Table 2. Age-Standardized, Weighted, Unadjusted, Disability Prevalence Estimates by Sociodemographic Characteristics and Stratified by Race and Ethnicity, Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Older in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2019a,b.
| Characteristics | Weighted % (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disability | Any disability by race and ethnicity | |||||
| None (n = 176.1)c | Any (n = 67.2)c,d | Hispanic (n = 11.9)c | Non-Hispanic Black (n = 8.2)c | Non-Hispanic Other (n = 4.6)c,e | Non-Hispanic White (n = 41.0)c | |
| Age category, yf | ||||||
| 18-29 | 22.6 (22.3-23.0) | 14.9 (14.4-15.3) | 21.1 (19.6-22.7) | 14.5 (12.9-16.2) | 20.7 (18.7-23.0) | 12.5 (12.1-13.0) |
| 30-39 | 20.0 (19.6-20.3) | 11.5 (11.1-11.9) | 15.6 (14.4-16.9) | 12.2 (11.0-13.5) | 12.2 (10.8-13.8) | 9.9 (9.5-10.4) |
| 40-49 | 16.4 (16.1-16.6) | 11.5 (11.1-11.9) | 15.4 (14.1-16.9) | 13.4 (12.2-14.6) | 13.1 (11.2-15.1) | 9.8 (9.4-10.2) |
| 50-64 | 24.0 (23.7-24.3) | 28.6 (28.1-29.1) | 26.9 (25.3-28.5) | 33.4 (31.9-35.1) | 27.3 (25.0-29.8) | 28.3 (27.7-28.8) |
| 65-74 | 11.1 (11.0-11.3) | 17.0 (16.7-17.4) | 11.9 (10.9-13.0) | 15.2 (14.1-16.3) | 15.3 (13.5-17.4) | 19.1 (18.7-19.5) |
| ≥75 | 5.9 (5.8-6.1) | 16.6 (16.3-17.0) | 9.1 (8.1-10.1) | 11.3 (10.5-12.3) | 11.3 (9.7-13.1) | 20.4 (19.9-20.8) |
| Sex at birth | ||||||
| Male | 50.0 (49.6-50.3) | 46.3 (45.6-47.0) | 47.0 (45.2-48.8) | 41.4 (39.3-43.4) | 46.8 (44.1-49.6) | 46.4 (45.6-47.2) |
| Female | 50.0 (49.7-50.4) | 53.7 (53.0-54.4) | 53.0 (51.2-54.9) | 58.7 (56.6-60.1) | 53.2 (50.4-55.9) | 53.6 (52.8-54.4) |
| Sexual orientation | ||||||
| Straight | 94.2 (93.9-94.5) | 88.0 (87.3-88.7) | 86.8 (84.6-88.7) | 91.7 (90.0-93.0) | 86.6 (83.8-89.0) | 87.5 (86.6-88.2) |
| Gay or lesbian | 1.8 (1.7-2.0) | 2.6 (2.3-2.9) | 2.6 (1.9-3.5) | 2.5 (1.8-3.4) | 2.5 (1.7-3.6) | 2.7 (2.4-3.1) |
| Bisexual or other | 4.0 (3.8-4.2) | 9.4 (8.7-10.1) | 10.7 (8.9-12.8) | 5.9 (4.7-7.3) | 10.9 (8.7-13.7) | 9.8 (9.1-10.6) |
| Gender identity | ||||||
| Cisgender | 99.6 (99.5-99.7) | 98.9 (98.6-99.0) | 98.7 (98.0-99.2) | 99.5 (99.0-99.7) | 98.8 (97.9-99.3) | 98.7 (98.4-99.0) |
| Transgender | 0.3 (0.03-0.4) | 0.8 (0.6-1.0) | 0.8 (0.5-1.5) | 0.4 (0.2-0.8) | 1.0 (0.5-1.8) | 0.9 (0.7-1.2) |
| Gender nonconforming | 0.1 (0.1-0.1) | 0.4 (0.3-0.5) | 0.4 (0.2-0.9) | 0.2 (0.0-0.6) | 0.3 (0.1-0.6) | 0.4 (0.3-0.6) |
| Race and ethnicityg | ||||||
| Hispanic | 17.2 (16.8-17.5) | 20.8 (20.2-21.5) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Non-Hispanic | ||||||
| Black | 11.2 (10.9-11.4) | 13.0 (12.5-13.5) | ||||
| Othere | 8.9 (8.7-9.2) | 7.5 (7.1-7.9) | ||||
| White | 62.7 (62.3-63.1) | 58.7 (58.0-59.4) | ||||
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school | 9.7 (9.5-10.0) | 20.7 (20.1-21.3) | 42.7 (41.0-44.4) | 22.1 (20.5-23.8) | 17.2 (15.1-19.5) | 14.3 (13.6-14.9) |
| High school | 26.2 (25.9-26.5) | 32.3 (31.6-32.9) | 26.3 (24.8-27.9) | 36.4 (34.4-38.5) | 27.1 (24.9-29.4) | 33.6 (32.9-34.4) |
| Some college | 30.9 (30.5-31.2) | 31.7 (31.1-32.2) | 21.2 (19.7-22.8) | 30.2 (28.4-32.1) | 32.4 (29.9-35.0) | 35.3 (34.5-36.0) |
| College graduate | 33.2 (32.9-33.5) | 15.4 (15.0-15.8) | 9.9 (9.0-10.8) | 11.3 (10.3-12.4) | 23.3 (21.2-25.6) | 16.8 (16.4-17.3) |
| Annual household income, $ | ||||||
| <25 000 | 19.2 (18.9-19.6) | 44.8 (44.0-45.5) | 60.7 (58.6-62.3) | 58.6 (56.4-60.7) | 44.1 (41.3-47.0) | 36.9 (36.1-37.7) |
| 25 000-50 000 | 21.7 (21.4-22.1) | 24.6 (24.0-25.3) | 22.8 (21.1-24.7) | 22.9 (21.1-24.9) | 23.9 (21.4-26.6) | 25.3 (24.5-26.0) |
| >50 000 | 59.1 (58.7-59.5) | 30.6 (29.9-31.3) | 16.5 (15.0-18.1) | 18.5 (16.9-20.3) | 31.9 (29.2-34.8) | 37.9 (37.0-38.7) |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed for wages | 56.6 (56.3-57.0) | 45.8 (45.0-46.6) | 43.7 (41.7-45.6) | 45.4 (43.0-47.8) | 42.0 (39.0-45.1) | 47.7 (46.8-48.5) |
| Self-employed | 10.8 (10.6-11.1) | 9.9 (9.4-10.5) | 10.3 (9.1-11.6) | 7.8 (6.5-9.4) | 10.4 (8.2-13.1) | 10.0 (9.4-10.6) |
| Out of work | 4.4 (4.2-4.5) | 11.5 (11.0-12.0) | 11.1 (9.7-12.5) | 15.5 (13.9-17.3) | 11.9 (10.1-14.1) | 10.8 (10.2-11.4) |
| Homemaker or student | 12.4 (12.1-12.7) | 13.1 (12.5-13.7) | 18.6 (16.9-20.4) | 9.2 (7.5-11.1) | 15.0 (12.9-17.4) | 11.8 (11.2-12.4) |
| Retired | 15.8 (15.7-16.0) | 19.7 (19.4-20.0) | 16.4 (15.5-17.4) | 22.1 (22.2-23.1) | 20.6 (18.9-22.5) | 19.8 (19.5-20.2) |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.
a
Strata with a single sampling unit were treated as certainty units (ie, they do not contribute to the SEs).
b
US 2010 Census weights were used for age standardization.
c
Numbers in parentheses are weighted counts denoting population size in millions.
d
Participants who responded yes to at least 1 disability question were identified as having any disability.
e
Other refers to Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, multiracial, and any other race not specified.
f
Age estimates shown are survey weighted and not age standardized.
g
Race and ethnicity were self-reported by study participants using several options defined by the investigator.