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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2016

 

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:

2.2

97.8

446

      18-24

      25-34

1.8

98.2

789

      35-44

2.0

98.0

1,070

      45-54

5.8

94.2

1,578

      55-64

5.9

94.1

2,403

      65-74

4.2

95.8

2,380

      75 +

8.4

91.6

1,975

      Unk/Ref

1.5

98.5

136

Sex:

4.0

96.0

4,442

      Male

      Female

4.1

95.9

6,335

Race/Ethnicity:

3.9

96.1

9,199

      White, Non-Hispanic

      Black, Non-Hispanic

5.7

94.3

715

      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic

3.4

96.6

369

      Hispanic

4.5

95.5

350

      Unk/Ref

4.9

95.1

144

Income Group:

11.3

88.7

911

      < $15,000

      $15-$24,999

6.9

93.1

1,793

      $25-$49,999

3.8

96.2

2,600

      $50-$74,999

2.4

97.6

1,494

      >=$75,000

0.5

99.5

2,593

      Unk/Ref

4.6

95.4

1,386

Education Level:

10.8

89.2

863

      < H S Graduate

      H S Graduate/GED

4.8

95.2

3,657

      Some college/Tech school

2.0

98.0

2,678

      College graduate

1.9

98.1

3,554

      Unk/Ref

**

**

25

Marital Status:

2.9

97.1

5,622

      Married

      Unmarried

5.3

94.7

5,109

      Unk/Ref

**

**

46

Employment Status:

1.9

98.1

4,814

      Employed

      Not employed

7.0

93.0

317

      Student/Homemaker

1.8

98.2

938

      Retired/Unable to work

9.1

90.9

4,629

      Unk/Ref

6.7

93.3

79

Grand Totals

4.1

95.9

10,777

 

SOURCE: 2016 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 August 29, 2017

 

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