| Table 103. | Students with disabilities exiting the educational system, by age, type of disability, and basis of exit:United States and outlying areas, 1991-92 and 1992-93 |
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| 1991-92 | 1992-93 \1\
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| Total | Graduated | Graduated | Reached | | Other |Graduated| Graduated |Reached
Student | exiting | with | through | maximum | Dropped | reasons | with | through |maximum
characteristics | the system | diploma | certificate | age\2\ | out\3\ | for exit\4\ | diploma |certificate| age\2\
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------|-----------|--------
| Number |Percent| Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| Number | Number | Number
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
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Age group | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
14 to 21 (and over) ...............|229,368 | 100.0 |100,742 | 43.9 |30,839 | 13.4 | 4,337 | 1.9 |51,489 | 22.4 |41,961 | 18.3 | 103,801 | 34,732 | 5,096
14 ..............................| 11,403 | 100.0 | 138 | 1.2 | 223 | 2.0 | 8 | 0.1 | 3,460 | 30.3 | 7,574 | 66.4 | 130 | 65 | 6
15 ..............................| 12,934 | 100.0 | 171 | 1.3 | 158 | 1.2 | 16 | 0.1 | 4,768 | 36.9 | 7,821 | 60.5 | 110 | 92 | 51
16 ..............................| 20,634 | 100.0 | 505 | 2.4 | 217 | 1.1 | 44 | 0.2 |11,479 | 55.6 | 8,389 | 40.7 | 477 | 143 | 45
17 ..............................| 36,665 | 100.0 | 14,356 | 39.2 | 1,929 | 5.3 | 70 | 0.2 |12,678 | 34.6 | 7,632 | 20.8 | 16,178 | 2,209 | 91
18 ..............................| 69,081 | 100.0 | 45,063 | 65.2 | 7,263 | 10.5 | 115 | 0.2 |11,060 | 16.0 | 5,580 | 8.1 | 47,398 | 8,396 | 168
19 ..............................| 45,079 | 100.0 | 29,325 | 65.1 | 7,593 | 16.8 | 68 | 0.2 | 5,461 | 12.1 | 2,632 | 5.8 | 28,275 | 8,596 | 197
20 ..............................| 18,131 | 100.0 | 7,444 | 41.1 | 7,190 | 39.7 | 588 | 3.2 | 1,777 | 9.8 | 1,132 | 6.2 | 7,572 | 8,339 | 727
21 (and over) ...................| 15,441 | 100.0 | 3,740 | 24.2 | 6,266 | 40.6 | 3,428 | 22.2 | 806 | 5.2 | 1,201 | 7.8 | 3,661 | 6,892 | 3,811
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Type of disability | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
All disabilities, 14 to 21 and over|229,368 | 100.0 |100,742 | 43.9 |30,839 | 13.4 | 4,337 | 1.9 |51,489 | 22.4 |41,961 | 18.3 | 103,801 | 34,732 | 5,096
Specific learning disabilities ..|132,497 | 100.0 | 65,851 | 49.7 |14,318 | 10.8 | 662 | 0.5 |28,257 | 21.3 |23,409 | 17.7 | 69,309 | 17,156 | 746
Mental retardation ..............| 38,993 | 100.0 | 14,088 | 36.1 |10,797 | 27.7 | 2,359 | 6.0 | 7,650 | 19.6 | 4,099 | 10.5 | 12,718 | 11,305 | 2,662
Serious emotional disturbance ...| 34,001 | 100.0 | 9,557 | 28.1 | 2,217 | 6.5 | 338 | 1.0 |11,894 | 35.0 | 9,995 | 29.4 | 10,411 | 2,474 | 583
Speech or language impairments ..| 8,108 | 100.0 | 3,562 | 43.9 | 596 | 7.4 | 87 | 1.1 | 1,633 | 20.1 | 2,230 | 27.5 | 3,516 | 514 | 116
Multiple disabilities .......... | 4,028 | 100.0 | 1,560 | 38.7 | 977 | 24.3 | 529 | 13.1 | 546 | 13.6 | 416 | 10.3 | 1,494 | 1,116 | 642
Other health impairments ........| 3,642 | 100.0 | 1,771 | 48.6 | 614 | 16.9 | 67 | 1.8 | 606 | 16.6 | 584 | 16.0 | 1,815 | 627 | 65
Hearing impairments .............| 3,403 | 100.0 | 1,900 | 55.8 | 587 | 17.2 | 69 | 2.0 | 444 | 13.0 | 403 | 11.8 | 1,851 | 660 | 41
Orthopedic impairments ..........| 2,749 | 100.0 | 1,379 | 50.2 | 439 | 16.0 | 123 | 4.5 | 252 | 9.2 | 556 | 20.2 | 1,451 | 421 | 117
Visual impairments ..............| 1,449 | 100.0 | 879 | 60.7 | 172 | 11.9 | 55 | 3.8 | 166 | 11.5 | 177 | 12.2 | 872 | 260 | 31
Autism ..........................| 291 | 100.0 | 82 | 28.2 | 75 | 25.8 | 29 | 10.0 | 27 | 9.3 | 78 | 26.8 | 114 | 110 | 62
Deaf-blindness ................ | 143 | 100.0 | 72 | 50.3 | 42 | 29.4 | 15 | 10.5 | 6 | 4.2 | 8 | 5.6 | 68 | 64 | 18
Traumatic brain injury ..........| 64 | 100.0 | 41 | 64.1 | 5 | 7.8 | 4 | 6.3 | 8 | 12.5 | 6 | 9.4 | 182 | 25 | 13
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| \1\Upper age limits for service eligibility vary by state.
\2\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. \3\Includes students who died or no longer received special education services, but whose exit reason is unknown. \4\ Data collection forms changed for the 1992-93 period. These three categories are compatible with previous reports. NOTE.--It can be assumed that a substantial proportion of the "Other" category includes students who are no longer in school and have neither graduated nor reached the maximum age. Therefore, the overall dropout figure probably exceeds 23 percent. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Annual Reports to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 1994 and 1995. (This table was prepared April 1996.)
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