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TABLE 4B - DISABILITY STATUS OF FEMALES 45 TO 54 YEARS OLD: 1994-95 DATA
FROM THE SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| Age 45 to 54 years old | 15,491 | 100.0 |
| With any disability | 3,854 | 24.9 |
| Severe | 1,943 | 12.5 |
| Not severe | 1,911 | 12.3 |
| With a mental disability | 725 | 4.7 |
| Uses a wheelchair | 64 | 0.4 |
| Does not use a wheelchair, has used a cane, crutches, or a walker for 6 months or more |
150 | 1.0 |
| Difficulty with one or more functional activities |
2,579 | 16.7 |
| Unable to perform one or more functional activities |
1,048 | 6.8 |
| Difficulty seeing words and letters | 662 | 4.3 |
| Unable | 87 | 0.6 |
| Difficulty hearing normal conversation | 395 | 2.6 |
| Unable | 35 | 0.2 |
| Difficulty having speech understood | 108 | 0.7 |
| Unable | 8 | 0.1 |
| Difficulty lifting/carrying 10 pounds | 1,397 | 9.0 |
| Unable | 508 | 3.3 |
| Difficulty climbing stairs without resting | 1,431 | 9.2 |
| Unable | 611 | 4.0 |
| Difficulty walking 3 city blocks | 1,325 | 8.6 |
| Unable | 479 | 3.1 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| Difficulty with one or more ADL's | 549 | 3.5 |
| Needs personal assistance | 197 | 1.3 |
| Difficulty getting around inside the home | 175 | 1.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 72 | 0.5 |
| Difficulty getting in and out of bed or chair | 363 | 2.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 81 | 0.5 |
| Difficulty bathing | 227 | 1.5 |
| Needs personal assistance | 95 | 0.6 |
| Difficulty dressing | 150 | 1.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 64 | 0.4 |
| Difficulty eating | 39 | 0.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 9 | 0.1 |
| Difficulty using/getting to toilet | 91 | 0.6 |
| Needs personal assistance | 41 | 0.3 |
| Difficulty with one or more IADL's | 772 | 5.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 540 | 3.5 |
| Difficulty going outside alone | 457 | 3.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 321 | 2.1 |
| Difficulty keeping track of money and bills | 194 | 1.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 166 | 1.1 |
| Difficulty preparing meals | 202 | 1.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 160 | 1.0 |
| Difficulty doing light housework | 428 | 2.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 282 | 1.8 |
| Difficulty taking prescribed medicines | 147 | 1.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 87 | 0.6 |
| Difficulty using the telephone | 64 | 0.4 |
| Unable | 13 | 0.1 |
| Needs personal assistance with an ADL or an IADL |
569 | 3.7 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| With a work disability | 2,715 | 17.5 |
| Prevented from working | 1,212 | 7.8 |
| With a housework disability | 1,637 | 10.6 |
| Unable to do housework | 135 | 0.9 |
