Students with disabilities exiting the educational system, by age, type of disability, and basis of exit: United States and outlying areas, 1993-94 and 1994-95

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                                       |                     Number                                |                     Percent
                                       |___________________________________________________________|__________________________________________________________
                Student                | Graduated with    | Graduated with    |Reached maximum    |Graduated with     |Graduated through |Reached maximum
            characteristics            |   diploma         |  certificate      |      age\1\       |  diploma          |   certificate    |      age\1\
                                       |___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|__________________|___________________
                                       |1993-94\2\|1994-95 |1993-94\2\|1994-95 |1993-94\2\|1994-95 |1993-94\2\|1994-95 |1993-94\2\|1994-95|1993-94\2\|1994-95
_______________________________________|__________|________|__________|________|__________|________|__________|________|__________|_______|__________|________
                   1                   |    2     |   3    |    4     |   5    |    6     |   7    |    8     |   9    |    10    |  11   |    12    |   13
_______________________________________|__________|________|__________|________|__________|________|__________|________|__________|_______|__________|________
               Age group               |          |        |          |        |          |        |          |        |          |       |          |
14 to 21 (and over) ...................|  113,910 |118,471 |   23,983 | 25,106 |    4,594 |  3,954 |     28.1 |   26.8 |      5.9 |   5.7 |      1.1 |    0.9
  14 ................................  |       91 |     62 |      130 |     73 |        7 |      4 |      0.2 |    0.1 |      0.3 |   0.1 |      0.0 |    0.0
  15 ..................................|      169 |    106 |       71 |     68 |        9 |      7 |      0.4 |    0.2 |      0.1 |   0.1 |      0.0 |    0.0
  16 ..............................    |      532 |    545 |      178 |    154 |       39 |     26 |      1.0 |    0.9 |      0.3 |   0.2 |      0.1 |    0.0
  17 ..............................    |   15,417 | 16,455 |    2,016 |  2,373 |      106 |     37 |     22.7 |   21.7 |      3.0 |   3.1 |      0.2 |    0.0
  18 ..................................|   47,847 | 49,988 |    7,766 |  9,017 |      110 |    110 |     51.9 |   50.3 |      8.4 |   9.1 |      0.1 |    0.1
  19 ..................................|   35,730 | 37,154 |    7,001 |  7,308 |       91 |     79 |     59.7 |   59.9 |     11.7 |  11.8 |      0.2 |    0.1
  20 ..................................|    9,361 |  9,254 |    3,408 |  3,083 |      525 |    383 |     48.0 |   48.5 |     17.5 |  16.1 |      2.7 |    2.0
  21 (and over) .......................|    4,763 |  4,907 |    3,413 |  3,030 |    3,707 |  3,308 |     30.9 |   33.3 |     22.1 |  20.5 |     24.0 |   22.4
                                       |          |        |          |        |          |        |          |        |          |       |          |
          Type of disability           |          |        |          |        |          |        |          |        |          |       |          |
All disabilities, 14 to 21 and over ...|  113,945 |118,471 |   23,948 | 25,106 |    4,594 |  3,954 |     28.1 |   26.8 |      5.9 |   5.7 |      1.1 |    0.9
  Specific learning disabilities ......|   76,735 | 80,666 |   10,871 | 11,716 |      891 |    631 |     32.5 |   31.2 |      4.6 |   4.5 |      0.4 |    0.2
  Mental retardation ................  |   13,900 | 13,817 |    9,117 |  9,045 |    2,307 |  2,101 |     26.3 |   25.5 |     17.2 |  16.7 |      4.4 |    3.9
  Serious emotional disturbance ...... |   11,251 | 11,611 |    1,649 |  1,693 |      331 |    292 |     16.1 |   15.0 |      2.4 |   2.2 |      0.5 |    0.4
  Speech or language impairments ......|    3,423 |  3,492 |      473 |    485 |      121 |     70 |     18.3 |   17.6 |      2.5 |   2.4 |      0.6 |    0.4
  Multiple disabilities ..........     |    1,254 |  1,416 |      675 |    788 |      553 |    515 |     25.1 |   22.5 |     13.5 |  12.5 |     11.1 |    8.2
  Other health impairments ............|    2,250 |  2,222 |      191 |    260 |       44 |     40 |     21.7 |   20.1 |      1.8 |   2.3 |      0.4 |    0.4
  Hearing impairments .................|    2,209 |  2,110 |      391 |    454 |       48 |     33 |     44.1 |   40.5 |      7.8 |   8.7 |      1.0 |    0.6
  Orthopedic impairments ..............|    1,557 |  1,619 |      285 |    339 |      133 |    107 |     33.5 |   31.2 |      6.1 |   6.5 |      2.9 |    2.1
  Visual impairments ..................|      931 |    960 |      105 |    114 |       53 |     47 |     46.3 |   46.0 |      5.2 |   5.5 |      2.6 |    2.3
  Autism ..............................|      169 |    211 |      120 |    115 |       80 |     88 |     24.1 |   25.5 |     17.1 |  13.9 |     11.4 |   10.6
  Deaf-blindness ................      |       34 |     33 |       26 |     34 |        8 |      9 |     23.9 |   20.5 |     18.3 |  21.1 |      5.6 |    5.6
  Traumatic brain injury ..............|      232 |    314 |       45 |     63 |       25 |     21 |     35.4 |   36.9 |      6.9 |   7.4 |      3.8 |    2.5
_______________________________________|__________|________|__________|________|__________|________|__________|________|__________|_______|__________|________

\1\These 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.
\2\Upper age limits for service eligibility vary by state.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and nineteenth Annual Reports to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 1995 and 1996. (This table was prepared November 1998.)

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