The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

TABLE 2
TEN YEAR TREND (FIVE YEAR CHANGE)
GOVERNMENT WIDE EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH TARGETED DISABILITIES
TARGETED DISABILITY BY TYPE FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 NET CHANGE FY 99 - FY 03
TOTAL WORK FORCE 2,628,093 2,568,728 2,531,422 2,473,179 2,467,626 2,449,880 2,438,978 2,443,899 2,461,135 2,428,725 -0.86%
TARGETED DISABILITY
TOTAL 31,860 31,359 29,930 28,671 28,035 27,601 27,231 26,834 26,230 25,551 -7.43%
% OF TOTAL WORK FORCE 1.21% 1.22% 1.18% 1.16% 1.14% 1.13% 1.12% 1.10% 1.07% 1.05%
DEAF
TOTAL 6,207 6,123 5,896 5,639 5,512 5,368 5,220 5,088 4,949 4,796 -10.66%
% OF TOTAL DISABILITY 19.48% 19.53% 19.70% 19.67% 19.66% 19.45% 19.17% 18.96% 18.87% 18.77%
BLIND
TOTAL 2,984 2,920 2,784 2,676 2,615 2,570 2,603 2,636 2,582 2,588 0.70%
% OF TOTAL DISABILITY 9.37% 9.31% 9.30% 9.33% 9.33% 9.31% 9.56% 9.82% 9.84% 10.13%
MISSING EXTREMITIES
TOTAL 2,110 2,066 1,963 1,856 1,812 1,733 1,697 1,627 1,556 1,525 -12.00%
% OF TOTAL DISABILITY 6.62% 6.59% 6.56% 6.47% 6.46% 6.28% 6.23% 6.06% 5.93% 5.97%
PARTIAL PARALYSIS
TOTAL 4,259 4,185 3,939 3,694 3,585 3,503 3,475 3,346 3,283 3,219 -8.11%
% OF TOTAL DISABILITY 13.37% 13.35% 13.16% 12.88% 12.79% 12.69% 12.76% 12.47% 12.52% 12.60%
COMPLETE PARALYSIS
TOTAL 1,803 1,749 1,641 1,559 1,507 1,459 1,435 1,415 1,387 1,316 -9.80%
% OF TOTAL DISABILITY 5.66% 5.58% 5.48% 5.44% 5.38% 5.29% 5.27% 5.27% 0.00% 5.15%
CONVULSIVE DISORDER
TOTAL 4,374 4,339 4,125 3,967 3,860 3,826 3,811 3,767 3,730 3,637 -4.94%
% OF TOTAL DISABILITY 13.73% 13.84% 13.78% 13.84% 13.93% 13.86% 14.00% 14.04% 14.22% 14.23%
MENTAL RETARDATION
TOTAL 3,305 3,193 2,994 2,837 2,770 2,672 2,533 2,428 2,261 2,106 -21.18%
% OF TOTAL DISABILITY 10.37% 10.18% 10.00% 9.90% 9.88% 9.68% 9.30% 9.05% 8.62% 8.24%
MENTAL ILLNESS
TOTAL 5,900 5,869 5,737 5,622 5,579 5,690 5,697 5,801 5,786 5,695 0.09%
% OF TOTAL DISABILITY 18.52% 18.72% 19.17% 19.61% 19.90% 20.62% 20.92% 21.62% 22.06% 22.29%
DISTORTION OF LIMBS & SPINE
TOTAL 918 915 851 821 795 780 757 726 696 669 -14.23%
% OF TOTAL DISABILITY 2.88% 2.92% 2.84% 2.86% 2.84% 2.83% 2.78% 2.71% 2.65% 2.62%


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