2000 local area populations
| Disability Prevalence (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | |||
| 1995 | 2000 | 1995 | 2000 | |
| Blacks | ||||
| High-poverty urban | ||||
| Harlem | 29.2 | 30.0 | 31.3 | 31.6 |
| Eastside Detroit | 31.9 | 33.0 | 31.9 | 31.5 |
| Southside Chicago | 27.1 | 26.3 | 27.1 | 26.1 |
| Watts | 30.4 | 31.2 | 30.0 | 31.3 |
| High-poverty rural | ||||
| East North Carolina | 29.0 | 29.1 | 27.0 | 27.3 |
| Black Belt Alabama | 31.4 | 31.9 | 30.7 | 30.9 |
| Delta Louisiana | 28.4 | 27.7 | 25.6 | 25.8 |
| Nonpoor urban | ||||
| Bronx | 24.1 | 23.3 | 20.4 | 21.4 |
| Queens | 20.6 | 20.7 | 19.1 | 18.5 |
| Northwest Detroit | 25.5 | 25.9 | 24.5 | 25.7** |
| Southwest Chicago | 24.4 | 25.2 | 22.5 | 22.9 |
| Crenshaw/Baldwin Hills | 23.8 | 23.3 | 22.6 | 22.4 |
| Whites | ||||
| High-poverty urban | ||||
| Cleveland | 23.9 | 23.3 | 23.1 | 23.3 |
| Detroit | 26.9 | 28.7 † | 23.5 | 26.8*** |
| High-poverty rural | ||||
| Appalachian Kentucky | 37.9 | 38.1 | 30.0 | 30.3 |
| West North Carolina | 21.4 | 21.3 | 19.0 | 19.2 |
| Northeast Alabama | 21.9 | 21.7 | 19.7 | 19.8 |
| South Central Louisiana | 24.4 | 24.2 | 18.5 | 18.4 |
| Nonpoor urban | ||||
| Western Cleveland | 10.8 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 9.4 |
| Sterling Heights, Michigan | 11.9 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 11.4 |
Notes: Bolded, italicized contrasts are statistically significantly different from one another. Significance indicators below refer to statistically significant differences between 1995 and 2000; p values were calculated using the method proposed by Bonferroni (Weisstein 2012).
†
p < .10;
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001