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TABLE 4D - DISABILITY STATUS OF BLACK 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 | 3,138 | 100.0 |
| With any disability | 929 | 29.6 |
| Severe | 577 | 18.4 |
| Not severe | 353 | 11.2 |
| With a mental disability | 203 | 6.5 |
| Uses a wheelchair | 19 | 0.6 |
| Does not use a wheelchair, has used a cane, crutches, or a walker for 6 months or more |
70 | 2.2 |
| Difficulty with one or more functional activities |
661 | 21.1 |
| Unable to perform one or more functional activities |
289 | 9.2 |
| Difficulty seeing words and letters | 254 | 8.1 |
| Unable | 22 | 0.7 |
| Difficulty hearing normal conversation | 89 | 2.8 |
| Unable | 9 | 0.3 |
| Difficulty having speech understood | 24 | 0.8 |
| Unable | -- | -- |
| Difficulty lifting/carrying 10 pounds | 341 | 10.9 |
| Unable | 133 | 4.3 |
| Difficulty climbing stairs without resting | 403 | 12.9 |
| Unable | 172 | 5.5 |
| Difficulty walking 3 city blocks | 345 | 11.0 |
| Unable | 139 | 4.4 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| Difficulty with one or more ADL's | 129 | 4.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 50 | 1.6 |
| Difficulty getting around inside the home | 56 | 1.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 22 | 0.7 |
| Difficulty getting in and out of bed or chair | 87 | 2.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 23 | 0.7 |
| Difficulty bathing | 64 | 2.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 23 | 0.7 |
| Difficulty dressing | 47 | 1.5 |
| Needs personal assistance | 23 | 0.7 |
| Difficulty eating | 14 | 0.5 |
| Needs personal assistance | 9 | 0.3 |
| Difficulty using/getting to toilet | 32 | 1.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 10 | 0.3 |
| Difficulty with one or more IADL's | 201 | 6.4 |
| Needs personal assistance | 141 | 4.5 |
| Difficulty going outside alone | 95 | 3.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 55 | 1.7 |
| Difficulty keeping track of money and bills | 78 | 2.5 |
| Needs personal assistance | 71 | 2.3 |
| Difficulty preparing meals | 54 | 1.7 |
| Needs personal assistance | 52 | 1.7 |
| Difficulty doing light housework | 98 | 3.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 64 | 2.0 |
| Difficulty taking prescribed medicines | 67 | 2.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 44 | 1.4 |
| Difficulty using the telephone | 24 | 0.8 |
| Unable | 9 | 0.3 |
| Needs personal assistance with an ADL or an IADL |
147 | 4.7 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| With a work disability | 692 | 22.1 |
| Prevented from working | 405 | 12.9 |
| With a housework disability | 363 | 11.6 |
| Unable to do housework | 45 | 1.4 |
