Prevalence of Complex Activity Limitations Among Racial/Ethnic Groups and Hispanic Subgroups of Adults: United States, 2003-2009. NCHS Data Brief, No. 73.

摘要

Despite declines in disability in some racial/ethnic groups during the past several decades, disparities among some groups remain (1,2). Given these disparities and the rapid growth of the U.S. Hispanic population (3,4), studying disability within the Hispanic population is important. This brief focuses on one measure of disabilitydifferences in complex activity limitationsamong Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic black adults and in five Hispanic subgroups. Complex activity limitations, introduced in Disability and Health in the United States, 20012005 (5), are limitations in the tasks and organized activities that, when executed, make up numerous social roles, such as working and attending school. The three types of complex activity limitations analyzed in this brief are self-care, social, and work limitations.