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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2015

 

C07.23 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? (USEEQUIP)

Denominator is all respondents to the question. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

 

Categories

Yes

No

Total

%

%

N

Age Group:

0.0

100.0

268

      18-24

      25-34

1.9

98.1

445

      35-44

3.0

97.0

598

      45-54

9.3

90.7

884

      55-64

14.1

85.9

1,361

      65-74

13.0

87.0

1,262

      75 +

22.1

77.9

1,042

      Unk/Ref

17.0

83.0

54

Sex:

7.2

92.8

2,518

      Male

      Female

9.0

91.0

3,396

Race/Ethnicity:

8.2

91.8

5,150

      White, Non-Hispanic

      Black, Non-Hispanic

8.9

91.1

299

      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic

11.0

89.0

190

      Hispanic

3.8

96.2

179

      Unk/Ref

10.3

89.7

96

Income Group:

17.9

82.1

520

      < $15,000

      $15-$24,999

13.2

86.8

882

      $25-$49,999

7.2

92.8

1,396

      $50-$74,999

4.8

95.2

838

      >=$75,000

2.7

97.3

1,408

      Unk/Ref

9.7

90.3

870

Education Level:

13.1

86.9

465

      < H S Graduate

      H S Graduate/GED

8.4

91.6

1,978

      Some college/Tech school

7.8

92.2

1,493

      College graduate

4.6

95.4

1,944

      Unk/Ref

**

**

34

Marital Status:

6.6

93.4

3,210

      Married

      Unmarried

9.8

90.2

2,672

      Unk/Ref

**

**

32

Employment Status:

1.8

98.2

2,721

      Employed

      Not employed

6.3

93.7

196

      Student/Homemaker

3.5

96.5

540

      Retired/Unable to work

25.1

74.9

2,404

      Unk/Ref

8.8

91.2

53

Grand Totals

8.1

91.9

5,914

 

SOURCE: 2015 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 8, 2016

 

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