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Table 4. Impairments reported by prison inmates by gender and age, 2004
| |
Percent of inmates who reported an impairment |
|
| Any impairment |
Physical |
Mental |
|
| Total |
Learning |
Speech |
Hearing |
Vision |
Mobility* |
|
| State inmates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
All inmates |
36.2 |
% |
34.3 |
% |
23.3 |
% |
3.8 |
% |
7.0 |
% |
10.3 |
% |
2.5 |
% |
5.9 |
% |
| |
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Male |
36.2 |
% |
34.5 |
% |
23.6 |
% |
3.9 |
% |
6.9 |
% |
10.2 |
% |
2.5 |
% |
5.6 |
% |
| |
|
Female |
36.8 |
|
32.0 |
|
18.7 |
|
2.6 |
|
7.6 |
|
12.0 |
|
2.1 |
|
11.0 |
|
| |
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
24 or younger |
34.7 |
% |
33.4 |
% |
28.0 |
% |
3.4 |
% |
3.1 |
% |
6.0 |
% |
0.8 |
% |
5.1 |
% |
| |
|
25-34 |
34.4 |
|
32.5 |
|
24.6 |
|
3.6 |
|
5.1 |
|
7.2 |
|
1.4 |
|
5.9 |
|
| |
|
35-44 |
36.0 |
|
33.6 |
|
23.4 |
|
3.9 |
|
7.2 |
|
10.3 |
|
2.5 |
|
6.5 |
|
| |
|
45 or older |
41.2 |
|
39.5 |
|
16.4 |
|
4.2 |
|
13.4 |
|
19.4 |
|
6.1 |
|
5.9 |
|
| Federal inmates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
All inmates |
24.4 |
% |
23.4 |
% |
12.7 |
% |
1.5 |
% |
5.0 |
% |
8.6 |
% |
2.3 |
% |
3.0 |
% |
| |
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Male |
24.3 |
% |
23.3 |
% |
12.9 |
% |
1.5 |
% |
4.9 |
% |
8.4 |
% |
2.2 |
% |
2.8 |
% |
| |
|
Female |
26.1 |
|
24.0 |
|
10.0 |
|
2.0 |
|
6.6 |
|
10.8 |
|
3.2 |
|
5.3 |
|
| |
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
24 or younger |
22.6 |
% |
22.3 |
% |
16.8 |
% |
2.9 |
% |
2.5 |
% |
5.0 |
% |
0.5 |
% |
2.9 |
% |
| |
|
25-34 |
20.5 |
|
19.2 |
|
13.2 |
|
0.6 |
|
3.2 |
|
5.5 |
|
1.0 |
|
2.7 |
|
| |
|
35-44 |
22.5 |
|
22.0 |
|
12.9 |
|
1.4 |
|
4.6 |
|
8.1 |
|
1.6 |
|
2.6 |
|
| |
|
45 or older |
33.8 |
|
32.1 |
|
10.1 |
|
2.8 |
|
9.4 |
|
15.4 |
|
6.0 |
|
3.9 |
|
|
| *Includes use of a cane, wheelchair, walker, hearing aid, or other aids in daily activity. |
|
Source: Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2004.
See also Methodology. |
