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TABLE 7C - DISABILITY STATUS OF WHITE NONHISPANIC ORIGIN PERSONS 80 YEARS
OLD AND OVER: 1994-95 DATA FROM THE SURVEY OF INCOME AND
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| Age 80 years old and over | 5,962 | 100.0 |
| With any disability | 4,211 | 70.6 |
| Severe | 3,127 | 52.4 |
| Not severe | 1,084 | 18.2 |
| With a mental disability | 1,080 | 18.1 |
| Uses a wheelchair | 390 | 6.5 |
| Does not use a wheelchair, has used a cane, crutches, or a walker for 6 months or more |
1,424 | 23.9 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| Difficulty with one or more functional activities |
4,000 | 67.1 |
| Unable to perform one or more functional activities |
2,620 | 44.0 |
| Difficulty seeing words and letters | 1,503 | 25.2 |
| Unable | 410 | 6.9 |
| Difficulty hearing normal conversation | 1,677 | 28.1 |
| Unable | 232 | 3.9 |
| Difficulty having speech understood | 274 | 4.6 |
| Unable | 57 | 1.0 |
| Difficulty lifting/carrying 10 pounds | 2,322 | 38.9 |
| Unable | 1,457 | 24.4 |
| Difficulty climbing stairs without resting | 2,609 | 43.8 |
| Unable | 1,628 | 27.3 |
| Difficulty walking 3 city blocks | 2,823 | 47.4 |
| Unable | 1,956 | 32.8 |
| Difficulty with one or more ADL's | 1,586 | 26.6 |
| Needs personal assistance | 871 | 14.6 |
| Difficulty getting around inside the home | 823 | 13.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 384 | 6.4 |
| Difficulty getting in and out of bed or chair | 1,025 | 17.2 |
| Needs personal assistance | 372 | 6.3 |
| Difficulty bathing | 1,117 | 18.7 |
| Needs personal assistance | 723 | 12.1 |
| Difficulty dressing | 693 | 11.6 |
| Needs personal assistance | 433 | 7.3 |
| Difficulty eating | 188 | 3.2 |
| Needs personal assistance | 123 | 2.1 |
| Difficulty using/getting to toilet | 478 | 8.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 271 | 4.5 |
| Difficulty with one or more IADL's | 2,349 | 39.4 |
| Needs personal assistance | 1,915 | 32.1 |
| Difficulty going outside alone | 1,809 | 30.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 1,548 | 26.0 |
| Difficulty keeping track of money and bills | 920 | 15.4 |
| Needs personal assistance | 851 | 14.3 |
| Difficulty preparing meals | 1,022 | 17.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 827 | 13.9 |
| Difficulty doing light housework | 1,331 | 22.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 1,063 | 17.8 |
| Difficulty taking prescribed medicines | 729 | 12.2 |
| Needs personal assistance | 657 | 11.0 |
| Difficulty using the telephone | 779 | 13.1 |
| Unable | 248 | 4.2 |
| Needs personal assistance with an ADL or an IADL |
1,973 | 33.1 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| With a housework disability | 2,446 | 41.0 |
| Unable to do housework | 818 | 13.7 |
