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Table 110. Students with disabilities exiting the educational system, by age, type of disability, and basis of exit: United States and outlying areas, 1998-99 and 1999-2000

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                                  |                        Number                        |                   Percent
                                  |______________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
             Student              |  Graduated with  | Graduated with  |Reached maximum  | Graduated with  |Graduated with    |Reached maximum
         characteristics          |     diploma      |  certificate    |      age\1\     |  diploma        |   certificate    |      age\1\
                                  |__________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|__________________|__________________
                                  |1998-99 |1999-2000|1998-99|1999-2000|1998-99|1999-2000|1998-99|1999-2000|1998-99 |1999-2000|1998-99 |1999-2000
__________________________________|________|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|________|_________|________|_________
                1                 |   2    |    3    |   4   |    5    |   6   |    7    |   8   |    9    |   10   |   11    |   12   |   13
__________________________________|________|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|________|_________|________|_________
            Age group             |        |         |       |         |       |         |       |         |        |         |        |
14 to 21 (and over) ..............|149,783 | 162,354 |29,380 |  32,977 | 4,853 |   6,933 | 57.39 |   56.16 |  11.26 |   11.41 |   1.86 |    2.40
  14 .............................|     46 |      18 |    52 |       6 |     0 |       1 |  1.73 |    0.59 |   1.96 |    0.20 |   0.01 |    0.03
  15 .............................|     49 |      19 |    56 |      21 |     1 |       7 |  0.84 |    0.32 |   0.96 |    0.36 |   0.02 |    0.12
  16 .............................|    530 |     918 |   189 |     219 |     5 |      15 |  3.16 |    4.59 |   1.13 |    1.10 |   0.03 |    0.08
  17 .............................| 26,321 |  31,075 | 3,301 |   3,552 |    42 |      66 | 51.96 |   53.21 |   6.52 |    6.08 |   0.08 |    0.11
  18 .............................| 69,806 |  76,873 |11,708 |  12,862 |   244 |     899 | 68.89 |   68.56 |  11.55 |   11.47 |   0.24 |    0.80
  19 .............................| 40,432 |  40,535 | 8,349 |   9,507 |   109 |     510 | 70.28 |   67.35 |  14.51 |   15.80 |   0.19 |    0.85
  20 .............................|  8,247 |   8,387 | 2,925 |   3,647 |   761 |     883 | 56.94 |   52.43 |  20.20 |   22.80 |   5.25 |    5.52
  21 (and over) ..................|  4,352 |   4,529 | 2,800 |   3,163 | 3,691 |   4,552 | 37.02 |   33.80 |  23.82 |   23.60 |  31.40 |   33.97
                                  |        |         |       |         |       |         |       |         |        |         |        |
      Type of disability for      |        |         |       |         |       |         |       |         |        |         |        |
   14- to 21-year-olds and over   |        |         |       |         |       |         |       |         |        |         |        |
All disabilities .................|149,783 | 162,354 |29,380 |  32,977 | 4,853 |   6,933 | 57.39 |   56.16 |  11.26 |   11.41 |   1.86 |    2.40
  Specific learning disabilities .|100,879 | 108,848 |13,771 |  15,428 | 1,025 |   1,970 | 63.25 |   62.11 |   8.63 |    8.80 |   0.64 |    1.12
  Mental retardation .............| 16,016 |  16,387 |10,288 |  11,157 | 2,231 |   2,799 | 41.56 |   39.45 |  26.70 |   26.86 |   5.79 |    6.74
  Serious emotional disturbance ..| 13,743 |  14,835 | 1,900 |   2,222 |   403 |     760 | 41.91 |   40.06 |   5.38 |    6.00 |   1.23 |    2.05
  Speech or language impairments .|  4,346 |   4,790 |   499 |     548 |   103 |      92 | 65.34 |   66.08 |   7.50 |    7.56 |   1.55 |    1.27
  Multiple disabilities ..........|  2,095 |   2,650 |   820 |   1,103 |   555 |     692 | 46.92 |   47.56 |  18.37 |   19.80 |  12.43 |   12.42
  Other health impairments .......|  5,796 |   7,289 |   660 |     774 |    90 |     136 | 66.60 |   67.59 |   7.58 |    7.18 |   1.03 |    1.26
  Hearing impairments ............|  2,618 |   2,926 |   547 |     628 |    55 |      61 | 69.37 |   68.96 |  14.49 |   14.80 |   1.46 |    1.44
  Orthopedic impairments .........|  1,824 |   2,055 |   385 |     449 |   164 |     154 | 63.38 |   62.39 |  13.38 |   13.63 |   5.70 |    4.68
  Visual impairments .............|  1,178 |   1,157 |   144 |     166 |    37 |      52 | 75.18 |   73.51 |   9.19 |   10.55 |   2.36 |    3.30
  Autism .........................|    424 |     577 |   236 |     328 |   139 |     166 | 47.48 |   47.37 |  26.43 |   26.93 |  15.57 |   13.63
  Deaf-blindness .................|     56 |      45 |    17 |      20 |    11 |      13 | 54.90 |   47.87 |  16.67 |   21.28 |  10.78 |   13.83
  Traumatic brain injury .........|    808 |     795 |   113 |     154 |    40 |      38 | 70.51 |   65.16 |   9.86 |   12.62 |   3.49 |    3.11
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\1\The upper age mandate for providing special education and related services as defined by state law, practice, or court order.

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, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared December 2002.)


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