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TABLE 4E - DISABILITY STATUS OF HISPANIC ORIGIN 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 | 2,263 | 100.0 |
| With any disability | 635 | 281 |
| Severe | 355 | 15.7 |
| Not severe | 280 | 12.4 |
| With a mental disability | 127 | 5.6 |
| Uses a wheelchair | 8 | 0.4 |
| Does not use a wheelchair, has used a cane, crutches, or a walker for 6 months or more |
35 | 1.5 |
| Difficulty with one or more functional activities |
428 | 18.9 |
| Unable to perform one or more functional activities |
186 | 8.2 |
| Difficulty seeing words and letters | 129 | 5.7 |
| Unable | 18 | 0.8 |
| Difficulty hearing normal conversation | 68 | 3.0 |
| Unable | 5 | 0.2 |
| Difficulty having speech understood | 10 | 0.4 |
| Unable | -- | -- |
| Difficulty lifting/carrying 10 pounds | 238 | 10.5 |
| Unable | 97 | 4.3 |
| Difficulty climbing stairs without resting | 258 | 11.4 |
| Unable | 110 | 4.9 |
| Difficulty walking 3 city blocks | 230 | 10.2 |
| Unable | 77 | 3.4 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| Difficulty with one or more ADL's | 86 | 3.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 30 | 1.3 |
| Difficulty getting around inside the home | 27 | 1.2 |
| Needs personal assistance | 7 | 0.3 |
| Difficulty getting in and out of bed or chair | 61 | 2.7 |
| Needs personal assistance | 9 | 0.4 |
| Difficulty bathing | 49 | 2.2 |
| Needs personal assistance | 14 | 0.6 |
| Difficulty dressing | 42 | 1.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 13 | 0.6 |
| Difficulty eating | 7 | 0.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 1 | -- |
| Difficulty using/getting to toilet | 17 | 0.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 1 | -- |
| Difficulty with one or more IADL's | 143 | 6.3 |
| Needs personal assistance | 94 | 4.2 |
| Difficulty going outside alone | 91 | 4.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 47 | 2.1 |
| Difficulty keeping track of money and bills | 44 | 2.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 36 | 1.6 |
| Difficulty preparing meals | 32 | 1.4 |
| Needs personal assistance | 22 | 1.0 |
| Difficulty doing light housework | 83 | 3.7 |
| Needs personal assistance | 43 | 1.9 |
| Difficulty taking prescribed medicines | 24 | 1.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 21 | 0.9 |
| Difficulty using the telephone | 3 | 0.2 |
| Unable | -- | -- |
| Needs personal assistance with an ADL or an IADL |
100 | 4.4 |
| Number (thousands) |
Percent distribution | |
| With a work disability | 458 | 20.2 |
| Prevented from working | 237 | 10.5 |
| With a housework disability | 255 | 11.3 |
| Unable to do housework | 22 | 1.0 |
