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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2004
 
Q54. Do you now have any health problem that requires you to use special equipment, such as a cane, a wheelchair, a special bed, or a special telephone?
Denominator is all respondents to the question.

Categories Yes No Unk/Ref Total
% % % N
Age Group: 0.6 99.4 0.0 440
      18-24
      25-34 0.8 99.2 0.0 1,062
      35-44 3.8 96.1 0.1 1,192
      45-54 4.9 95.0 0.1 1,275
      55-64 7.6 92.4 0.0 1,009
      65-74 9.8 90.2 0.0 761
      75 + 21.4 78.6 0.0 567
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 41
Sex: 4.1 95.9 0.0 2,446
      Male
      Female 6.8 93.2 0.0 3,901
Race/Ethnicity: 5.6 94.4 0.0 5,503
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 6.9 92.9 0.2 350
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       3.8 96.2 0.0 200
      Hispanic 1.3 98.7 0.0 226
      Unk/Ref 13.4 86.6 0.0 68
Income Group: 14.4 85.5 0.1 613
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 7.7 92.3 0.0 950
      $25-$49,999 4.6 95.4 0.0 1,816
      $50-$74,999 2.2 97.7 0.1 1,076
      >=$75,000 2.0 98.0 0.0 1,090
      Unk/Ref 8.3 91.7 0.0 802
Education Level: 10.8 89.2 0.0 655
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 5.4 94.6 0.0 2,344
      Some College/Tech School 5.2 94.7 0.1 1,569
      College Graduate 3.4 96.6 0.0 1,765
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 14
Marital Status: 4.3 95.7 0.0 3,546
      Married
      Unmarried 7.3 92.6 0.0 2,780
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 21
Employment Status: 1.7 98.2 0.0 3,857
      Employed
      Not Employed 4.4 95.6 0.0 227
      Student/Homemaker 3.4 96.6 0.0 714
      Retired/Unable to Work 18.8 81.2 0.0 1,517
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 32
Grand Totals 5.5 94.5 0.0 6,347

SOURCE: 2004 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

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