RT Journal
T1 PRevalence of selected impairments, united states, july 1963-june 1965.
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1969
FD June 1
VO 123
IS 6
SP 740
OP 740
DO 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300160130049
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1969.00300160130049
AB This is a report based on household interviews with a representative sample of the US population during the period July 1963 to June 1965. It was discovered that about 5.4 million Americans have visual impairments; 8.5 million, hearing difficulties; 1.3 million, speech defects. There were about 1.5 million cases of paralysis, 2 million patients with missing extremities, and 17.7 million had orthopedic defects. This is a detailed analysis, classified according to demographic variables.