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TABLE 4 - DISABILITY STATUS OF 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 | 30,316 | 100.0 |
| With any disability | 7,412 | 24.5 |
| Severe | 3,472 | 11.5 |
| Not severe | 3,939 | 13.0 |
| With a mental disability | 1,336 | 4.4 |
| Uses a wheelchair | 130 | 0.4 |
| Does not use a wheelchair, has used a cane, crutches, or a walker for 6 months or more |
435 | 1.4 |
| Difficulty with one or more functional activities |
4,868 | 16.1 |
| Unable to perform one or more functional activities |
1,853 | 6.1 |
| Difficulty seeing words and letters | 1,264 | 4.2 |
| Unable | 168 | 0.6 |
| Difficulty hearing normal conversation | 1,228 | 4.1 |
| Unable | 121 | 0.4 |
| Difficulty having speech understood | 209 | 0.7 |
| Unable | 20 | 0.1 |
| Difficulty lifting/carrying 10 pounds | 2,228 | 7.4 |
| Unable | 812 | 2.7 |
| Difficulty climbing stairs without resting | 2,357 | 7.8 |
| Unable | 1,011 | 3.3 |
| Difficulty walking 3 city blocks | 2,331 | 7.7 |
| Unable | 890 | 2.9 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| Difficulty with one or more ADL's | 952 | 3.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 324 | 1.1 |
| Difficulty getting around inside the home | 309 | 1.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 114 | 0.4 |
| Difficulty getting in and out of bed or chair | 661 | 2.2 |
| Needs personal assistance | 151 | 0.5 |
| Difficulty bathing | 381 | 1.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 161 | 0.5 |
| Difficulty dressing | 310 | 1.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 131 | 0.4 |
| Difficulty eating | 87 | 0.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 31 | 0.1 |
| Difficulty using/getting to toilet | 153 | 0.5 |
| Needs personal assistance | 58 | 0.2 |
| Difficulty with one or more IADL's | 1,360 | 4.5 |
| Needs personal assistance | 927 | 3.1 |
| Difficulty going outside alone | 792 | 2.6 |
| Needs personal assistance | 488 | 1.6 |
| Difficulty keeping track of money and bills | 384 | 1.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 338 | 1.1 |
| Difficulty preparing meals | 333 | 1.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 271 | 0.9 |
| Difficulty doing light housework | 691 | 2.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 440 | 1.5 |
| Difficulty taking prescribed medicines | 295 | 1.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 217 | 0.7 |
| Difficulty using the telephone | 169 | 0.6 |
| Unable | 41 | 0.1 |
| Needs personal assistance with an ADL or an IADL |
984 | 3.3 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| With a work disability | 5,185 | 17.1 |
| Prevented from working | 2,193 | 7.2 |
| With a housework disability | 2,788 | 9.2 |
| Unable to do housework | 299 | 1.0 |
