Characteristics of Persons with Communication Disabilities (n = 33,222)
| No Communication Disability | Voice Only Disability | Speech/Language Only Disability | Speech/Language & Voice Disability | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | |
| Total | 90.2 | (29,873) | 6.4 | (2169) | 2.2 | (730) | 1.2 | (450) |
| Any other disability | 14.7 | (5076) | 24.1 | (623) | 52.8 | (426) | 64.0 | (318) |
| Multiple chronic conditions | ||||||||
| None | 50.2 | (14,249) | 32.1 | (603) | 31.7 | (208) | 20.7 | (77) |
| One | 25.0 | (7474) | 27.5 | (582) | 24.4 | (176) | 17.9 | (79) |
| > 1 | 24.9 | (8150) | 40.4 | (984) | 43.9 | (346) | 61.5 | (294) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 15.3 | (5242) | 9.1 | (230) | 15.0 | (127) | 14.5 | (71) |
| White, non-Hispanic | 66.8 | (17,907) | 76.7 | (1537) | 65.9 | (412) | 66.5 | (266) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 11.6 | (4467) | 10.8 | (313) | 14.4 | (153) | 14.7 | (89) |
| Other, Non-Hispanic | 6.2 | (2257) | 3.4 | (89) | 4.7 | (38) | 4.3 | (24) |
| Married | 54.1 | (13,284) | 50.2 | (862) | 36.1 | (211) | 36.8 | (129) |
| Employed | 62.2 | (17,803) | 57.2 | (1155) | 39.0 | (277) | 37.2 | (144) |
| Educational attainment | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 13.7 | (4658) | 11.7 | (279) | 22.5 | (199) | 28.6 | (133) |
| High school graduate | 26.2 | (7739) | 22.9 | (527) | 30.4 | (207) | 30.8 | (132) |
| Some college | 20.4 | (5908) | 22.4 | (478) | 21.6 | (155) | 23.3 | (96) |
| College degree | 39.7 | (11,568) | 43.0 | (885) | 25.4 | (169) | 17.2 | (89) |
| Poverty status* | ||||||||
| < 100% FPL | 13.4 | (5003) | 12.9 | (374) | 25.0 | (216) | 25.6 | (133) |
| 100 to 199% FPL | 19.0 | (5425) | 19.2 | (404) | 25.7 | (168) | 28.2 | (108) |
| 200 to 399% FPL | 29.8 | (7546) | 30.7 | (578) | 27.2 | (163) | 30.0 | (106) |
| ≥ 400% FPL | 37.7 | (8780) | 37.3 | (608) | 22.1 | (117) | 16.3 | (63) |
| Health insurance | ||||||||
| Uninsured | 17.0 | (5419) | 12.7 | (300) | 18.7 | (139) | 16.7 | (64) |
| Public only | 16.4 | (5852) | 17.6 | (464) | 32.5 | (276) | 39.0 | (200) |
| Any private | 66.6 | (18,602) | 69.7 | (1405) | 48.9 | (315) | 44.2 | (186) |
| Region of residence | ||||||||
| Northeast | 18.3 | (5034) | 16.4 | (337) | 16.4 | (99) | 11.9 | (53) |
| Midwest | 22.3 | (6094) | 28.2 | (556) | 24.3 | (154) | 23.0 | (86) |
| South | 36.5 | (10,889) | 36.1 | (759) | 37.1 | (281) | 40.5 | (178) |
| West | 22.9 | (7856) | 19.3 | (517) | 22.1 | (196) | 24.6 | (133) |
| Female | 51.0 | (16,461) | 66.3 | (1464) | 48.6 | (370) | 48.5 | (244) |
| Age, years | ||||||||
| 18 to 24 | 12.7 | (2935) | 12.0 | (217) | 20.8 | (95) | 17.4 | (48) |
| 25 to 34 | 18.0 | (5461) | 15.7 | (326) | 14.7 | (114) | 10.4 | (44) |
| 35 to 44 | 17.3 | (5106) | 14.3 | (306) | 13.2 | (100) | 11.8 | (52) |
| 45 to 54 | 18.6 | (5153) | 18.7 | (350) | 16.9 | (120) | 17.7 | (80) |
| 55 to 64 | 16.1 | (5019) | 16.4 | (385) | 17.3 | (147) | 18.4 | (97) |
| ≥ 65 | 17.3 | (6199) | 22.9 | (585) | 17.2 | (154) | 24.4 | (129) |
FPL, federal poverty line.
Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
↵* Poverty status was imputed by the National Center for Health Statistics. The sample sizes shown are from the cases that were not imputed.