Health and Community Services

• Rank of heart disease and mental illness as leading causes of disability in 1992: 1, 7
  (Source: Disability Statistics Center, University of California-San Francisco)
  
  
• Projected rank of heart disease and severe depression among the leading causes of death and disability in 2020: 1,2
  (Source: Harvard School of Public Health, reported in January 2000 Harper's Index.)
  
  
• Percentage of Americans with no health insurance: 17.1
• Percentage of Americans with severe disabilities with no health insurance: 16.7
  (Source: Census Bureau)Rank of back disorders, heart disease, and arthritis as causes of work limitation: 1, 2, 3
  
  
• Cost of cash benefits and health care benefits for people with disabilities in 1994: $101,000,000,000
  (Source: Chartbook on Work and Disability in the United States)
  
  
• Ratio of women with disabilities caused by arthritis to men with disabilities caused by arthritis: 2.5:1
• Rank of asthma, mental retardation, and mental illness as causes of disabilities among people under age 18: 1,2,3
• Average per capita medical expenses for a male under age 17 with no disability: $620
• Average per capita medical expenses for a male over age 65 with a disability: $6,525
• Percentage of men and women, respectively, between the ages of 15 and 54 who have experienced a psychiatric disorder at some point in their lives: 48.7, 47.3
  (Source: Chartbook on Women and Disability in the United States)
  
  
• Amount spent on health care by people with disabilities in 1987: $156,949,000
  Amount spent in 1993: $282,832,000
• Percentage increase: 80
  (Source: Chartbook on Disability in the United States)
  
  
• American adults who need assistance in taking a bath or shower: 2,100,000
• American adults who need assistance in transferring from a bed: 2,000,000
• American adults who need assistance in eating: 500,000
• Percentage of people who need assistance in an activity of daily living who are assisted by their spouses: 38
• Percent assisted by another family member: 44.5
• Percent assisted by a paid attendant: 9.2
• Percent of individuals aged 15-24 needing assistance in an activity of daily living: 0.3
• Percent of individuals aged 85 and over needing assistance in an activity of daily living: 22.9
  (Source: Disability Statistics Center, University of California-San Francisco)
  
  
• AIDS cases reported in Texas in 1985, 1993, and 1997, respectively: 478, 7,418, 4,684
  (Source: National Center for Health Statistics)
  
  
• Ratio of medical expenses for people with disabilities versus people without disabilities: 4:1
• Annual amount spent per capita by people with disabilities for home care in 1993: $2,575
• Percent of people with disabilities among all those using prescription drugs: 20
• Of total amount spent on prescription drugs, amount spent by people with disabilities: 50
  (Source: Disability Statistics Center, University of California-San Francisco)
  
  
• Average number of doctor visits made annually by people with disabilities: 14
• Percent of people with disabilities who are hospitalized in a given year: 31
• Average length of hospital stay, in days: 7 to 9
• Percentage of people with disabilities over age 65 with more than one disabling condition: 50
  (Source: Disability Statistics Center, University of California-San Francisco)
  
  
• Percentage of women with disabilities who reported that they were refused health care because of their disability: 31
  (Source: Centers for Disease Control)