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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2017
 
C08.23 Are you blind or do you have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses? (BLIND)
Denominator is all respondents to the question. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

Categories Yes
No
Total
% % N
Age Group: 1.6 98.4 663
      18-24
      25-34 2.7 97.3 1,152
      35-44 3.7 96.3 1,356
      45-54 7.4 92.6 1,979
      55-64 6.2 93.8 2,897
      65-74 5.2 94.8 2,916
      75 + 7.2 92.8 2,250
      Unk/Ref 3.2 96.8 178
Sex: 5.0 95.0 5,752
      Male
      Female 4.5 95.5 7,639
Race/Ethnicity: 4.2 95.8 11,256
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 6.2 93.8 884
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 7.8 92.2 475
      Hispanic 6.6 93.4 550
      Unk/Ref 11.1 88.9 226
Income Group: 12.0 88.0 1,185
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 8.4 91.6 2,173
      $25-$49,999 4.4 95.6 3,209
      $50-$74,999 2.5 97.5 1,919
      >=$75,000 1.8 98.2 3,385
      Unk/Ref 4.2 95.8 1,520
Education Level: 9.3 90.7 1,011
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 5.4 94.6 4,470
      Some college/Tech school 4.5 95.5 3,391
      College graduate 1.6 98.4 4,489
      Unk/Ref ** ** 30
Marital Status: 3.7 96.3 6,943
      Married
      Unmarried 5.9 94.1 6,370
      Unk/Ref 4.4 95.6 78
Employment Status: 2.3 97.7 6,189
      Employed
      Not employed 7.8 92.2 484
      Student/Homemaker 3.0 97.0 1,106
      Retired/Unable to work 10.0 90.0 5,525
      Unk/Ref 12.2 87.8 87
Grand Totals 4.7 95.3 13,391

SOURCE: 2017 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.
                Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses
Table produced September 10, 2018

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