TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lu, Hua
AU  - Wang, Yan
AU  - Liu, Yong
AU  - Holt, James B.
AU  - Okoro, Catherine A.
AU  - Zhang, Xingyou
AU  - Zhang, Qing C.
AU  - Greenlund, Kurt J.
PY  - 2023
TI  - County-Level Geographic Disparities in Disabilities Among US Adults, 2018
T2  - Preventing Chronic Disease
JO  - Prev Chronic Dis
SP  - E37
VL  - 20
CY  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
N2  - INTRODUCTION  Local data are increasingly needed for public health practice. County-level data on disabilities can be a valuable complement to existing estimates of disabilities. The objective of this study was to describe the county-level prevalence of disabilities among US adults and identify geographic clusters of counties with a higher or lower prevalence of disabilities. METHODS  We applied a multilevel logistic regression and poststratification approach to geocoded 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data, Census 2018 county-level population estimates, and American Community Survey 2014-2018 poverty estimates to generate county-level estimates for 6 functional disabilities and any disability type. We used cluster-outlier spatial statistical methods to identify clustered counties. RESULTS  Among 3,142 counties, median estimated prevalence was 29.5% for any disability and differed by type: hearing (8.0%), vision (4.9%), cognition (11.5%), mobility (14.9%), self-care (3.7%), and independent living (7.2%). The spatial autocorrelation statistic, Moran's I, was 0.70 for any disability and 0.60 or greater for all 6 types of disability, indicating that disabilities were highly clustered at the county level. We observed similar spatial cluster patterns in all disability types except hearing disability. CONCLUSION  The results suggest substantial differences in disability prevalence across US counties. These data, heretofore unavailable from a health survey, may help with planning programs at the county level to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities.
SN  - 1545-1151
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd20.230004
DO  - 10.5888/pcd20.230004
ER  -