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                                   |                           Number                             |                            Percent
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              Student              |                      |Graduated through  |Reached maximum    |                      |Graduated through   |Reached maximum
          characteristics          |Graduated with diploma|   certificate     |      age\1\       |Graduated with diploma|   certificate      |      age\1\
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                                   |   1991-92|1993-94\2\ | 1991-92|1993-94\2\| 1991-92|1993-94\2\|   1991-92|1993-94\2\ |  1991-92|1993-94\2\|  1991-92|1993-94\2\
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             Age group             |          |           |        |          |        |          |          |           |         |          |         |
14 to 21 (and over) ...............|  100,742 |   113,945 | 30,839 |   23,948 |  4,337 |    4,594 |     43.9 |      28.1 |    13.4 |      5.9 |     1.9 |      1.1
  14 ..............................|      138 |        91 |    223 |      130 |      8 |        7 |      1.2 |       0.2 |     2.0 |      0.3 |     0.1 |      0.0
  15 ..............................|      171 |       169 |    158 |       71 |     16 |        9 |      1.3 |       0.4 |     1.2 |      0.1 |     0.1 |      0.0
  16 ..............................|      505 |       532 |    217 |      178 |     44 |       39 |      2.4 |       1.0 |     1.1 |      0.3 |     0.2 |      0.1
  17 ..............................|   14,356 |    15,417 |  1,929 |    2,016 |     70 |      106 |     39.2 |      22.7 |     5.3 |      3.0 |     0.2 |      0.2
  18 ..............................|   45,063 |    47,854 |  7,263 |    7,759 |    115 |      110 |     65.2 |      51.9 |    10.5 |      8.4 |     0.2 |      0.1
  19 ..............................|   29,325 |    35,735 |  7,593 |    6,996 |     68 |       91 |     65.1 |      59.8 |    16.8 |     11.7 |     0.2 |      0.2
  20 ..............................|    7,444 |     9,371 |  7,190 |    3,398 |    588 |      525 |     41.1 |      48.0 |    39.7 |     17.4 |     3.2 |      2.7
  21 (and over) ...................|    3,740 |     4,776 |  6,266 |    3,400 |  3,428 |    3,707 |     24.2 |      31.0 |    40.6 |     22.0 |    22.2 |     24.0
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        Type of disability         |          |           |        |          |        |          |          |           |         |          |         |
All disabilities, 14 to 21 and over|  100,742 |   113,945 | 30,839 |   23,948 |  4,337 |    4,594 |     43.9 |      28.1 |    13.4 |      5.9 |     1.9 |      1.1
  Specific learning disabilities ..|   65,851 |    76,735 | 14,318 |   10,871 |    662 |      891 |     49.7 |      32.5 |    10.8 |      4.6 |     0.5 |      0.4
  Mental retardation ..............|   14,088 |    13,900 | 10,797 |    9,117 |  2,359 |    2,307 |     36.1 |      26.3 |    27.7 |     17.2 |     6.0 |      4.4
  Serious emotional disturbance ...|    9,557 |    11,251 |  2,217 |    1,649 |    338 |      331 |     28.1 |      16.1 |     6.5 |      2.4 |     1.0 |      0.5
  Speech or language impairments ..|    3,562 |     3,423 |    596 |      473 |     87 |      121 |     43.9 |      18.3 |     7.4 |      2.5 |     1.1 |      0.6
  Multiple disabilities .......... |    1,560 |     1,254 |    977 |      675 |    529 |      553 |     38.7 |      25.1 |    24.3 |     13.5 |    13.1 |     11.1
  Other health impairments ........|    1,771 |     2,250 |    614 |      191 |     67 |       44 |     48.6 |      21.7 |    16.9 |      1.8 |     1.8 |      0.4
  Hearing impairments .............|    1,900 |     2,209 |    587 |      391 |     69 |       48 |     55.8 |      44.1 |    17.2 |      7.8 |     2.0 |      1.0
  Orthopedic impairments ..........|    1,379 |     1,557 |    439 |      285 |    123 |      133 |     50.2 |      33.5 |    16.0 |      6.1 |     4.5 |      2.9
  Visual impairments ..............|      879 |       931 |    172 |      105 |     55 |       53 |     60.7 |      46.3 |    11.9 |      5.2 |     3.8 |      2.6
  Autism ..........................|       82 |       169 |     75 |      120 |     29 |       80 |     28.2 |      24.1 |    25.8 |     17.1 |    10.0 |     11.4
  Deaf-blindness ................  |       72 |        34 |     42 |       26 |     15 |        8 |     50.3 |      23.9 |    29.4 |     18.3 |    10.5 |      5.6
  Traumatic brain injury ..........|       41 |       232 |      5 |       45 |      4 |       25 |     64.1 |      35.4 |     7.8 |      6.9 |     6.3 |      3.8
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Annual Reports to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 1995 and 1996. (This table was prepared April 1997.)