Disability & Health U.S. State Profile Data for U.S. Virgin Islands (Adults 18+ years of age)

Disability Impacts U.S. Virgin Islands

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21,161 adults in U.S. Virgin Islands have a disability. This is equal to 29 percent or 1 in 3 adults in U.S. Virgin Islands

Percentage of adults in U.S.V.I. with select functional disability types

Disability Types

Mobility: Serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs

Cognition: Serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions

Independent living: Serious difficulty doing errands alone, such as visiting a doctor's office

Hearing: Deaf or serious difficulty hearing

Vision: Blind or serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses

Self-care: Difficulty dressing or bathing

Adults with disabilities in U.S.V.I experience health disparities and are more likely to report...¹

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* Data suppressed. Estimates were suppressed if the standard error was greater than or equal to 30% of the estimate or if the unweighted total population was less than 50.

Note: Data are rounded to the nearest whole figure. For more precise prevalence data, please visit dhds.cdc.gov.

Data Source: 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).