Disability Impacts All of Us Infographic | Disability and Health | CDC

December 18, 2024

Disability Impacts All of Us Infographic

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This infographic shows healthcare access barriers for adults with disabilities. It also shows how many adults in the United States have a disability.

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Language: English (US)
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Last updated: July 15, 2024

Developed by: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)

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Disability Impacts All of Us infographic

Disability Impacts All of Us infographic

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Title: Disability Impacts All of Us

  • Communities
  • Health
  • Access

More than 1 in 4 adults (28.7 percent) in the United States have some type of disability. Graphic of the United States displaying figures of people with a disability and people with no disability.

  • 13.9 percent of U.S. adults have a cognition disability with serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions.
  • 12.2 percent of U.S. adults have a mobility disability with serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
  • 7.7 percent of U.S. adults have an independent living disability with difficulty doing errands alone.
  • 6.2 percent of U.S. adults are deaf or have serious difficulty hearing
  • 5.5 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 [...]

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