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6-3. Feelings and depression interfering with activities among adults with disabilities

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6-3. Reduce the proportion of adults with disabilities who report feelings such as sadness, unhappiness, or depression that prevent them from being active.
Target: 7 percent.
Baseline: 28 percent of adults aged 18 years and older with disabilities reported feelings that prevented them from being active in 1997 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: 75 percent improvement (parity with adults aged 18 years and older without disabilities in 1997).
Data source : National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.

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