The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

TABLE A-6 TEN YEAR TREND
GOVERNMENT WIDE EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH TARGETED DISABILITIES*

TOTAL WORK FORCE
________________________________		 INDIVIDUALS WITH TARGETED DISABILITIES*
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 TEN YEAR NET CHANGE
2,532,507 2,475,761 2,479,199 2,462,152 2,442,643 2,445,335 2,459,505 2,428,330 2,606,903 2,610,920
% OF TOTAL WORK FORCE 1.18 1.16 1.14 1.13 1.12 1.10 1.07 1.05 0.99 0.96
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS WITH TARGETED DISABILITIES 29,930 28,671 28,035 27,601 27,231 26,834 26,230 25,551 25,917 25,142 -16.00%
DEAFNESS TOTAL 5,896 5,639 5,512 5,368 5,220 5,088 4,949 4,796 4,745 4,614 -21.74%
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 19.7 19.67 19.66 19.45 19.17 18.96 18.87 18.77 18.31 18.35
BLINDNESS TOTAL 2,784 2,676 2,615 2,570 2,603 2,636 2,582 2,588 2,687 2,606 -6.36%
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 9.30 9.33 9.33 9.31 9.56 9.82 9.84 10.13 10.37 10.37
MISSING EXTREMITIES TOTAL 1,963 1,856 1,812 1,733 1,697 1,627 1,556 1,525 1,505 1,446 -26.34%
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 6.56 6.47 6.46 6.28 6.23 6.06 5.93 5.97 5.81 5.75
PARTIAL PARALYSIS TOTAL 3,939 3,694 3,585 3,503 3,475 3,346 3,283 3,219 3,229 3,111 -21.02%
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 13.16 12.88 12.79 12.69 12.76 12.47 12.52 12.6 12.46 12.37
COMPLETE PARALYSIS TOTAL 1,641 1,559 1,507 1,459 1,435 1,415 1,387 1,316 1,328 1,258 -23.34%
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 5.48 5.44 5.38 5.29 5.27 5.27 5.29 5.15 5.12 5.00
CONVULSIVE DISORDERS TOTAL 4,125 3,967 3,860 3,826 3,811 3,767 3,730 3,637 3,660 3,537 -14.25%
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 13.78 13.84 13.93 13.86 14 14.04 14.22 14.23 14.12 14.07
MENTAL RETARDATION TOTAL 2,994 2,837 2,770 2,672 2,533 2,428 2,261 2,106 2,057 1,946 -35.00%
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 10 9.9 9.88 9.68 9.3 9.05 8.62 8.24 7.94 7.74
MENTAL ILLNESS TOTAL 5,737 5,622 5,579 5,690 5,697 5,801 5,786 5,695 6,043 5,982 4.27%
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 19.17 19.61 19.9 20.62 20.92 21.62 22.06 22.29 23.32 23.79
DISTORTION OF LIMB &/OR SPINE TOTAL 851 821 795 780 757 726 696 669 663 642 -24.56%
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 2.84 2.86 2.84 2.83 2.78 2.71 2.65 2.62 2.56 2.55

*Includes data for those agencies which are provided by CPDF plus AAFES, TVA AND USPS; does not include data for intelligence gathering agencies. Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.

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