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* Percent of adults age 18 and older with any difficulty hearing: 15.4% (2023)
* Percent of adults age 18 and older with any difficulty seeing: 18.8% (2023)
Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2023
Difficulties in physical functioning
* Percent of adults age 18 and older with any difficulty walking or climbing steps: 18.6% (2023)
Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2023
Level of reported difficulty in six domains of functioning (seeing, hearing, mobility, communication, cognition, self-care)
* Number of adults age 18 and older reporting a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all in at least one domain of functioning: 22.7 million (2019)
* Percent of adults age 18 and older reporting a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all in at least one domain of functioning: 9.0% (2019)
* Number of adults age 65 and older reporting a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all in at least one domain of functioning: 10.2 million (2019)
* Percent of adults age 65 and older reporting a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all in at least one domain of functioning: 19.3% (2019)
Source: Health, United States, 2020-2021, table FxLimit [PDF – 9.8 MB]
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