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Table 52.Percentage distribution of disabled persons 3 to 21 years old receiving education services for the disabled, by age group and educational environment: 1992-93

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                                  |         |       |        |        | Public |Private |           |           |
                                  |   All   |       |        |        |separate|separate|  Public   |  Private  |Homebound/
    Age and type of disability    |environ- |Regular|Resource|Separate| school | school |residential|residential| hospital
                                  |  ments  | class |  room  | class  |facility|facility| facility  | facility  |environment
----------------------------------|---------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------
                1                 |    2    |   3   |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |     8     |     9     |    10
----------------------------------|---------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------
  All persons, 3 to 21 years old .|   100.0 |  40.5 |   29.9 |   24.1 |    2.7 |    1.4 |       0.6 |       0.2 |       0.6
                                  |---------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------
3 to 5 years old..................|   100.0 |  47.5 |   12.2 |   30.6 |    4.8 |    2.9 |       0.3 |       0.1 |       1.6
6 to 21 years old.................|   100.0 |  39.8 |   31.7 |   23.5 |    2.4 |    1.2 |       0.6 |       0.3 |       0.5
  Mental retardation..............|   100.0 |   7.1 |   26.8 |   56.8 |    6.8 |    1.1 |       0.6 |       0.3 |       0.5
  Speech or language impairments..|   100.0 |  81.7 |   10.7 |    6.0 |    0.2 |    1.1 |       0.1 |     (\1\) |       0.1
  Visual impairments..............|   100.0 |  45.4 |   21.0 |   18.0 |    3.9 |    1.7 |       8.6 |       0.8 |       0.5
  Serious emotional disturbance...|   100.0 |  19.6 |   26.7 |   35.2 |    8.5 |    5.3 |       1.8 |       1.7 |       1.3
  Orthopedic impairments..........|   100.0 |  35.1 |   20.0 |   34.1 |    5.2 |    1.5 |       0.4 |       0.2 |       3.5
  Other health impairments........|   100.0 |  40.0 |   27.4 |   20.6 |    1.7 |    0.8 |       0.3 |       0.2 |       9.1
  Specific learning disabilities..|   100.0 |  34.8 |   43.9 |   20.1 |    0.4 |    0.3 |       0.1 |     (\1\) |       0.2
  Deaf-blindness..................|   100.0 |  12.5 |    9.9 |   31.5 |   15.6 |    5.7 |      22.1 |       1.6 |       1.0
  Multiple disabilities...........|   100.0 |   7.5 |   19.0 |   44.6 |   17.9 |    5.8 |       2.2 |       1.3 |       1.8
  Hearing impairments.............|   100.0 |  29.5 |   19.7 |   28.1 |    5.6 |    2.7 |      13.2 |       0.9 |       0.4
----------------------------------|---------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------

\1\Less than 0.05 percent.

NOTE.--This table reflects a compilation of data reported by the states as of October 1, 1994. There are some reporting variations, e.g., estimated or incomplete data and nonstandard definitions, from state to state. Data include Puerto Rico. Data for 3- to 5-year-old children are no longer collected by type of disability. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Seventeenth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 1995. (This table was prepared April 1996.)


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