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July 27, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC– [Excerpt provided by Inclusion Daily Express] The number of severely disabled people in the United States appears to be increasing, the Census Bureau said in a report released Wednesday.
In 2010, 56.7 million people, 19 percent of the total population, had a disability, demographers said. That was 2.2 million more than in 2005, with the percentage of the population considered disabled statistically the same.
But the number and percentage of people with severe disabilities and of those requiring assistance for ordinary tasks was up, possibly because of the increase in the number of elderly residents in the United States, the report said. About 15 million people have difficulty with at least one activity of daily living like eating, preparing food or answering the telephone, and 12 million need assistance to get through the day.
“Americans with Disabilities: 2010” was the first report on the subject the Census Bureau has done since 2005.
Entire article:
Census: More severely disabled in U.S.
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Americans With Disabilities: 2010 (United States Census Bureau)
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