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• 1 2024-06-17T15:27:05+00:00 Disability by the Numbers 16 plain 2024-06-21T22:56:00+00:00

  
  
  Title: Disability Impacts all of us

  • Communities
  • Health
  • Access

  Up to 1 in 4 (27 percent) adults in the United States have some type of disability.

  Percentage of adults with functional disability types:

  • 12.1 percent of U.S. adults have a mobility disability with serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
  • 12.8 percent of U.S. adults have a cognition disability with serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions.
  • 7.2 percent of U.S. adults have an independent living disability with difficulty doing errands alone.
  • 6.1 percent of U.S. adults are deaf or have serious difficulty hearing.
  • 4.8 percent of U.S. adults have a vision disability with blindness or serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses.
  • 3.6 percent of U.S. adults have a self-care disability with difficulty dressing or bathing.

  Disability and Health

  Adults with disabilities are more likely to be obese, smoke, have heart disease, and have diabetes:

  • 41.6 percent of adults with a disability are obese while 29.6 percent of adults without a disability are obese.
  • 21.9 percent of adults with a disability smoke while 10.9 percent of adults without a disability smoke.
  • 9.6 percent of adults with a disability have heart disease while 3.4 percent of adults without a disability have heart disease.
  • 15.9 percent of adults with a disability have diabetes while 7.6 percent of adults without a disability have diabetes.

  Disability and Health Care Access

  Health care access barriers for working-age adults include:

  • 1 in 4 adults with disabilities 18 to 44 years do not have a dedicated health care provider.
  • 1 in 4 adults with disabilities 18 to 44 years have an unmet health care need because of cost in the past year.
  • 1 in 5 adults with disabilities 45 to 64 years did not have a routine check-up in the past year.

  Making a difference

  Public health is for all of us.

  Join CDC and its partners as we work together to improve the health of people with disabilities.

  • Building inclusive health program
  • Improving access to health care
  • Promoting healthy living
  • Monitoring public health data
  • Researching and reducing health disparities
  References
  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Disability Impacts All of Us Infographic. Published May 15, 2023. Accessed June 17, 2024.