Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Table 1
Drivers with Disabilities and Nondrivers

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  Total MSA, central city MSA, not central city Non-MSA
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Drive 30,078,020 72 8,210,746 64 13,906,868 76 7,960,406 74
Every day or nearly everyday 24,112,493   6,394,213   11,416,503   6,301,777  
 Occasionally or seldom 5,965,527   1,816,533   2,490,365   1,658,629  
Never drive 11,616,198 28 4,548,167 36 4,328,966 24 2,739,065 26
Because of an impairment or health problem 5,474,326   1,785,747   2,252,446   1,436,133  
Total 41,694,218 100 12,758,913 100 18,235,834 100 10,699,471 100

KEY: MSA = metropolitan statistical area.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 1994–1995 National Health Interview Survey, Phase II (Hyattsville, MD: July 1998).

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