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TABLE 4A - DISABILITY STATUS OF MALES 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 | 14,825 | 100.0 |
| With any disability | 3,557 | 24.0 |
| Severe | 1,529 | 10.3 |
| Not severe | 2,028 | 13.7 |
| With a mental disability | 610 | 4.1 |
| Uses a wheelchair | 66 | 0.4 |
| Does not use a wheelchair, has used a cane, crutches, or a walker for 6 months or more |
285 | 1.9 |
| Difficulty with one or more functional activities |
2,289 | 15.4 |
| Unable to perform one or more functional activities |
805 | 5.4 |
| Difficulty seeing words and letters | 602 | 4.1 |
| Unable | 81 | 0.6 |
| Difficulty hearing normal conversation | 833 | 5.6 |
| Unable | 87 | 0.6 |
| Difficulty having speech understood | 100 | 0.7 |
| Unable | 12 | 0.1 |
| Difficulty lifting/carrying 10 pounds | 830 | 5.6 |
| Unable | 304 | 2.1 |
| Difficulty climbing stairs without resting | 925 | 6.2 |
| Unable | 399 | 2.7 |
| Difficulty walking 3 city blocks | 1,006 | 6.8 |
| Unable | 411 | 2.8 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| Difficulty with one or more ADL's | 403 | 2.7 |
| Needs personal assistance | 127 | 0.9 |
| Difficulty getting around inside the home | 134 | 0.9 |
| Needs personal assistance | 42 | 0.3 |
| Difficulty getting in and out of bed or chair | 299 | 2.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 70 | 0.5 |
| Difficulty bathing | 154 | 1.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 65 | 0.4 |
| Difficulty dressing | 159 | 1.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 67 | 0.5 |
| Difficulty eating | 48 | 0.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 22 | 0.2 |
| Difficulty using/getting to toilet | 63 | 0.4 |
| Needs personal assistance | 17 | 0.1 |
| Difficulty with one or more IADL's | 588 | 4.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 387 | 2.6 |
| Difficulty going outside alone | 335 | 2.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 167 | 1.1 |
| Difficulty keeping track of money and bills | 191 | 1.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 172 | 1.2 |
| Difficulty preparing meals | 131 | 0.9 |
| Needs personal assistance | 110 | 0.7 |
| Difficulty doing light housework | 263 | 1.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 158 | 1.1 |
| Difficulty taking prescribed medicines | 148 | 1.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 129 | 0.9 |
| Difficulty using the telephone | 104 | 0.7 |
| Unable | 28 | 0.2 |
| Needs personal assistance with an ADL or an IADL |
416 | 2.8 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| With a work disability | 2,470 | 16.7 |
| Prevented from working | 981 | 6.6 |
| With a housework disability | 1,151 | 7.8 |
| Unable to do housework | 164 | 1.1 |
