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Disabilities/Limitations
(Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses)
All noninstitutionalized persons
Number of persons with
limitation(s) in usual activities due to chronic conditions: 33.7 million
(2002)
Percent of persons with
limitation(s) in usual activities due to chronic conditions: 12.2 (2002)
Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2002
Noninstitutionalized adults
Number of adults with hearing
trouble: 30.8 million (2002)
Percent of adults with
hearing trouble: 15.0 (2002)
Number of adults with vision
trouble: 19.1 million (2002)
Percent of adults with vision
trouble: 9.3 (2002)
Number of adults unable (or
very difficult) to walk a quarter mile: 12.4 million (2002)
Percent of adults unable (or
very difficult) to walk a quarter mile: 6.2 (2002)
Number of adults with
any physical functioning difficulty: 28.3 million (2002)
Percent of adults with
moderate mobility difficulty: 13.8 (2002)
Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults, National Health Interview Survey, 2002
Noninstitutionalized older adults
Percent of adults aged 65
years and over who need help with personal care from other persons: 6.2
(2002)
Children
Number of children age 3-17
years ever told had a learning disability: 4.9 million (2002)
Percent of children age 3-17
years ever told had a learning disability: 8.1 (2001)
Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children, National Health Interview Survey, 2002
More Data
Limitation of
activity caused by chronic conditions: United States, 1997-2001
Health, United States, 2003, table 56
Nursing home
residents 65 years of age and over, according to selected functional status
and age, sex, and race: United States, 1985, 1995, and 1999
Health, United States, 2003, table 97
Related Links
National
Health Interview Survey on Disability
Americans
With Disabilities Act Document Center
National
Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
New
Freedom Initiative’s Online Resource for Americans with Disabilities
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