2021 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium | Annual Disability Statistics Compendium

Section 11: Health

This section presents statistics on health in the United States, especially the health of people with disabilities. The data address the prevalence of disabilities, health behaviors such as smoking, obesity, and binge drinking by disability status. These statistics were generated by the authors using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. See the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Disability and Health Data System for additional information on the health of the population with disabilities. Statistics for people with disabilities (disability status) are based on having responded ‘yes’ to a series of questions within the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (see glossary for greater detail). The data for the state of New Jersey is not available for 2020.

Tables

Table 11.1: In 2020, there were 242,761,493 individuals ages 18 and over living in the community, and 63,152,941 had a disability (26.0 percent). The state with the largest number of individuals with disabilities was California, with 6,734,666 individuals with disabilities, while the state with the smallest number was Wyoming, with 107,514 individuals with disabilities.

Table 11.2: In 2020, individuals ages 18 years and over (adults) with disabilities were more likely to smoke (21.7 percent) than adults without disabilities (11.7 percent). Adults with disabilities were most likely to smoke in West Virginia (29.8 percent) and least likely to smoke in Utah (14.2 percent).

Table 11.3: In 2020, individuals ages 18 years and over (adults) with disabilities were more likely to be obese (40.4 percent) than adults without disabilities (29.0 percent). Adults with disabilities were most likely to be obese in Delaware (49.0 percent) and least likely to be obese in Massachusetts (31.0 percent).

Table 11.4: In 2020, individuals ages 18 years and over (adults) with disabilities were less likely to binge drink (13.1 percent) than adults without disabilities (16.4 percent). Adults with disabilities were most likely to binge drink in the District of Columbia (22.6 percent) and least likely to binge drink in Illinois (9.5 percent).

State	Total	Disability		No Disability		State	Total	Disability		No Disability
Table 11.1 Health — Persons Ages 18 and Over Living in the Community, by Disability Status: 2020
State	Total	Count	% [1]	Count	% [1]	State	Total	Count	% [1]	Count	% [1]
U.S.	242,761,493	63,152,941	26.0	179,608,552	74.0	MO	4,637,316	1,406,836	30.3	3,230,480	69.7
AL	3,675,048	1,208,179	32.9	2,466,870	67.1	MT	822,878	233,169	28.3	589,709	71.7
AK	517,887	111,809	21.6	406,078	78.4	NE	1,414,606	306,192	21.6	1,108,414	78.4
AZ	5,363,322	1,382,191	25.8	3,981,131	74.2	NV	2,348,671	711,436	30.3	1,637,235	69.7
AR	2,200,716	729,258	33.1	1,471,459	66.9	NH	1,023,961	232,359	22.7	791,602	77.3
CA	28,763,879	6,734,666	23.4	22,029,214	76.6	NJ	6,388,759	1,415,625	22.2	4,973,134	77.8
CO	4,279,671	851,596	19.9	3,428,075	80.1	NM	1,557,875	440,271	28.3	1,117,604	71.7
CT	2,690,004	598,002	22.2	2,092,002	77.8	NY	14,228,003	3,273,589	23.0	10,954,415	77.0
DE	728,722	186,592	25.6	542,130	74.4	NC	7,948,755	2,198,903	27.7	5,749,852	72.3
DC	540,719	115,456	21.4	425,264	78.6	ND	564,754	142,506	25.2	422,248	74.8
FL	16,432,770	4,587,950	27.9	11,844,820	72.1	OH	8,628,856	2,322,751	26.9	6,306,104	73.1
GA	7,626,177	1,960,756	25.7	5,665,421	74.3	OK	2,836,729	990,976	34.9	1,845,752	65.1
HI	1,071,094	218,444	20.4	852,649	79.6	OR	3,222,611	885,741	27.5	2,336,870	72.5
ID	1,323,466	389,960	29.5	933,506	70.5	PA	9,738,279	2,657,064	27.3	7,081,215	72.7
IL	9,494,782	2,320,119	24.4	7,174,664	75.6	RI	792,158	197,895	25.0	594,264	75.0
IN	4,893,805	1,382,302	28.2	3,511,503	71.8	SC	3,970,569	1,304,480	32.9	2,666,089	67.1
IA	2,318,154	534,046	23.0	1,784,108	77.0	SD	649,520	161,900	24.9	487,620	75.1
KS	2,134,079	575,521	27.0	1,558,557	73.0	TN	5,044,967	1,552,858	30.8	3,492,110	69.2
KY	3,358,329	1,175,034	35.0	2,183,295	65.0	TX	20,658,256	5,435,500	26.3	15,222,756	73.7
LA	3,327,416	1,122,487	33.7	2,204,929	66.3	UT	2,228,345	497,787	22.3	1,730,558	77.7
ME	1,054,921	308,824	29.3	746,097	70.7	VT	486,233	110,014	22.6	376,219	77.4
MD	4,443,674	911,437	20.5	3,532,237	79.5	VA	6,342,202	1,437,186	22.7	4,905,016	77.3
MA	5,221,415	1,242,139	23.8	3,979,276	76.2	WA	5,608,129	1,273,876	22.7	4,334,253	77.3
MI	7,584,913	2,087,923	27.5	5,496,990	72.5	WV	1,388,802	494,529	35.6	894,273	64.4
MN	4,172,853	882,754	21.2	3,290,098	78.8	WI	4,357,976	977,277	22.4	3,380,699	77.6
MS	2,225,095	767,264	34.5	1,457,831	65.5	WY	429,370	107,514	25.0	321,856	75.0
Citation: Paul, S., Rafal, M., & Houtenville, A. (2021). Annual Disability Statistics Compendium: 2021 (Table 11.1). Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability. Note: Authors’ calculations using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 2020, which is subject to sampling variation. See https://dhds.cdc.gov/methods for more detail. [1] The count of people with or without a disability as a percent of total.

State	Smoking (%)		Gap (% pts) [1]	State	Smoking (%)		Gap (% pts) [1]
Table 11.2 Health — Smoking among Persons Ages 18 and Over, by Disability Status: 2020
State	Disability	No Disability	Gap (% pts) [1]	State	Disability	No Disability	Gap (% pts) [1]
U.S.	21.7	11.7	10.0	MO	26.2	14.1	12.1
AL	24.2	15.7	8.5	MT	23.7	13.6	10.1
AK	26.1	15.8	10.3	NE	20.0	12.3	7.7
AZ	19.9	10.8	9.1	NV	18.6	12.3	6.3
AR	27.4	16.9	10.5	NH	22.5	11.4	11.1
CA	14.4	7.2	7.2	NJ	17.7	8.8	8.9
CO	19.1	10.5	8.6	NM	22.3	13.6	8.7
CT	19.5	9.7	9.8	NY	17.4	10.5	6.9
DE	21.2	13.1	8.1	NC	24.9	13.3	11.6
DC	22.9	8.2	14.7	ND	26.8	14.2	12.6
FL	17.0	13.7	3.3	OH	28.8	15.7	13.1
GA	24.1	12.9	11.2	OK	28.2	14.1	14.1
HI	17.5	10.1	7.4	OR	19.6	10.7	8.9
ID	21.0	10.5	10.5	PA	26.4	11.8	14.6
IL	19.1	10.7	8.4	RI	22.6	10.4	12.2
IN	28.2	15.9	12.3	SC	25.0	14.8	10.2
IA	25.0	13.0	12.0	SD	24.9	15.5	9.4
KS	25.0	13.6	11.4	TN	29.3	15.1	14.2
KY	29.3	17.0	12.3	TX	20.1	10.9	9.2
LA	26.0	14.4	11.6	UT	14.2	6.4	7.8
ME	25.0	13.0	12.0	VT	24.7	9.9	14.8
MD	18.4	9.0	9.4	VA	21.8	11.3	10.5
MA	19.4	8.5	10.9	WA	18.1	9.6	8.5
MI	27.7	14.8	12.9	WV	29.8	18.5	11.3
MN	20.4	12.1	8.3	WI	23.6	13.2	10.4
MS	27.7	16.0	11.7	WY	25.9	16.0	9.9
Citation: Paul, S., Rafal, M., & Houtenville, A. (2021). Annual Disability Statistics Compendium: 2021 (Table 11.2). Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability. Note: Authors’ calculations using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 2020, which is subject to sampling variation. See https://dhds.cdc.gov/methods for more detail. [1] The difference in percentage points between people who smoke with and without a disability.

State	Obesity (%)		Gap (% pts) [1]	State	Obesity (%)		Gap (% pts) [1]
Table 11.3 Health — Obesity among Persons 18 and Over, by Disability Status: 2020
State	Disability	No Disability	Gap (% pts) [1]	State	Disability	No Disability	Gap (% pts) [1]
U.S.	40.4	29.0	11.4	MO	43.2	30.2	13.0
AL	44.6	36.2	8.4	MT	37.1	25.1	12.0
AK	42.9	29.3	13.6	NE	44.1	31.3	12.8
AZ	38.1	28.6	9.5	NV	38.5	24.3	14.2
AR	40.8	34.4	6.4	NH	40.7	26.6	14.1
CA	40.6	27.2	13.4	NJ	35.5	25.6	9.9
CO	34.7	21.6	13.1	NM	34.5	29.1	5.4
CT	39.1	26.4	12.7	NY	34.4	23.8	10.6
DE	49.0	31.8	17.2	NC	40.6	31.2	9.4
DC	35.4	21.1	14.3	ND	41.8	30.2	11.6
FL	35.3	25.8	9.5	OH	43.4	32.8	10.6
GA	43.8	30.7	13.1	OK	42.8	33.3	9.5
HI	33.3	22.4	10.9	OR	36.6	24.9	11.7
ID	37.3	28.4	8.9	PA	42.0	27.6	14.4
IL	43.9	29.0	14.9	RI	37.3	27.8	9.5
IN	44.8	33.7	11.1	SC	44.1	32.6	11.5
IA	44.8	33.8	11.0	SD	38.5	30.9	7.6
KS	41.6	33.0	8.6	TN	42.0	32.6	9.4
KY	42.1	33.4	8.7	TX	41.8	33.6	8.2
LA	40.0	37.2	2.8	UT	35.6	26.5	9.1
ME	38.2	28.1	10.1	VT	36.4	23.0	13.4
MD	39.7	28.9	10.8	VA	39.2	30.3	8.9
MA	31.0	22.4	8.6	WA	39.3	25.1	14.2
MI	43.4	32.0	11.4	WV	45.2	35.8	9.4
MN	41.1	28.1	13.0	WI	44.3	28.8	15.5
MS	45.2	36.7	8.5	WY	37.6	28.0	9.6
Citation: Paul, S., Rafal, M., & Houtenville, A. (2021). Annual Disability Statistics Compendium: 2021 (Table 11.3). Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability. Note: Authors’ calculations using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 2020, which is subject to sampling variation. See https://dhds.cdc.gov/methods for more detail. [1] The difference in percentage points between people who are obese with and without a disability.

State	Binge Drinking (%)		Gap (% pts) [1]	State	Binge Drinking (%)		Gap (% pts) [1]
Table 11.4 Health — Binge Drinking among Persons Ages 18 and Over, by Disability Status: 2020
State	Disability	No Disability	Gap (% pts) [1]	State	Disability	No Disability	Gap (% pts) [1]
U.S.	13.1	16.4	-3.3	MO	12.0	18.9	-6.8
AL	10.4	14.6	-4.2	MT	18.0	20.3	-2.3
AK	19.3	17.6	1.7	NE	12.4	22.7	-10.3
AZ	13.6	14.6	-1.0	NV	14.8	18.1	-3.2
AR	13.4	15.1	-1.6	NH	11.5	17.5	-6.0
CA	15.8	16.1	-0.4	NJ	13.4	15.8	-2.4
CO	13.8	19.1	-5.3	NM	10.2	15.8	-5.6
CT	11.9	14.9	-3.1	NY	10.8	15.9	-5.1
DE	12.9	14.8	-1.9	NC	11.1	15.2	-4.1
DC	22.6	22.8	-0.2	ND	16.4	22.3	-5.9
FL	10.7	14.7	-3.9	OH	12.9	17.5	-4.6
GA	13.5	14.1	-0.6	OK	10.7	12.2	-1.6
HI	14.4	16.0	-1.6	OR	13.9	17.3	-3.4
ID	13.3	15.0	-1.6	PA	12.2	18.5	-6.3
IL	9.5	14.1	-4.6	RI	13.9	15.6	-1.7
IN	14.8	16.1	-1.3	SC	14.1	16.5	-2.4
IA	15.9	23.2	-7.3	SD	13.5	19.4	-6.0
KS	12.3	18.9	-6.6	TN	11.2	15.4	-4.3
KY	10.0	16.8	-6.8	TX	15.2	16.9	-1.8
LA	15.8	20.0	-4.2	UT	12.4	11.1	1.4
ME	12.1	15.3	-3.3	VT	13.0	19.0	-6.0
MD	12.6	12.3	0.3	VA	11.6	15.9	-4.3
MA	13.8	16.4	-2.6	WA	12.9	16.2	-3.2
MI	14.7	18.6	-3.9	WV	9.9	11.8	-2.0
MN	13.0	19.8	-6.8	WI	20.1	23.6	-3.5
MS	11.5	14.4	-2.9	WY	15.3	16.8	-1.5
Citation: Paul, S., Rafal, M., & Houtenville, A. (2021). Annual Disability Statistics Compendium: 2021 (Table 11.4). Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability. Note: Authors’ calculations using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 2020, which is subject to sampling variation. See https://dhds.cdc.gov/methods for more detail. [1] The difference in percentage points between people who binge drink with and without a disability.