Disability and Functioning

• Percent of adults aged 18 and over with any difficulty hearing: 13.8% (2020)
• Percent of adults aged 18 and over with any difficulty seeing: 16.6% (2020)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2020

• Percent of adults aged 18 and over with any difficulty walking or climbing steps: 18.0% (2020)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2020

• Number of adults aged 18 and over reporting a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all in at least one domain of functioning: 22.7 million (2019)
• Percent of adults aged 18 and over reporting a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all in at least one domain of functioning: 9.0% (2019)
• Number of adults aged 65 and over reporting a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all in at least one domain of functioning: 10.2 million (2019)
• Percent of adults aged 65 and over reporting a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all in at least one domain of functioning: 19.3% (2019)

Source: Health, United States, 2020-2021, table FxLimit [PDF – 9.8 MB]

• National Health Interview Survey
• National Health Interview Survey on Disability
• Disability and Health Data System
• National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
• National Institutes of Health
• National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)
• Washington Group on Disability Statistics