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Limited Activity Days is the average number
of days in the previous 30 days that a person could not perform work or household
tasks due to physical or
mental illness. The data are collected by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and rely on the accuracy
of each respondent's estimate
of the number of limited activity days lost in the past month.
Table 30 displays the 2004 ranks, based on 2003 data (Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). In the
last year, the number of limited activity days decreased the most in Alaska, Montana and
Arkansas (decreases of 0.4, 0.3 and 0.2 days per month, respectively) and increased the
most in Hawaii and Kentucky (increases of 0.7 and 0.6 days per month, respectively).
Since 1990, the number of limited activity days has decreased the most in Arkansas and
Mississippi (decreases of 4.9 and 4.6 days per month, respectively). No state has
experienced an increase since 1990.
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