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New York Disability Data Table From the 2003 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2003

An estimated 2,425,000 people in New York have a disability, or 14.0% 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)		 17,382 2,425 14.0% 468 2.7%
Disability Type
Sensory   612   144 23.5%
Mobility   1,502   405 26.9%
Cognitive   783   252 32.2%
Self-care   468   468  
Leaving the home   761   357 46.9%
Work disability   1,370   388 28.3%
Gender
Male 8,316 1,080 13.0% 200 2.4%
Female 9,066 1,345 14.8% 268 3.0%
Age
Children (5-17) 3,297 195 5.9% 28 0.8%
5-15 2,796 161 5.8% 23 0.8%
16-17 501 35 6.9% 5 0.9%
Working Ages (18-64) 11,736 1,244 10.6% 210 1.8%
18-44 7,164 501 7.0% 78 1.1%
45-64 4,571 743 16.2% 132 2.9%
Elderly (65+) 2,350 986 42.0% 230 9.8%
65-74 1,210 375 31.0% 67 5.6%
75-84 861 415 48.2% 100 11.6%
85+ 279 196 70.4% 63 22.5%
Race
White 12,289 1747 14.2% 327 2.7%
African American 2,871 439 15.3% 99 3.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander 1,201 83 6.9% 16 1.3%
American Indian/Alaska Native 105 30 28.2% 5 4.8%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 2,761 384 13.9% 71 2.6%
Non-Hispanic 14,621 2,041 14.0% 397 2.7%
Family Income
In poverty 2,275 542 23.8% 117 5.1%
Above poverty 15,058 1,877 12.5% 349 2.3%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI) 2,609 1,133 43.4% 264 10.1%
Supplemental Security Income 399 373 93.5% 101 25.4%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed 8,157 440 5.4% 37 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 645 74 11.5% 9 1.3%
Not in labor force 2,926 729 24.9% 164 5.6%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone 2,116 605 28.6% 122 5.8%
Lives with others 15,266 1,820 11.9% 346 2.3%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2003 American Community Survey (ACS).


About the New York 2003 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 2003, 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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