Table 110.

Number of 14- through 21-year-old students served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B, who exited school, by exit reason, age, and type of disability: United States and other jurisdictions, 2005-06 and 2006-07

Age and type of disability	Exiting school						Transferred to regular education3	Moved, known to be continuing
	Total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certifi-cate of attendance	Reached maximum age1	Dropped out2	Died
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2005-06
Total	396,857	224,343	60,864	5,424	104,101	2,125	71,397	210,984
Age
14	5,935	93	23	†	5,490	329	19,591	45,635
15	11,067	75	54	†	10,567	371	17,111	49,035
16	27,713	4,810	623	†	21,885	395	15,526	48,667
17	142,510	94,529	17,466	†	30,103	412	11,478	39,079
18	141,364	91,785	25,028	749	23,517	285	5,576	19,859
19	42,605	23,694	9,857	372	8,509	173	1,489	5,923
20	15,397	6,585	4,272	1,471	2,969	100	422	1,971
21	10,266	2,772	3,541	2,832	1,061	60	204	815
Type of disability
Specific learning disabilities	236,135	145,558	29,491	1,184	59,221	681	39,634	109,527
Mental retardation	46,588	17,111	16,562	2,125	10,409	381	2,301	21,050
Emotional disturbance	47,519	20,634	4,728	592	21,331	234	8,080	46,908
Speech or language      impairments	8,923	6,005	825	43	2,028	22	10,512	5,139
Multiple disabilities	8,251	3,615	2,110	682	1,544	300	379	4,556
Other health impairments4	32,274	20,464	3,781	178	7,545	306	8,251	17,389
Hearing impairments	4,674	3,211	770	55	626	12	672	1,738
Orthopedic impairments	3,455	2,131	663	133	405	123	707	1,203
Visual impairments	1,766	1,273	245	28	201	19	217	581
Autism	4,876	2,783	1,297	326	446	24	409	2,038
Deaf-blindness	150	98	21	13	13	5	14	56
Traumatic brain injury	2,246	1,460	371	65	332	18	221	799
2006-07
Total	394,786	221,306	64,918	5,925	100,831	1,806	66,840	213,544
Age
14	4,924	4	10	†	4,668	242	17,819	43,865
15	9,880	38	29	†	9,523	290	15,213	49,041
16	23,823	2,089	722	†	20,643	369	14,676	49,796
17	147,595	94,994	21,751	†	30,475	375	11,521	41,104
18	143,386	93,163	25,681	988	23,295	259	5,692	20,887
19	40,763	22,314	8,900	786	8,622	141	1,314	6,216
20	14,677	6,288	4,260	1,366	2,671	92	401	1,879
21	9,738	2,416	3,565	2,785	934	38	204	756
Type of disability
Specific learning disabilities	232,114	140,795	32,852	1,283	56,614	570	36,183	110,023
Mental retardation	45,288	16,987	15,625	2,303	10,039	334	2,447	20,386
Emotional disturbance	46,016	19,733	5,021	633	20,458	171	6,984	46,704
Speech or language      impairments	9,048	6,028	1,088	50	1,852	30	10,009	5,147
Multiple disabilities	8,328	3,780	1,990	708	1,591	259	316	4,752
Other health impairments4	35,970	22,637	4,551	235	8,280	267	8,817	19,822
Hearing impairments	4,392	2,927	827	58	563	17	614	1,697
Orthopedic impairments	3,546	2,113	738	128	476	91	532	1,120
Visual impairments	1,644	1,174	247	32	176	15	205	574
Autism	5,958	3,536	1,567	405	420	30	557	2,441
Deaf-blindness	181	136	12	11	14	8	5	58
Traumatic brain injury	2,301	1,460	400	79	348	14	171	820

†Not applicable.

1 Students may exit special education services due to maximum age beginning at age 18 depending on state law or practice or order of any court.

2 "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year, and did not exit through any of the other bases described. Includes students previously categorized as "moved, not known to continue."

3 "Transferred to regular education" was previously labeled "no longer receives special education."

4 Other health impairments include having limited strength, vitality, or alertness due to chronic or acute health problems such as a heart condition, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever, nephritis, asthma, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, epilepsy, lead poisoning, leukemia, or diabetes.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database. Retrieved March 9, 2009, from https://www.ideadata.org/PartBData.asp. (This table was prepared March 2009.)