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发帖数: 2469 | 1 Nearly 1 in 5 People Have a Disability in the U.S., Census Bureau Reports
Report Released to Coincide with 22nd Anniversary of the ADA
About 56.7 million people — 19 percent of the population — had a
disability in 2010, according to a broad definition of disability, with more
than half of them reporting the disability was severe, according to a
comprehensive report on this population released today by the U.S. Census
Bureau.
The report, Americans with Disabilities: 2010, presents estimates of
disability status and type and is the first such report with analysis since
the Census Bureau published statistics in a similar report about the 2005
population of people with disabilities. According to the report, the total
number of people with a disability increased by 2.2 million over the period,
but the percentage remained statistically unchanged. Both the number and
percentage with a severe disability rose, however. Likewise, the number and
percentage needing assistance also both increased.
“This week, we observe the 22nd anniversary of the Americans With
Disabilities Act, a milestone law that guarantees equal opportunity for
people with disabilities,” said Census Bureau demographer Matthew Brault.
“On this important anniversary, this report presents a barometer of the
well-being of this population in areas such as employment, income and
poverty status.”
The statistics come from the Survey of Income and Program Participation,
which contains supplemental questions on whether respondents had difficulty
performing a specific set of functional and participatory activities. For
many activities, if a respondent reported difficulty, a follow-up question
was asked to determine the severity of the limitation, hence, the
distinction between a “severe” and “nonsevere” disability. The data were
collected from May through August 2010. Disability statistics from this
survey are used by agencies — such as the Social Security Administration,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Administration on Aging
— to assist with program planning and management.
The report shows that 41 percent of those age 21 to 64 with any disability
were employed, compared with 79 percent of those with no disability. Along
with the lower likelihood of having a job came the higher likelihood of
experiencing persistent poverty; that is, continuous poverty over a 24-month
period. Among people age 15 to 64 with severe disabilities, 10.8 percent
experienced persistent poverty; the same was true for 4.9 percent of those
with a nonsevere disability and 3.8 percent of those with no disability.
Other highlights:
People in the oldest age group — 80 and older — were about eight times
more likely to have a disability as those in the youngest group — younger
than 15 (71 percent compared with 8 percent). The probability of having a
severe disability is only one in 20 for those 15 to 24 while it is one in
four for those 65 to 69.
About 8.1 million people had difficulty seeing, including 2.0 million who
were blind or unable to see.
About 7.6 million people experienced difficulty hearing, including 1.1
million whose difficulty was severe. About 5.6 million used a hearing aid.
Roughly 30.6 million had difficulty walking or climbing stairs, or used a
wheelchair, cane, crutches or walker.
About 19.9 million people had difficulty lifting and grasping. This includes
, for instance, trouble lifting an object like a bag of groceries, or
grasping a glass or a pencil.
Difficulty with at least one activity of daily living was cited by 9.4
million noninstitutionalized adults. These activities included getting
around inside the home, bathing, dressing and eating. Of these people, 5
million needed the assistance of others to perform such an activity.
About 15.5 million adults had difficulties with one or more instrumental
activities of daily living. These activities included doing housework, using
the phone and preparing meals. Of these, nearly 12 million required
assistance.
Approximately 2.4 million had Alzheimer’s disease, senility or dementia.
Being frequently depressed or anxious such that it interfered with ordinary
activities was reported by 7.0 million adults.
Adults age 21 to 64 with disabilities had median monthly earnings of $1,961
compared with $2,724 for those with no disability.
Overall, the uninsured rates for adults 15 to 64 were not statistically
different by disability status: 21.0 percent for people with severe
disabilities, 21.3 percent for those with nonsevere disabilities and 21.9
percent for those with no disability.
In addition to the statistics from this report, the Census Bureau also
produces annual disability estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS
). While the ACS uses a different definition of disability than in this
report, it is capable of producing estimates of the population with
disabilities at subnational geographies like states, counties, places and
metropolitan areas. The Census Bureau has been collecting data about certain
disabilities since 1830, when Congress added questions to the census on
difficulty hearing, seeing and speaking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_in_the_United_States | t*****w
发帖数: 254 | 2 Thanks for the lawmakers' generocity. everyone with any disabilty will
receive government money or welfare. Strong incentive will likely drive
high disability rate in USA. You cannot figure who is disable on street as
they are using similar phone, car and clothing. | a**e
发帖数: 8800 | 3 我不知道多少次看到比我行动敏捷得多的人钻进挂着残泊标志停在残疾人泊车位上的车。
【在 t*****w 的大作中提到】
: Thanks for the lawmakers' generocity. everyone with any disabilty will
: receive government money or welfare. Strong incentive will likely drive
: high disability rate in USA. You cannot figure who is disable on street as
: they are using similar phone, car and clothing.
| D***I
发帖数: 1957 | 4 大部分都是假的
还有些本身努力下能站起来为了各种福利好处，干脆直接坐轮椅 | r**********f
发帖数: 2808 | 5 养美国人也就算了，为什么还要养非法进入美国的外国人？ 就象LA的那位大姐说的，
政府没收了我们的房子，我们只能睡大街，政府不管我们，却要去养非移？ | a*********a
发帖数: 3656 | 6 When the government subsidise something, u get more of that thing.
Simple. | T*****u
发帖数: 3257 | | h**6
发帖数: 4160 | 8 那是因为残疾这么名字太好听了，如果改名叫残废，disabled waste，估计老美也不愿
去冒充了。 |
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