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QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged >25 Years with Limitation
of Activity Caused by One or More Chronic Conditions,* by Education
Level and Sex --- National Health Interview Survey, United States,
2006†
* Limitation in usual activity is determined from responses to a series
of questions about limitations in a person's ability to engage in work,
school, play, or other activities for health reasons; the specific conditions
causing the limitations; and the duration of these conditions. Conditions lasting
>3 months are classified as chronic; selected conditions (e.g.,
arthritis, diabetes, cancer, and heart conditions) are considered chronic
regardless of duration.
† Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as
the standard population and using four age groups: 25--44 years,
45--64 years, 65--74 years, and >75 years. Estimates are based on
household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S.
population. Persons who did not know whether they had a limitation and those with
a limitation who did not know whether the condition causing the limitation
was
chronic were excluded from the denominators.
§ General Educational Development.
In 2006, persons who had less than a high school diploma were more than twice as likely as persons
who had a bachelor's degree or higher to be limited in their usual activities because of one or more
chronic conditions. At lower education levels (less than a high school diploma or a high school or GED
diploma), women were more likely than men to be limited in usual activities. At higher education levels, no
significant difference in limitation was observed between men and women.
Adams PF, Lucas JW, Barnes PM. Summary health statistics for the U.S. population: National
Health Interview Survey, 2006. Vital Health Stat 2008;10(236). Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_236.pdf.
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