As CDC redesigns annual health survey, it removes questions about disabilities

A redesign of the federal government’s health survey would result in undercounting Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities, advocates say.

美國疾控中心擬改版全國健康訪談調查，把成人問卷從482題砍到150題並刪除多項殘疾相關問題，倡導者警告這將嚴重低估智力與發育性殘疾人群。批評者指出，這與衛生部長小羅伯特·F·肯尼迪降低慢性病負擔的目標相悖，因為該群體心髒病、糖尿病和肥胖率更高。