Students with disabilities exiting the educational system, by age, type of disability, and basis of exit: United States and outlying areas, 1997-98 and 1998-99

Table 110.

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                                  |                       Number                    |                 Percent
                                  |_________________________________________________|__________________________________________________
             Student              |  Graduated with | Graduated with|Reached maximum| Graduated with|Graduated with   |Reached maximum
         characteristics          |     diploma     |  certificate  |      age      |  diploma      |   certificate   |      age
                                  |_________________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_________________|________________
                                  |1997-98 |1998-99 |1997-98|1998-99|1997-98|1998-99|1997-98|1998-99|1997-98 |1998-99 |1997-98 |1998-99
__________________________________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|_______
                1                 |   2    |   3    |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |   10   |   11   |   12   |  13
__________________________________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|_______
            Age group             |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |
14 to 21 (and over) ..............|147,942 |147,081 |29,909 |29,110 | 4,607 | 4,853 |  28.4 |  29.1 |    5.7 |    5.8 |    0.9 |   1.0
  14 .............................|     73 |     46 |    82 |    52 |     0 |     0 |   0.1 |   0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.0 |   0.0
  15 .............................|     60 |     49 |    52 |    52 |     3 |     1 |   0.1 |   0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.0 |   0.0
  16 .............................|    686 |    526 |   152 |   161 |     6 |     5 |   1.0 |   0.8 |    0.2 |    0.2 |    0.0 |   0.0
  17 .............................| 25,504 | 25,545 | 3,088 | 3,230 |    19 |    42 |  27.0 |  27.5 |    3.3 |    3.5 |    0.0 |   0.0
  18 .............................| 66,310 | 68,497 |11,397 |11,628 |   166 |   244 |  52.9 |  54.4 |    9.1 |    9.2 |    0.1 |   0.2
  19 .............................| 40,973 | 40,092 | 8,464 | 8,318 |   119 |   109 |  59.6 |  60.2 |   12.3 |   12.5 |    0.2 |   0.2
  20 .............................|  9,321 |  8,037 | 3,630 | 2,887 |   527 |   761 |  46.5 |  45.9 |   18.1 |   16.5 |    2.6 |   1.4
  21 (and over) ..................|  5,015 |  4,289 | 3,044 | 2,782 | 3,767 | 3,691 |  33.6 |  31.0 |   20.4 |   20.1 |   25.2 |  26.7
                                  |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |
      Type of disability for      |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |
   14- to 21-year-olds and over   |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |
All disabilities .................|147,942 |147,081 |29,909 |29,110 | 4,607 | 4,853 |  28.4 |  29.1 |    5.7 |    5.6 |    0.9 |   1.0
  Specific learning disabilities .|100,138 | 99,306 |13,692 |13,636 |   763 | 1,025 |  33.1 |  33.5 |    4.5 |    4.6 |    0.3 |   0.3
  Mental retardation .............| 15,292 | 15,799 |10,538 |10,261 | 2,210 | 2,231 |  24.8 |  26.1 |   17.1 |   17.0 |    3.6 |   3.7
  Serious emotional disturbance ..| 14,031 | 13,641 | 2,180 | 1,870 |   407 |   403 |  15.6 |  16.2 |    2.4 |    2.2 |    0.5 |   0.5
  Speech or language impairments .|  4,137 |  4,214 |   525 |   493 |    73 |   103 |  17.5 |  19.7 |    2.2 |    2.3 |    0.3 |   0.5
  Multiple disabilities ..........|  2,061 |  1,993 |   937 |   795 |   664 |   555 |  26.8 |  27.0 |   12.2 |   10.8 |    8.6 |   7.5
  Other health impairments .......|  5,102 |  5,357 |   542 |   624 |    64 |    90 |  30.5 |  27.6 |    3.2 |    3.2 |    0.4 |   0.5
  Hearing impairments ............|  2,774 |  2,554 |   545 |   543 |    68 |    55 |  43.3 |  43.5 |    8.5 |    9.2 |    1.1 |   0.9
  Orthopedic impairments .........|  2,051 |  1,797 |   361 |   384 |   125 |   164 |  35.7 |  35.6 |    6.3 |    7.6 |    2.2 |   3.2
  Visual impairments .............|  1,166 |  1,163 |   171 |   142 |    42 |    37 |  46.8 |  50.2 |    6.9 |    6.1 |    1.7 |   1.6
  Autism .........................|    384 |    418 |   268 |   235 |   139 |   139 |  25.8 |  27.2 |   18.0 |   15.3 |    9.3 |   9.0
  Deaf-blindness ................ |    132 |     49 |    18 |    17 |    17 |    11 |  55.7 |  34.3 |    7.6 |   11.9 |    7.2 |   7.7
  Traumatic brain injury .........|    674 |    790 |   132 |   110 |    35 |    40 |  42.3 |  43.3 |    8.3 |    6.0 |    2.2 |   2.2
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NOTE: Reached maximum age figures reflect an estimate of those who were actually known to have dropped out and do not include youth who simply stopped coming to school or whose status was unknown.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (This table was prepared April 2001.)

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