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TABLE 4C - DISABILITY STATUS OF WHITE NONHISPANIC ORIGIN PERSONS 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 | 24,082 | 100.0 |
| With any disability | 5,723 | 23.8 |
| Severe | 2,516 | 10.5 |
| Not severe | 3207 | 13.3 |
| With a mental disability | 992 | 4.1 |
| Uses a wheelchair | 102 | 0.4 |
| Does not use a wheelchair, has used a cane, crutches, or a walker for 6 months or more |
323 | 1.3 |
| Difficulty with one or more functional activities |
3,710 | 15.4 |
| Unable to perform one or more functional activities |
1,370 | 5.7 |
| Difficulty seeing words and letters | 877 | 3.6 |
| Unable | 132 | 0.6 |
| Difficulty hearing normal conversation | 1,051 | 4.4 |
| Unable | 106 | 0.4 |
| Difficulty having speech understood | 169 | 0.7 |
| Unable | 20 | 0.1 |
| Difficulty lifting/carrying 10 pounds | 1,603 | 6.7 |
| Unable | 574 | 2.4 |
| Difficulty climbing stairs without resting | 1,679 | 7.0 |
| Unable | 728 | 3.0 |
| Difficulty walking 3 city blocks | 1,717 | 7.1 |
| Unable | 668 | 2.8 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| Difficulty with one or more ADL's | 718 | 3.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 239 | 1.0 |
| Difficulty getting around inside the home | 218 | 0.9 |
| Needs personal assistance | 85 | 0.4 |
| Difficulty getting in and out of bed or chair | 496 | 2.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 119 | 0.5 |
| Difficulty bathing | 267 | 1.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 121 | 1.2 |
| Difficulty dressing | 219 | 0.9 |
| Needs personal assistance | 93 | 0.4 |
| Difficulty eating | 66 | 0.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 21 | 0.1 |
| Difficulty using/getting to toilet | 97 | 0.4 |
| Needs personal assistance | 44 | 0.2 |
| Difficulty with one or more IADL's | 984 | 4.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 677 | 2.8 |
| Difficulty going outside alone | 575 | 2.4 |
| Needs personal assistance | 372 | 1.5 |
| Difficulty keeping track of money and bills | 262 | 1.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 231 | 1.0 |
| Difficulty preparing meals | 242 | 1.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 191 | 0.8 |
| Difficulty doing light housework | 500 | 2.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 325 | 1.4 |
| Difficulty taking prescribed medicines | 202 | 0.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 152 | 0.6 |
| Difficulty using the telephone | 131 | 0.6 |
| Unable | 26 | 0.1 |
| Needs personal assistance with an ADL or an IADL |
723 | 3.0 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| With a work disability | 3,943 | 16.4 |
| Prevented from working | 1,522 | 6.3 |
| With a housework disability | 2,122 | 8.8 |
| Unable to do housework | 230 | 1.0 |
