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New York Disability Data Table From the 2002 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2002

An estimated 2,648,000 people in New York have a disability, or 15.3% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 468,000 people, or 2.7% of the population 5 and over, have difficulty performing self-care activities, also known as Activities of Daily Living, such as dressing, bathing, or getting around inside the home.

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Prevalence of overall disability and of self-care difficulty, by gender, age, race and ethnicity, type of disability, family income, benefit recipiency, employment status, and living arrangement.
Subject Population (Thousands) With a disability (Thousands) With a disability (Percent) With a self-care difficulty (Thousands) With a self-care difficulty (Percent)
Total in New York
(ages 5 and over)		 17,319 2,648 15.3% 468 2.7%
Disability Type
Sensory   614   146 23.8%
Mobility   1,507   415 27.5%
Cognitive   799   238 29.8%
Self-care   468   468  
Leaving the home   916   336 36.7%
Work disability   1,357   330 24.3%
Gender
Male 8,279 1,216 14.7% 198 2.4%
Female 9,040 1,433 15.8% 270 3.0%
Age
Children (5-17) 3,337 215 6.5% 35 1.1%
5-15 2,856 178 6.2% 31 1.1%
16-17 481 38 7.9% 4 0.9%
Working Ages (18-64) 11,654 1,423 12.2% 207 1.8%
18-44 7,224 612 8.5% 79 1.1%
45-64 4,430 811 18.3% 128 2.9%
Elderly (65+) 2,328 1,010 43.4% 226 9.7%
65-74 1,227 408 33.2% 59 4.8%
75-84 852 415 48.7% 99 11.6%
85+ 248 187 75.1% 68 27.5%
Race
White 12,282 1931 15.7% 345 2.8%
African American 2,868 444 15.5% 85 3.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander 1,164 111 9.5% 16 1.3%
American Indian/Alaska Native 135 34 25.5% 4 2.8%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 2,726 425 15.6% 77 2.8%
Non-Hispanic 14,593 2,224 15.2% 391 2.7%
Family Income
In poverty 2,175 533 24.5% 102 4.7%
Above poverty 15,095 2,107 14.0% 365 2.4%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI) 2,544 1,128 44.3% 255 10.0%
Supplemental Security Income 365 335 91.8% 79 21.5%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed 8,204 621 7.6% 53 0.6%
Unemployed (in labor force) 676 87 12.8% 6 0.9%
Not in labor force 2,764 715 25.9% 147 5.3%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone 2,192 658 30.0% 115 5.2%
Lives with others 15,127 1,991 13.2% 353 2.3%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2002 American Community Survey (ACS).


About the New York 2002 ACS Disability Data

The Center for Personal Assistance Services has compiled state and national data on the prevalence of overall disability and of self-care difficulty, by gender, age, race and ethnicity, type of disability, family income, benefit recipiency, employment status, and living arrangement. These statistics are based on our tabulations of public use data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) for 2002, containing information on over 1 million residents of randomly selected U.S. households. Because it is a household survey, people living in institutions such as nursing homes are not included.


Current & previous years of disability data from the ACS:

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