The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
TABLE A-6
TEN YEAR TREND
GOVERNMENT WIDE EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH TARGETED DISABILITIES*
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 TEN YEAR NET CHANGE
TOTAL WORK FORCE 2,479,199 2,462,152 2,442,643 2,445,335 2,459,505 2,428,330 2,606,903 2,610,920 2,611,493 2,608,172
% OF TOTAL WORK FORCE 1.13 1.12 1.11 1.10 1.07 1.05 0.99 0.96 0.94 0.92
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS WITH TARGETED DISABILITIES 28,035 27,601 27,231 26,834 26,230 25,551 25,917 25,142 24,442 23,993 -14.42
DEAFNESS TOTAL 5,512 5,368 5,220 5,088 4,949 4,796 4,745 4,614 4,460 4,352 -21.04
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 19.66 19.45 19.17 18.96 18.87 18.77 18.31 18.35 18.25 18.14
BLINDNESS TOTAL 2,615 2,570 2,603 2,636 2,582 2,588 2,687 2,606 2,573 2,516 -3.78
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 9.33 9.31 9.56 9.82 9.84 10.13 10.37 10.37 10.53 10.49
MISSING EXTREMITIES TOTAL 1,812 1,733 1,697 1,627 1,556 1,525 1,505 1,446 1,376 1,302 -28.15
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 6.46 6.28 6.23 6.06 5.93 5.97 5.81 5.75 5.63 5.43
PARTIAL PARALYSIS TOTAL 3,585 3,503 3,475 3,346 3,283 3,219 3,229 3,111 2,984 2,897 -19.19
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 12.79 12.69 12.76 12.47 12.52 12.6 12.46 12.37 12.21 12.07
COMPLETE PARALYSIS TOTAL 1,507 1,459 1,435 1,415 1,387 1,316 1,328 1,258 1,222 1,182 -21.57
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 5.38 5.29 5.27 5.27 5.29 5.15 5.12 5.00 5.00 4.93
CONVULSIVE DISORDERS TOTAL 3,860 3,826 3,811 3,767 3,730 3,637 3,660 3,537 3,452 3,355 -13.08
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 13.93 13.86 14 14.04 14.22 14.23 14.12 14.07 14.12 13.98
MENTAL RETARDATION TOTAL 2,770 2,672 2,533 2,428 2,261 2,106 2,057 1,946 1,857 1,771 -36.06
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 9.88 9.68 9.3 9.05 8.62 8.24 7.94 7.74 7.60 7.38
MENTAL ILLNESS TOTAL 5,579 5,690 5,697 5,801 5,786 5,695 6,043 5,982 5,900 6,016 7.83
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 19.9 20.62 20.92 21.62 22.06 22.29 23.32 23.79 24.14 25.07
DISTORTION OF LIMB &/OR SPINE TOTAL 795 780 757 726 696 669 663 642 618 602 -24.28
% OF TARGETED DISABILITIES 2.84 2.83 2.78 2.71 2.65 2.62 2.56 2.55 2.53 2.51

*Includes September 30, 2007 agency data as reported in CPDF plus AAFES, FERC, Foreign Service, TVA AND USPS; does not include data for intelligence gathering agencies. Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.

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