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Table 53. Percentage distribution of disabled persons 6 to 21 years old receiving education services for the disabled, by educational environment and type of disability: United States and outlying areas, 1999-2000 and 2000-01

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                                   |        |      Regular school,   |Separate|Separate| Public |Private |Homebound/
    Age and type of disability     |  All   |   outside regular class| public |private |residen-|residen-| hospital
                                   |environ-|________________________| school | school |  tial  |  tial  |placement
                                   | ments  | Less   | 21-60 | More  |facility|facility|facility|facility|
                                   |        |than 21 |percent|than 60|        |        |                 |
                                   |        |percent |       |percent|        |        |        |        |
___________________________________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
                 1                 |   2    |   3    |   4   |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9    |    10
___________________________________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
                                   |                          1999-2000
                                   |________________________________________________________________________________
  All persons, 6 to 21 years old...|   100.0|    47.3|   28.3|   20.3|     1.9|     1.0|     0.4|     0.3|       0.5
                                   |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
Specific learning disabilities.....|   100.0|    45.3|   37.9|   15.8|     0.4|     0.3|     0.1|     0.1|       0.2
Speech or language impairments.....|   100.0|    87.5|    6.7|    5.3|     0.2|     0.2|      # |      # |       0.1
Mental retardation.................|   100.0|    14.1|   29.5|   50.5|     4.1|     0.9|     0.4|     0.2|       0.4
Emotional disturbance..............|   100.0|    25.8|   23.4|   32.8|     7.5|     5.5|     1.5|     2.0|       1.5
Hearing impairments................|   100.0|    40.3|   19.3|   24.5|     5.4|     1.6|     8.0|     0.6|       0.2
Orthopedic impairments.............|   100.0|    44.4|   21.9|   27.7|     3.5|     0.7|     0.1|     0.1|       1.6
Other health impairments...........|   100.0|    44.9|   33.2|   17.2|     0.9|     0.7|     0.1|     0.2|       2.7
Visual impairments.................|   100.0|    49.1|   19.5|   17.7|     4.6|     1.1|     6.5|     0.9|       0.6
Multiple disabilities..............|   100.0|    11.2|   18.8|   43.0|    15.0|     6.8|     1.3|     1.4|       2.5
Deaf-blindness.....................|   100.0|    14.8|   10.1|   39.7|    13.8|     3.4|    12.2|     4.2|       1.7
Autism ............................|   100.0|    20.7|   14.5|   49.9|     7.9|     5.4|     0.2|     1.1|       0.5
Traumatic brain injury ............|   100.0|    31.0|   26.6|   31.6|     2.6|     4.6|     0.4|     0.9|       2.3
Developmental delay ...............|   100.0|    44.7|   29.7|   24.2|     0.8|     0.2|      # |      # |       0.3
                                   |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
                                   |                          2000-01
                                   |________________________________________________________________________________
  All persons, 6 to 21 years old...|   100.0|    46.5|   29.8|   19.5|     1.9|     1.1|     0.4|     0.3|       0.5
                                   |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
Specific learning disabilities ....|   100.0|    44.3|   40.3|   14.4|     0.3|     0.3|     0.1|     0.1|       0.2
Speech or language impairments.....|   100.0|    85.6|    8.4|    5.1|     0.2|     0.6|      # |      # |       0.1
Mental retardation.................|   100.0|    13.2|   29.1|   51.7|     4.2|     0.9|     0.3|     0.2|       0.4
Emotional disturbance .............|   100.0|    26.8|   23.4|   31.8|     7.7|     5.4|     1.6|     2.0|       1.3
Hearing impairments................|   100.0|    42.3|   20.0|   22.5|     4.4|     1.9|     8.3|     0.6|       0.2
Orthopedic impairments.............|   100.0|    46.4|   23.4|   24.3|     3.5|     0.7|     0.1|     0.1|       1.6
Other health impairments...........|   100.0|    45.1|   33.9|   16.7|     0.8|     0.8|     0.2|     0.2|       2.4
Visual impairments.................|   100.0|    50.5|   20.1|   16.0|     4.7|     1.2|     5.9|     0.9|       0.7
Multiple disabilities..............|   100.0|    12.1|   16.0|   45.5|    14.6|     6.9|     1.3|     1.3|       2.3
Deaf-blindness.....................|   100.0|    18.1|    9.9|   34.2|    14.5|     4.5|    12.5|     4.4|       1.9
Autism ............................|   100.0|    24.3|   15.3|   46.4|     7.2|     5.2|     0.3|     0.9|       0.4
Traumatic brain injury ............|   100.0|    32.3|   27.9|   29.4|     2.8|     4.2|     0.3|     0.9|       2.2
Developmental delay ...............|   100.0|    46.4|   29.9|   22.3|     0.6|     0.4|      # |     0.1|       0.2
___________________________________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________

# Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Data by disability condition are only reported for 6- to 21-year-old students. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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 July 2003.)


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